My Worst Nightmare

All of us have dreams when we sleep and day dreams when we are awake. I have many too and it has made me get up confused of where I was and what was happening around me. One just dream was.....

One night I went to sleep as always. It was raining heavily outside with lightning and thunder. I slept with a blanket over me to avoid the cold and then I dozed off to sleep. I went on to dreaming about a lot of things like reading a book, sipping coffee and enjoying the day.  I was in my Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep where my eyes were moving around and my heart was racing. Then suddenly there was darkness all around and I could not see anything. I realised even with my eyes open I could not see anything outside.

I struggled to see where the light switch was but could not find it. I was groping around in the dark and thought that I had got into a black hole never to come back to light. It was scary to say the least. I was getting deeper and deeper into the darkness. I could hear the thunder outside and it was making the situation even worse. I was praying and consoling myself that this would be over soon but still could not open my eyes. It seems to be never ending and the darkness was pulling me down further. Now what to do - when will this ordeal get over or will it at all end!!!

When out of the blue, my alarm rang with the music of Hanuman Chalisa. It was quite soothing to hear it. I slowly regained my composure and my dreams slowly faded away. I opened my eyes and was happy to see the alarm buzzing off the music. Oh! what a relief.

Looks like Lord Hanuman saved the day or lets us say, saved me from my nightmare. Jai Hanuman.