Monastery Gates (LD)
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, 07-12-2023 at 03:20 AM (158 Views)
7/1/23
I’m in my room in the monastery and something feels a bit off. I plug my nose and can sweat that I can
breathe. My awareness rises and so look at my hands. I see that I have seven fingers and become lucid. The
scene is very gray and murky, yet I hold my awareness through it. The dream goes to black void which I
remain aware in. I soon begin imagining colors, then visualize the gates leading to the monastery. I see the
visualization of the black and white arch come into my field of views. Soon I find myself on the grass to the
left of a long brick structure. I shout “increase clarity now!” several times, insisting that it works. The scene
becomes much more vivid. It appears to be a recreation of the monastery to my right. It is a single story and
constructed of red brick with a dark roof. I begin floating alongside of the building and want to renter, yet
don’t want to disturb any DCs. I find a window which would be roughly where my room is and I phase
through. I find myself in a classroom of sorts with students and circular desks, working on some drawings
which are in color. I make my way to the center of the room and weave my way between the desks. I notice
that there are a couple teacher/monitor figures supervising the room. I decide that I could find Roshi and
ask for a teaching. I begin making my way to the door, yet have a false awakening.
I plug my nose with my thumbs and can breath very slightly. I rationalize that it’s because they’re not fully
plugged, yet don’t adjust it.
*In a talk later in the week, I found out that the Abbot of the Monastery was an artist before becoming a monastic. She shared that she always wanted her life to be an expression of art.
*Not much total sleep and especially REM for the rest of Sesshin.