1STEPPING THROUGH

THE GATE
LIKE MANY CHILDREN, I HAD AN INTENSE DREAM an amazing theater of the
mind featuring both glorLioIFuEs . aDdRvEeAntMuSre Ws EaRndE mI
obemlieenvtes, olaf nsdheede ro tne rmroyr .c hIne sot naen dd
rseaanmg , mae siotsn gsbimirdp,l ea somnega,d wowhilcahrk I,
ifmoumnedd miaytesleylf uonnd ae rfsitfoteoedn -afonodt wPoogkoe
sutipc ks ibnoguinngc.i nIgn daonwonth tehre ddreesaemrt,e dI sotrr
eceotsy,o tael,m foosrt efxlyaimngp. leO n- toroccttaisnigo na lIo
nsege mtheed dtaor kb en iagnh ta'sn ismidaelw -a lak sd oing ac
anfoinuer-'sle gdgroedo pginagit-, hteoatdaelldy, atot npgeuaec-ew,
asgegeiinngg ptheers pneecitgihvbe.orhood from a of bWed.ith
dreams like these, I was a child who had to drag himself out dreaImn .
thIno siet, eIa rwlya sy ewaarsn,d Ie rreinmge tmheb elro cclaela lrilbyr
aornyl ya onnde s supdodnetnalnye soauws lau cdiid- ndoinsoasuaru
srtso marpe inegx titnhcrot u- gthh itsh em sutsatc kbes. aS
odmreeahmo!w N ito wda wconnesdc ioonu smlye :a wIf aarlel
twhaakt eI uwpa!s Id rreeaamsoinnegd, Ic orerarescotnleyd a fnudr
thaewro: kSein csaef eth iins wmays ba eddr.eam - I could
dreaTmhinatg :y othueth fcuoln escxipoeursie anwcea riellnuemssi
noaft ebs etihneg eisns ean tdiarel aemle mwehnilt eo fy oluuc'irde
dorueta mdeilnibge. rIant et haisc tuionniqsu esu sctha tea so ft
aalwkianrgen teos sd, ryeoaum c afnig cuorenss,i dfelyr inagn di nc
atrhrye dream space, walking through the walls of dream buildings,
creating
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any object desired, or making them disappear. experienced lucid
dreamer can conduct experimentsM ionr teh ei msupbocrotannsct,i
oauns or seBeukt iIn'mfo rgmetattiniogn afhreoamd tohfe m aypspealfr
e. n.t l.y conscious unconscious. threeI ne xthpoesriee npcreeste
keenp dt aaylisv, eb mefyo rien tIe rbeesgt ainn ldurceiadm dirnega
manidn gt hree gpuslyacrhlye:, o"vccisaisoino neaxlp derrieeanmcse
,t"h aant ds etehme evde rtyo rbeea l psreencsoeg onfi thivaev,i nagn
aucnceesxsp etoc teadn imninnedr .knowing. Like many, I found life's
deepest mysteries in the evenFtso, r limkee , dtrheea mocincags oiof
nsaolm peroecnoeg mniatikvien gd raena mod do fstetant
eamppeenat riend aa sd rsemamall, loantleyr , too rh teoa rh aa vree
aal vpoeircseo ni nm tahkee dtrheea msa mane noodudn cset aatenm
oebnste arv faetwio nh othuarst lsaytmerb wolosu mlde baen tp rthoev
ednr ecaomrre ecvt.e Ontns cwe,o tuhled vtoaikcee ethxrpelea
inyeeadr sth taot tthrea ndsrpeiarme. Ii nk ethpet twraackki nogf
wthoartl dd,a tdei raencdtl ys ormeleatthedin gto i ntchree ddirbelae
md ifdr oimnd etehdre eh aypepaerns earlier.1
and Pdrisercuopgtneidti vmey dtrreaadmitiso nchaal lrleelniggeiodu
sm ayn db usdpdiriintgu asl cvieienwtifsi.c Swtroarnlgdev iceow-
winacsid oennec etso, tseelllf?-fulfilling prophecies, or unknown
information? How It ocOcunrer edda yto i nm me yth parte itfe eGno,
dc hwuarsc ht-hgeo sinamg em i"nyde,s tIe hrdaady a, tmoidnaiy-e,
painpdh afnoyr-. eovf etrim," ea, sa pthaeryt fsraoimd itni mthee, iOn
lad pTleasctea mwehnetr,e tthiemne Ghoadd nmou smt eeaxnisint
go.u Atsnidde, wif itthhaotu tw teimree ,t rwueh,e rteh etnim pee
erhxiasptes dd irne aomnse gwleorreio uthse Ngoawte.w Yayet tmo
ya ypoluancge sbcyi ean cwea-ekdinugca etevde nmt icnodu lbda
lbkee dn oatth tihnigs mnootrieo nth. aAn dsrheeaemr tc oeivnecnidt
efnoclleo wanedd dseildf-nf'ut lfnilelicnegs sparroilpyh eecnyta, iiln
awnyh icfho rIe kunnokwnoinwgi.n gOlyr hpeelrpheadp sb riitn gw
aabs oluikt et hae tehvaetn tl attheart tIu drnreeadm otu. tA tnod b eev
etrnu we,h pene rah adprse ammy v coriecaet imvea duen acno
nosbcsieoruvsa thioadn tshiminpglsy, nmoatidcee da tchleinvgers
aannndo, ubnyc ecmalecnutl.ating the likely outcome of those
incidAesn t tohcisc usrpreirdit. uOaln eq uSeusntdioanyi negv
ewniansg gwohienng Io wn,a sa enloetvheenr ofra stwcienlavtein, gI
lay on my bed reading a book and stopped for a moment to think. As I
absentmindedly looked up at the ceiling, my head and I began to see
a vision of a Native American ssuedttdinengl yo vteurrlnaeydin ngo
trhthe epnhcyes iwcahl ilsec eanneo. thI esrt rpuagrgt leodf mtoe
ftreoeo km iyns etlhfe f rvoimsio tnh.i sF iunnaellxyp eitc tsetdo
pepxepde.ri- my cAats et,h aI t wyeonutn gto atghee, lwibhraatr yd.o I
yfoliup pdeod wthirtho usgohm ae thniunmg bleikr eo tfh biso?o kIns
laibttoleu to tfh ve aOluled fTore smtaem tehnetr ec.o nI taalisnoin cgh
ceockmemd eonutta ray foewn vbiosiooknss obnu tN foatuinvde Abym
werhicicahn cyuolututhre g aanind idnissicgohvte riendto t hteh eviirs
iloivne qs.u eNsot,r ma tarlalyd itai ovniasli opnr aqcutiecset otrcibcue
rsa nind atr arivteula la lfoanshei ofno.r Tah ep eyriooudn go fp
edrasyosn oisf ofabsltiignagt,e dp rtoay lienagv,e atnhde wthaaitt
ihnagp pfoern tthoe mvei?s ioOnnalryy yeexapres rliaetnecre d. idY eI
t dwishcyo vwero tuhladt sooumr efathminilgy hliakde Native American
ancestry.2
an "Sinonmere wadhverieso irn," thfoisr tliamcke opfe rai obde,t tIe ra
ltseorm re. cAotg nciezretadi nth tei mperess, ewnchee no fI wcoanss
isduecrhe da tnhaitnugrsa ld teheipnlgy,, Ia na sisnunmeer dk
nevoewryinogn ea pepxpeaerreiedn cine dm thyi sm. iInt dw. aIst
vliekrey hsaimvipnlge tihnec idseernvti cthesa to mf ao swt iasney
oolnde mwaonu lidn siigdneo. reF,o trh eex ianmneprl ek,n aofwteirn
ag waso au lldiv imnga kpea raanb loeb. sTehrve actoiomnm
aebnotus ts eliefem eodr isnutgeglleisgte ntht,e epvreons raeicm
ainrkciadbelnet. tIo b leogoakn. tSoi nsceen sIe litvheadt ianll thaero
muniddd mlee olfi fKe ahnasda sm, efaarn ifnrogm, ift hIe ocnelnyt
ecrasr eodf wbeolrolwd tphoew seurr,f atchee, apta caen ootfh elirf el
evweal,s Is lkonwewer wane dh apde rehvaeprsy thsiimngp,l earl,l
tyheet lessoLnisk eo fa nliyfe .teenager, I'd pester this inner advisor -
What am I? Who vamisi teI?d Tthoe tihsseusee aqguaeisnt io(anlst
hIo uwgahs thgeiv eann stwweor s arnoslwleedr sa raonudn dth meny
nmeivnedr froers pdoencdaedde,s )". EIvne roynteh inings taanndc
en,o ttoh imngy. "" OWkhaoy ,a Im t hIo?u" gthhte, ainnny epr
eardsovnis oinr an ostehnisneg ,h faosr tthime ep ootre nthteia fl
acteasp awbiillli tsiwese eopf iatl la,l lb auwt ainy .h Ianv itnhgo steh
ewmo radlss,o thoaos, tIh see ncosemdp ale htei dfdreeend ocomn
noef cNtiootnh ibnegt.w Beeunt stthilel nriocth elnatvirieshlyn ecsosn
otefn Bt ewinitgh abned- ainngd ,a bpyla ecxet emnasriokner, tbheet
wineneenr tawdov iesxotrr wemitehs ,t hIe c qounetisntiuoend otof
ipdeesntteirt ym uynsteillf, one day, an answer came that laid all
further questions to rest. "You
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are what you let yourself become," said the inner satisfied me
completely: The living of life was an aadlvloiswoirn. gT hofa ts ealnf.s
wer my Aselatrocghe tfhoerr , spthirei tuparel cmogenaintiivneg
dkreepatm ms,e tphreo bviinsigo nf oer xspaetrisiefynicneg, aanndd
pcoromvpolketien ga ndsrweaerms.s ,O cbrveiaotuesdl ya, mpeyr
siinstteennste dinesnierre ltifoe , ascpcaerpkte, da bbya nthdooung, hotr-
tpuearlh. aWpsh ibcrhid igse w ohnye ino f1 t9h7e 5t,w aot awgoe
rsldixvtieeewn,s :I tphiec ksecdie unpti foicn ea nodf mthye oslpdiersi-t
Cbraostthaenre'sd ab,o aonkds , eJmoburanrkeye dt oo nIx tmlayn :f
iTrshte l eLsessosno nisn oluf cDido nd rJeuaamn inbgy .Carlos ogy
Agrsa dsoumatee rsetuaddeernst mata Uy CkLnAow i,n Cthaerl o1s9
6C0ass twanheod sao wugahs t atno alenathrnr ofprooml- nSatatitvese
asnhda mMaenxs icaob.o uAtc pcosyrdcihnogt rtoop hicis psltaonrtys,
ihne tmhee ts oa uYthawquesi tIenrdn iaUnn sitoerd- cIne rtehre,
dporonc Jeussa,n d, ownh Jou aang rpereodv tiod etde aCcha shtaimne
daba owuitt hh aal luunciinqouge evniiecw p olaf ntthse. twoo erxldp.e
rEievnecne mthoirse niemwp owrotarlndtv, ipewer.haps, don Juan
supplied techniques spokTehne t op hCilaosstoanpehdya o: f" d[Yon]o
Juura ind emai gohf tt hbee wsuomrldm e.d.. uips einv etrhyetshei nwg;o
radnsd, pwuhsehne dt hCata scthaannegdeas ,t ot hceo nwsiodreldr
niteswel f acnhda nwgoersl.d"-3c hDaonng inJuga ind ecaosn satnadn
tltyo becoCmaes tmanoerdea mheans traellcyo ufnletxeidb lien.
numerous books his decade-long asso- cvieartaicointy w iint hs tdoorynt
eJlulainng. ,4W hhisil em manayn yb ohoakvse noepveenrltyh eqlueesss
ticoonnetda inC aas tnaunmedbae'sr Joof uprrnoevyo tcoa tIixvtel aind
eaansd a ndedc, ildiekde tmo atnryy jyuosut nogn ep eoofp tlhee, Iid
weaass, innetvriegru iemd.a gI irneinadg how Dtroann sJfuoarnm
sautigvgee satns tiod eCa acsotaunlde dbae .a simple technique to "set
up dream- iynogu" mour sbt elcooomk ea tc yoonuscr iohuasn dins, "t
hdeo dnr Jeuaamn sintastteru. c"tTs oCnaisgthatn eind ay. oAufrt edrr
esoammes odbisjceucst stioo nd arebaomut atbhoe umt,e adnoinn gJ
uoafn d creoanmtininuge sa. n"dY thoeu cdhoonic'te hoafv eh atnod lso
oask aant tyhoiunrg hina naddsv,a"n chee asnady sf.i n"dL iitk ien
Iy'voeu rs adirde,a mpisc.k I asnayidth yionugr aht aanldl.s Bbuect
apuiscek thoenye will always be there."5
sceneD othna tJ uhaen w fausr tlhoeor kaindgv isaet db eCgaasnt atnoe
sdhai ftt hoart wwahveenre ivne rt haen dorebajemct, hoer
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should consciously look back at his hands to stabilize renew the power of
dreaming. the dream and sat cSroimssp-llee gegneodu ginh , bIe dt haonudg
hbte. gSaon , lboeofkoirneg gaoti ntgh et op asllmeesp oefa cmhy nhigahntd, sI.
Mdreenatma llayn, d I reqauliieztel yI 'tmo ldd rmeaymseilnf,g .""T Io nriegpheta,
teI dw tihlle sseueg gmeys tihoann dosv eirn amndy overW, uanktiinl gI bupe
cianm teh eto mo itdirdelde aonf dt hdee cniidgehdt , toI greov tioe wselede pm.y
last dream. Hinag dm I ys egeona lm. yW hiathnidns ?a Nfeow. Bniugt hsttsi llo
hf otrpyeifnugl , tIh ifse llt ebcahcnki qauslee,e ipt rheampepmenbeedr-. I had my
first actively sought lucid dream:
BI'm a nwda Clk ihnagll si.n Athse I bpuresyp ahrael ltwo apyuss ho ft hme yd
ohoigrh o pscehno, oml ya th tahned sj usnpcotniotann oef- sotuasrley ifnly w
uopn idne rf raotn tt hoefm m. yS fuadcdee! nTlyh,e yI cliotnersacliloyu psloyp
rueapl iizne ,f r"oMnt yo fh maned! sI! This Ii sl oao dk reaaromu!n Id' mm der,
eaammainzge dt htihsa!t" I am aware within a dream. All raeraolu.nd me is a
dream. Incredible! Everything looks so vivid and tion I bwuialdlki ntgh rwohuigleh
ath eg redaoto rfse eali nfge wo f feeeut pthoowriaar da ntdh e enaedrmgyin
iwsterlals- ua pb iitn swidoeb.b lAys. II lsutocipd layn rde mloeomk baetr tdhoe n
bJruicakn 'ws aaldl,v itchee adnrde adme csideee mtos lthoionkg binacckre
ddiobwlen haatp pmeyn sh. aAnds sI tloo oskt aabti lmizye hthane ddsr, eIa mbe
cwohmeen tsootamlley- gabiasnotr bfelde shin- tothneemd . ca"nI"y onno wth
aste eI efalcoha t fiwngitehripnr inatn, d eatchhr oluingeh,. aTs hae cwaonryldo
nhs aas nbde cgoumlliee sm ayn dp awlmh oprlrsi nats, aa nfdl oIa'mtin mg
osvpiencgk aobf oauwt airtes nveassst. Iv anroy ilnogn guenr dsuelea tmioyn hs
ansudr; rIo usened icnrge aamn-dc otloowreedri, ncga nayboonv-el ikme ew,
awllhsi cohf smoem, e" Ip"a rst eoemf mtoe bken oaw dso at so fm ayw fairneg
epreprrcienptst ioorn pflaolamt inpgr inthtsr!o uAgsh faolrl of thIi'ms -w
joonydoeursi,n ga whaorwe ,t hains dc ofuullld obf ea, wweh.en suddenly my
vision pops obauctskt rteot cnhoerdm, ailn pfrroonpto rotfi othnes aanddm iIn
siesetr aatgiaoinn bthuailtd Ii nagm. Ssttialln dcionngs,c ihoaunsdlys
ianwcarerdei, bIl e tuhrignek taob folyu t- Iw whaatn tt oto dfoly !n eI xbte. cIo
mwea laki rba ofrenwe hfeeeatd ibnugt sftereali gahnt umpa xfoimr tuhme
ipnittecnhs,e tbhleu elu sckidy . dAres ammy efnedelsi.ng of overwhelming joy
reaches
8 LUCID DREAMING
I awake in bed, totally astounded, my heart pounding ing. Never had I
felt such intense feelings of elation, ene ragnyd, haenadd uretteelr-
mfreye ddroemam. Is haasd i fd pornoep eitl!l eId h bayd ssoeemne m
mya ghiacnadl sf olritceer aalnlyd fIl yr euapli ztoe df,a c"eT lheivse ils i
na Adrneda msu!d" dAetn ltyh,e laigkee oDfo srioxtteheyn i, nI Ohazd, bI
ewcoasm ne octo inns cKioaunss ains athney dmreoarme. state.
lege.Well, actually, I was in Kansas for another year, until I left for col-