Thread: Want to help compile a dream-flying tutorial?

This is for advanced LDers only... Don't fly up to the sky, bring the sky down to you. Destroy the illusion of movement and you truly control the dream environment.

Well here's my method of flying... to lazy to read all of it but whatever lol... usually it just comes to me. Even though when I fly I guess I unconciously think of how Peter Pan flies and when dreaming I sort of fly like he does... lol... even though I never really thought of him directly everytime I've flown but well... . Well... here's the actual ethod I've figured out that might help:

Jump and Stop Method
Jump up... and since this is a Lucid Dream, try and believe you can jump Far and High... then in the middle of the jump stop in midair in such a way to make you feel like as if your floating then just fly/float to wherever you want. Try not to fall though... and in case you do... DO NOT PANIC! lol... even though you probably will do to the sensation of falling and well... may wake up... anyhow in case you fall instead of falling... change that fall to a dive... so you dive towards the ground... then slowly bend the angle so it feels as if you were an airplane that dived to the ground and curved back up.

Bleh... haven't tested it though... but may work... lol

what i usually do to fly is grow wings

Well, there were LD's where flying was so natural that not only that I didn't pay any attention into it, but I also barely NOTICED this until after I woke up. In those instances, flying simply served as means to get from point A to point B. Other LDs, of course, make flying extremely difficult. Closing your eyes helps if you're trying to lift off the ground btw.

my lucid flying experience was odd but still cool i was flying around my town because it was easier for me to keep track of distance and i was trying to fly as fast as i can and i was focusing to much on how the wind was hitting my face. ummm, it was odd because i was trying to fly as if i was laerning to fly in real. it was cool because i dont bring it up while awake, but it gave me a cool sense of how to do it. anyway good luck in your lucid dreams

PEACE

Hmm... well, I started reading like the first two pages of this, then I stopped, so I'm sorry if someone already mentioned this:

If you're really just wanting to fly in your dreams, you can't try it during your first LD... flying isn't easy until you get the hang of it, like after your first few LD's... Personally? I've flown many times [/brag] LOL

And for those of you that still can't figure out how to get your first LD (gasp): Try not to think so hard about it before you go to sleep... once you get the LD, try to keep yourself not-exited, or you'll wake yourself up. And when you do wake up, don't go back to sleep... LOL... because that's just... not cool you should be on here telling us about your experiences LOL lmao

I just really think you should stress the fact that it's all in if you truly believe you're going to fly or not.

If you think: "Hey, maybe I can fly." or "I should try flying." there's a high probability of you failing. Once you think about doing it, just GO. If you hesistate or doubt yourself you won't have a very good flying experience.

The other thing I think it's important to stress is that many people think about how to fly. A 'what do I have to do to make this work' philosophy. As long as you're thinking 'curve right', you could be flapping your legs, picking your nose or just turning slightly and you'll do it anyways.

It's all about the belief that you can do it. The second you start to doubt yourself you'll begin to fall, even if you're high up and flying without a problem.

Try running very fast in a straight line for a while and then dive into the air.

Just imagine the feeling of mantaining your speed whilst floating and then go for it.

Haven't done this properly in a while. But I'll explain my technique anyway.

To get up off the ground I will myself to levitate upwards from standing position, and to help 'focus' I move my arms up and away from my body. Sort of like Psycho Mantis, except not >_>

To fly around I use the Mario technique, gathering speed by flying downwards at an angle, then pulling up again, moving around in graceful sine waves. I face the direction I want to move with my whole body.

I don't usually fly to get from A to B, just for its intrinsic pleasure.

What about Anti Gravity like in matrix, i havent done it but someone should try

Originally Posted by Scwigglie

I have to disagree there, it's sometimes not as easy as just willing yourself. Anyway, a technique helps to set the intention, which is critical. Also, some people who are completely new at LDing don't easily comprehend the act of "willing." They need an action to go along with it.
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In the first LD i had, i just jumped into the air and started to fly. That could just be me but...

I just run as fast as I can and jump in the air while concentrating on flying

I find it very easy to fly and do so frequently, simply leaping up into the air works fine for me, it's pretty effortless normally.

One thing i do find is that to much effort nearly always leads to either a lack in flying performance,such as the feeling that your being pulled back down, or that you can't get much altitude, Or it just results in complete and utter failure.

Okay, last night I had my first LD in about a month, and I have some good advice for flying.

Fly like you know how to. Let me explain. I've been playing a lot of video games lately, A LOT of video games. Mostly Dragonball Z. For those of you not acquainted with Dragonball Z, there is flying involved. Now I've never flown like the way the game characters fly before until last night, and it was my best flying experience yet. I could always get off the ground and stay up, I didn't fall, I could go faster than ever and landing was a breeze.

So what I'm trying to say is, if you've seen the Matrix a billion times, fly like Neo. If you're a Superman fan, fly like him. If you're a professional swimmer, use the air swimming method. You know the technique, so you're more confident in your ability to use it. By seeing that movie or watching that TV show or playing that game, your mind has practiced flying. Now go to sleep and use it.

BROOM TECHNIQUE

it's easy, just find a broom and hop on, it would probobly allow you to fly on it if it is a nice dream broom. ha. i don't suggest this for guys though, ha.

I throw myself off high buildings, and force myself to fly. If there aren't any buildings around I run and jump.

Watch Superman - just the flying bits - over and over just before bedtime - I bet you'll dream you're flying eventually

I have a lot of flying dreams, but they've all been spontaneous - except for one which was a lucid dream. I was walking along a lane, insisting it was reality. The ground was so solid, and everything felt so real - there was no way it could be a dream. Then I sensed someone trying to break into a car the other side of the hedge. I rose into the air to look over the hedge and frighten them away - and then realised I must be dreaming if I could do that.
I then zoomed around deliberately, knowing it was a dream. That was fun!

I've had a lot of elevator dreams as well - I wonder if that could be the begining of the flying sensation? Maybe you could get in an elevator, press the top button, and feel the sensation of rising - and that could get you started flying maybe?

well since i fly planes what i do is pretend im in an "invisible plane" and then just push the throttle all the way up and go, you can even get the hand movements going like the aelirons if it helps

i dont need to use any of the devices such as places or jetpacks, but im not saying they dont work or anything. I was inspired by this tutorial or another...but what i do is just...

jump forwards and towards the floor slightly and stick my arms out...as if i was diving

necessity prevails and I just dont hit the ground...although unusually i have to tense my stomach and keep my body rigid so i can pull up, to prevent enevtual decent...

launching at the ground, you WILL pull yourself up...it just happens
i dont mean just like jumping headfirst..but jump parralel to the floor as if you were diving under something at eye level.

although, i am yet to fly outside..this is all through corridors and stuff but youd just need to "pull up" more...

safe flying!

Today I dreamt that a guy gave me an Iron mask and then I could jump really high. After that I had to Jump away from a lot of guys with guns . Then I was walking with the guy and some girl down a street. and it went like this: "Its a dream! Let's fly! Wheeeeeeeee!" And I flied like a superman. It was really easy I just thought about flying and Its done. Somehow the girl and the guy started flying too.
And we were flying down the street and then we saw a red light(the street was crosing with another street) and to stop we crouched in the air to stop. but after we waited a little for the green light I saw that i was looking at everything from very close to earth and couldnt lift myself up. But that was because the dream was ending. I think.

I think that this is a good idea. I will try to post my own advice in the next few weeks.

I flied again in my dream. And I realised that I forgot that I have troubles flying too ^_^ I mean I dont fly so easily as I wrote in my last post. I start flying immediately when I become Lucid since that's the first thing that comes to my mind But when I start flying I feel like I'm floating in zero gravity and I sometimes get pulled down and then lift up right away. My flying Is more like jumping on the moon where you jump really high, but still get pulled back down. Though it still is more like flying than jumping because if I jump in my dream(I usually jump really high) my stomach tickles a lot. But when I'm flying I dont feel that tickling at all. So that's the biggest difference of jumping and flying in my dreams

I have to expierience flying after I visit my first LD and find my DG.