| Cartwheeling Through Space, 9/30/87 (Lucid Incubation)
The wall shimmers as I slip through it. My breezy body ripples momentarily,
caught in the drag of denser molecules. Then the grasp of gravity releases
me altogether and I am free!
Beyond the wall, an inky blackness awaits. I pause and hover. Because
I am awake and aware in dreamspace, I know there is no danger in this dark.
Speckled with pinpricks of light, an infinity of open space invites me
to venture further out. Since I'm lucid, I remember the goal I suggested
to myself before I went to sleep. I want to cartwheel through the night
sky. So I extend my arms and legs like the man in the Da Vinci circle.
Hands and head first, slowly, I turn over, but wind up just twisting
around. Better to go flying, to get up the sensation of movement first.
I lay out prone in space, in a Superwoman position and conjure up the feeling
of air rushing past my body. A lighted scene springs up.
I am flying quickly, just a few feet above the surface of the ocean.
Color is happening all around me, bursting through like some chariot sunrise.
Above me, a radiant sky mirrors the vibrant waters below. Yellows, greens
and browns gleam just beneath the surface of the turquoise sea. Jagged
crags of igneous rock poke up out of the clear, calm waters.
My altitude's low, so low that there could be a danger of collision.
Yet, my direction is being adjusted automatically. I am swept back and
forth, over the waves, past the crags, as if I were just missing the markers
on a ski slope. The wind beats against my body like a burst of laughter.
The brilliance of the light, the thrill of the ride, impels me to exclaim,
"How beautiful! Oh, how beautiful!"
This experience is too good to keep to myself. "Anyone who wants
to come join me...they're welcome," I say, extending my arms in a
wide gesture. Suddenly, I am soaring over crowds of people seated on the
rocks beneath. "Do you want to fly?" I call. They raise their
hands. "Well, come along," I invite them.
But no one joins me. |
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