I think most of you have had the experience of realizing that you might be dreaming when in fact you were. And if it was a bad dream you might struggle to wake up.

I took this one step further a few days ago and found the experience interesting enough to share it with you.

I was dreaming that I was driving from the Reno airport to downtown Reno. At the airport someone who was vaguely familiar to me had asked for a lift so I gave it to him. But he turned out not to be a friend and once in the car was acting threatening to me. I was in a dangerous situation and didn’t know what to do.

But as I am contemplating my actions I notice as I am looking down from an elevated freeway ramp, that the city of Reno looks very odd. Far too many brightly lit casinos. Nothing like the way I remembered it. At that point the thought crossed my mind that I was probably  dreaming. I was 99% sure of it.

Meanwhile the guy had pulled out a gun. And I clearly remember thinking that my only hope was to drive off the ramp, in spite of the forty foot drop, and count on being right about being in a dream.

I jerked the steering wheel and listened to the screams of my passenger. When we hit the ground I woke up to one of the most exhilerating feelings I have ever had. Another foe vanquished.

Posted: 01|31|09 at 3:44 pm. Filed under: Uncategorized.
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