Twice this week I have experienced excruciating stomach pain, and all-over joint pain. I've actually been feeling lots and lots of inexplicable all-over pain for years now, and lately I had been visualizing plucking plants and imagining I was pulling the roots of the pain.
This morning, after being up until 5am with the pain, I finally fell asleep and into a lucid dream. For a brief moment I struggled to stay grounded, and quickly surrendered to the feeling of rising and floating and allowing the dream to move me. Soon I was flying, and marveling at how easily I was controlling my flight. I remembered, there was something I wanted to address in the dream. I leaned back, threw my hands wide and asked, "Hey, DREAM! What is the root of all of this pain?" I was floated over to a shelf and an invisible hand brought down a large piece of cardboard, folded over on itself and covered in grafitti that I 'recognized' as something I had put away when I was a teenager. It flipped open, revealing a small, sickly black dragon which floated over to me, held in my arms.
I wondered what I should DO with this dragon...but instantly it changed and became healthy, luminous. It floated in midair, us looking at each other and feeling mutual positive regard. I was smiling and feeling relieved.
Throughout the day today, I've felt the presence of this dragon, wrapped around me. It feels best to be present with it, rather than dialogue with it or try to understand it or figure it out.