Thread: Falling sucks

Learn to fly?

Dear Sharkbait,

I went into dreaming with a bit of an advantage. When I was still a teenager I had become an airplane pilot, and so I was already comfortable with being up in the sky way above the ground. But you are uncomfortable with the idea. I suppose, you only need to get used to the idea of being up in the air. You should take a few moments several time each day to just daydream about levitating and flying. See yourself back in a few of your old dreams, only imagine that you are a successful flyer. Allow yourself to become accustomed to the idea of flight.

Now, regarding the different styles of flight. Flying in the Lotus Position -- the crosslegged posture adopted by yogins and meditators -- is perhaps the most efficient of positions, allowing the dreamer to fly higher, faster, and better then from any other position. But the position which is the most popular is the Superman Postion in which one most undignifiably drags one's genitalia across the sky -- how embarrassing. Yes, it would be more aerodynamic, however, aerodynamics is not really a concern, is it? It is simply the experience of most dreamers that the Cross Legged Posture works better. Also, if one is modest about showing the world one's backside, one can always use a Magic Carpet. The Sufi Saints did not use Magic Carpets because they were instrumental to their levitation. It was simply out of concerns for modesty, whereby people would look up to see the bottom of a carpet and not the backside of the Wonder Worker.

In my dreams, I have met up with Characters who still use the Magic Carpet, but even some of the more illustrious Gurus now mostly just cross up their legs and suppose that their robes are sufficient covering to protect their discretion.

I have sort of a similar problem... Sometimes when I am dreaming (usually I am walking up a staircase) I trip over something and begin to fall foward. Just before I hit the ground I wake up, sitting up in my bed breathing heavily. I'm not sure what it means but it happens once about every couple of months.

I got over it! I kept falling out of a loft in the ceiling, but I wouldn't wake up!

Maybe you could learn how to control the fall--slowing down or tumbling in midair or changing the ground to an ocean to dive into. That would be better than that annoying "jolting" sensation you (or at least I) feel when I hit the ground. Are you waking up when you hit the ground, or while falling?... I always woke up when I hit the ground, until I finally realized that hitting the ground wasn't going to kill me and I could simply land, stand up, and continue with whatever I'd been doing, totally unhurt. Also try turning the ground into rubber or creating a trampoline.

[Edit] Oh, I saw you solved your problem I'll leave this up in case anybody else can benefit from it though.

The reason is most likely due to the 'excitement' response due to the stress caused by your mind thinking it's in a dangerous situation. If you can learn to realise that there's nothing so much to worry about in an LD, then I reckon you'd get over it, like previous people have mentioned