Quote Originally Posted by NoctemConArtist View Post
But what about flying? No one knows HOW to fly or has had practical experience in real life, yet they can do it in a dream. Is it because they're familiar with the CONCEPT of flying, and have seen many images of flying in waking life?
Indeed. I just meant that you can dream that you're playing guitar with skills to rival Hendrix, Santana, and Clapton combined, even without ever having seen anyone actually play a guitar. But that doesn't mean that if a hypothetical expert on guitar-playing observer were to be in your dream and watching you, he would say that you were playing guitar properly (sorry this part was a bit incomprehensible...).

Quote Originally Posted by NoctemConArtist View Post
How important is practical experience with skills in regards to lucid dreams? I'm a virgin and am trying to get lucid sex, but I haven't succeeded so far. Even though I know how sex is done, I've never had practical experience. Is lack of experience stopping me, or is sex like flying (ie you don't need experience) and I'm just unlucky?
I think with sex, it depends on two things. One, do you know what sex feels like (i.e., have you ever masturbated? Don't answer, that was rhetorical), and two, do you have the proper dream control skills to follow through with it (often inexperienced people get overexcited or stop paying attention when sexy time arrives, and this can lead to lucidity loss or waking up with blue ba- nevermind...)? With the former, if you have sex and don't know how it feels, your assumptions will end up being the thing that determines the experience.