Leaving Dharmaland

I had asked for guidance.  I invited every and any sentient being to offer guidance, but I was alone in the cave within the mountain.  Every way to interpret this situation said that the answer was in me and only in me.  I do not know what I can do for anyone, but, if it is anything at all, I feel I can do more of it somewhere else, somewhere more directly serving those who are suffering.
I was about to leave the Buddha Hall after the last prayer for the night, when I was struck with the sense that I was going to have a dream that night.  I used to dream regularly, but, since I have begun smoking marijuana regularly, I do not dream as much, or, I do not recall dreams as much.  I love the excitement and creativity of many of my dreams, but I have had so many dreams about apocalyptic disasters that I got used to not dreaming.  When I did dream, I started calling them “breakthrough” dreams and paid extra attention to detail, because they broke through the dream barrier with some emotional breakthrough.  I went to my room and tucked into bed ready and fully confident I would know what to do in the morning.  
The first visual I had was the exterior of a gigantic mountain, perhaps in the Caucasus.  However, the vision quickly zoomed towards the mountain and through a crevice into a cavern.  That is where I recognized myself and that I was in a cavern.  I looked around to get my bearings, but the cavern was almost entirely dark, with only a few specs of light entering through tiny cracks and crevices.  I wasn’t exactly feeling fear, but I did start to search for a way to exit the cave.  When I got closer to some of the cracks, it seemed the walls of the cave were precariously loose boulders.  I was concerned that, if I tried to move any of the boulders, they would collapse any potential way out or maybe the entire cave.  I moved to what felt like a more central point in the cave and sat, contemplating my options.  That’s when my mind opened to the universe of possibilities:  I knew so little about my situation that I needed to confer with every bit of creativity and imagination before deciding an action.    As I thought more, I calmed myself by considering that I had gotten into the cave, which meant something about either being there on purpose or being able to leave if I wanted.  That’s when I woke up, and that was the answer!  The cave was Dharmaland and the way out was to wake up.  I began the dream outside the cave and only my mind could have put me there.  My mind awoke me as my way out of the cave I entered with my mind.  My answer was that I had the choice to leave, and it really seemed I wanted to, so I did.