Defensive Dreaming 101: lesson 1

Yesterday, I had a dream while I was napping on the ferry. Basically what happened was that I was dreaming about sleeping on the bench seat on the ferry, which I was actually sleeping on. But in my dream a man came and sat in the seat across from me. No big deal, that is normal, so I went back to sleep. a while later ( I don't know how long, dream time is funny like that and you never know how much has passed) some other man came and sat on my feet and woke me up. My first response was to really scuz him off, then I decided that perhaps the boat was full , so I moved my feet to the ground, and tried to go back to sleeping. I was exhausted. Only problem was that this creepy guy sitting at my feet was stairing at me!!! so I turned to him and said "you quit stairing at me! and if you don't, or if you try to pull anything I will punch you in the face!!!" at that point I woke up from my dream and told a few of my close friends about it via text. One of my buddies, Brielle, told me we should have defensive dreaming class. She always gives me good ideas, so I decided to go with it. so here is your lesson 1 in defensive dreaming.

Close your eyes. Maybe put on some Enya, that always helps me to relax. picture yourself in a normal non threatening enviroment, maybe a park in the day time, or the airport. sorry no, scratch the airport, that may be too tense, go with a nice park in the day time. imagine yourself walking along the beautiful paved path, surrounded by green grass and trees and flowers. stop and smell a flower if you would like. but be mindful of your surroundings. Behind you is a park bench, on the park bench is a blanket and some old clothes, and next to it a shopping cart. clearly this park is inhabited by homeless people. so just be aware of that, homeless people can be nice, but sometimes they can also be druggies and can be crazy, so just be aware.  over by a tree you spot a very intoxicated male about age 45,  he approaches you, and tries to hit on you.  what do you choose to do? are you polite and try to converse? are you smart and just try to get away? He tries to grab you what do you do now? do you yell for help? do you strike?  think about what you would do in this circumstance. this has been lesson 1 of defensive dreaming. you may now open your eyes, and go on with your day, better prepared for situations that may arise in both dream and reality. Have a blessed day. =)