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    1. 01-22-2009 03:03 PM #1
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      Dream flying control?

      Hi,

      I'm completely new here and should probably drop by the introduction forum but have just woke up from the best lucid dream and thought i'd sign up to ask a couple of questions.

      I've not been lucid dreaming long and do it fairly regularly although i don't remember my dreams very well and don't keep a dream journal (i should probably start). Anyway, i just wrote out a big account of my dream and then deleted it cause it was fairly rambling and i figured no-one would want to read it.
      There was a point in it though where i started flying unaided and attempting to explain to my friends and family that they were all dreaming and could do the same. The problem being that it takes me a great deal of difficulty to get off the ground. I know it sounds weird but it's kind of like my brain has trouble reconciling with the fact i can fly in a dream.

      I tend to start out by just kinda jumping up and telling myself i'm going to fly. I'll then start jumping really high and drifting but still feel the pull of gravity and eventually i'll jump so high I manage to stay airborne.. The problem is, it's the same story every time. This time i ended up jumping off some steps to get some extra height but i didn't jump off the railings cause it was too high and i was wondering if i could hurt myself in a dream and be hurt in real life (aka the matrix rules, i know, it's stupid i'm well aware i'm dreaming but i'm still not quite my logical self?)

      Anyway, my question is does anyone else have a similar experience with dream flying? Where it takes a few tries to get airborne? Once i'm up i'm ok but it's not like controlled flying so much as vaguely turning in the right direction and having to do breaststroke to stabilize myself, kinda like a balloon in the wind.
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    2. 01-22-2009 07:05 PM #2
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      Hey!! yeah!! well, i'm 22 years old (first time to ever join a forum BTW), and i've been trying to OBE since i was like 16 years old.. i guess i just haven't had enough patience, cause my experiences haven't been many..., but last year i did it a couple of times... anyways, somewhere i saw that LD could help you get into the astral plane...

      I LD once last week, and like i said, i did had a couple of short astral voyages, and flying is always hard, i mean, its like you say, since we can't do that in real life its like we think we can't, even knowing that we're dreaming... just keep practicing, and, don't try too hard, i mean, all you need is one little hop, and you should be able to maintain yourself in the air.... ok i just thought of something... do you know how to swim? that feeling you get like floating, you kinda' maintain yourself in the surface, and you know you can't sink... maybe try and think of your flight in the same way... I mean, you know you're dreaming, you know you can't get hurt... just jump... remain calm, and ride it off, as if you were swimming ... kinda'! i don't know how to explain it... I myself don't have all that control, its like you say, you kinda keep yourself from going from side to side, but it will come with practice... you do it once, and you will be able to do it again....

      one thing i've learned all these years is, you can't really Force yourself into doing anything you can't just order and FORCE your mind... what you gotta do is remain calm, emotions under control... and know you can do things, and just... do them!.. i know it might not make to much sense, but, you just gotta let yourself go and with a simple thought, things just sort of happen... just be confident..
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    3. 01-23-2009 10:17 PM #3
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      It is very rare that I am able to fly. I have tried jumping off of buldings, jumping in place, and everything else and it just never works. I was able to fly once from hopping on a dream characters back and telling him to fly me somewhere

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    4. 01-23-2009 10:27 PM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by eppy View Post
      It is very rare that I am able to fly. I have tried jumping off of buldings, jumping in place, and everything else and it just never works. I was able to fly once from hopping on a dream characters back and telling him to fly me somewhere
      LOL yeah yeah... On Robert Pattison's back right? lol
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