I had a lucid dream about a year ago (maybe) where I met myself. I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else before and what they thought of it. I'm upset because I can't find the paper I wrote it all down on, but I remember the specifics. Long story short I was walking on a path lit by the moon (it was dark), and at this point it was just a regular dream. After a few moments I was walking down that same path again and noticed there were footprints in the dirt. I realized I had just been down this path and the footprints were mine so I must be ahead somewhere (now realize that I'm dreaming). I went around the corner and saw a silhouette in the opening of an old barn and new it was me. I called out to myself and she came running at me and caught me up in a big hug. I asked if it was me and she said yes in my voice. We didn't talk, we just laid down in the grass and looked at the stars together. She had her head on my shoulder and I was playing with her hair (I play with my hair a lot and I often wish people would do it for me because it feels nice so I knew she would like it). I could feel the grass under my body, the wind against my skin, and feel her next to me. The stars were so intensely bright and beautiful that I wanted to stay but I knew I was going to wake up soon. I had just woken up and hit my alarm so I knew I had 10 minutes before it would go off again and I didn't know how much time had gone by (I really had just hit my alarm and fallen back to sleep and entered this dream). I sat her up to say goodbye. I didn't want to just vanish with no explanation. I saw she had a cast on her arm (not sure which one now...wish I had my notes). I started to tell her that I was going to have to go soon, and she said she didn't want me to. My alarm went off and I had to leave without speaking to her further.
The dream just felt so wonderful. I felt no need to speak, it was just nice being with myself and looking at the stars. Is this weird? It felt so natural and so unbelievably real. I was able to revisit myself at that same location in a later lucid dream (after many, many tries), but that's another story.
Has anybody else had this happen to them? If so, what was your experience and what did it mean for you?