Thread: I can't do anything...at all.

That's an awesome amount of time to be in a dream! Congrats!

Sometimes, "imagining" where you want to go isn't enough. Next time try visualizing, as strongly as you can, the location you want to be in. Imagine that as you're spinning, you're getting a 360-degree view of what's around you. And always remember to fully believe in your abilities as the dreamer. Confidence is everything! Well, that and visualization/envisioning exactly what will happen. This applies to telekinesis and almost all other dream control tactics.

When you're trying to fly, how are you going about doing it? Depending on your technique, there's different things you can try. If you're pushing off from the ground, imagine that as soon as you kick off that the amount of gravity will go down. Imagine a force below you is pushing you upwards, or a force above you that's pulling you up, like a string. Feel the acceleration as you imagine yourself picking up speed, like how it feels like to be on a roller coaster.

Originally Posted by ebridge15

So, after my longest lucid dream yet which lasted around 15-20 minutes I realized I have a bit of a problem. I can't do anything cool accept flying amd even that isn't very good. I can't go very fast or high. Also when I tried to go to a new location by spinning and thinking about where I wanted to go and that didn't work. Also telekinesis didn't work either. Could somone please help me work through some of these problems? Thanks.

You seem to have very high expectations By most people's standards of first LD's, that's fantastic. In some of my lucids I've been unable to escape my room, let alone fly. Just work at it and practice, you've achieved a load more than most new oneironauts.

Okay and thank you. I have been trying to fly a few different ways. One was by swimming through the air but that was slow and inconsistent. I was trying to jump off the ground and fly superman style and it wasn't working too well…