Is it a bad idea to close your eyes while you try to start flying?

**Yuusha** · 10-18-2014 03:56 PM

I experimented with this a little bit in a lucid dream I had last night, and I wonder what you think about it.
I always find it almost impossible to fly just by jumping straight off the ground, so I usually find a ledge or the roof of a house or something, then I jump and immediately close my eyes when I am in the air.
I have noticed that this usually makes me stay in the air, since I cannot see anything and kind of lose track of space.
Then I open my eyes again and usually this makes me stay in the air.
The problem is that I seem to awaken a few seconds after opening my eyes - I will have this short moment when I smile to myself and fly, then 2-3 seconds later everything starts to fade very quickly and I wake up.

**Walkio** · 10-18-2014 04:13 PM

When I close my eyes in an LD I seem to awaken quickly, too, so I avoid doing it. Funnily enough, I find flying no problem, but other things like telekinesis I find almost impossible.

**yosa** · 10-18-2014 11:57 PM

your in low level sleep and therefore in better control. I find flying To be a force of will,, pretend you are on a ladder if it helps.

**Hilary** · 10-19-2014 12:10 AM

Yes!

Closing and re-opening my eyes seems to do that - it's a good way to wake up if you're having a nightmare. Although, I think intense focus/visualizing the dream scenario can help stop the dream from ending early. You could try spinning, too.

Like you, I also find that jumping has me hanging in air rather than falling. Weird

As to flying, it might help to focus on the place you want to fly to, more so than the act itself.

Works for me, anyways. Goood luck! <3

**OneUp** · 10-19-2014 12:29 AM

I think this may have alot to do with your schema and expectations towards closing your eyes. I too used to have problems with flying when I first started out Lucid Dreaming. However, I stopped those flying problems when I did exactly what you did. I would jump into the air from the ground, close me eyes, and feel myself starting to fly. It would always work. I never woke up when I re-opened my eyes. That possibility came to mind, but because I didn't put much of any focus on it at all, I never had a problem with closing and opening my eyes. All you have to do is keep your focus on the dreamworld.