Thread: Why do people like flying in LDs?

I've always found flying to be really dull and a waste of time in LDs. Why do people like it?

I'd assume it was just something you'd want to experiance in your lifetime you know. Plus its a cliche of a fun and interesting dream and something all newbs aspire to try.

Often times it feels very liberating, especially for people who have just begun to LD. It can feel like an almost spiritual experience.

I'm more curious as to how anyone could "not" like flying.
It's one of the most fun things. besides free falling.

Plus, the view you get is always spectacular. That's a good enough reason for me, right there.

Any chance it comes natural to you Pyro?

It comes natural to me in dreams, even non LD dreams, that's why I don't really care for it anymore. But for people who have never done it, or done it sparringly, the act itself does make for an out of this world expierence.

or done it sparringly

i've only done it once.

Hm, perhaps it's a difference in feeling. When I fly it feels much like I'd imagine soaring over New York City as free as a bird, with incredibly bubbling spirits, wind lashing the face, the sun on my back. I let out a carefree, bellowing laugh as I increase speed and lower altitude to zip past two skyscrapers.

And-- you've only flown once?

If you've only done it once, you need to do it again. Flying experiences are always different.

Hm, perhaps it's a difference in feeling. When I fly it feels much like I'd imagine soaring over New York City as free as a bird

i have the same feeling

And-- you've only flown once?

because it sucked

If you've had the same feeling I described I find it hard to believe that it sucked. Sure I've flown and felt very little. I've flown and had the dream pop on me. Yes, sometimes it does suck. It's a little perturbing though that you're so adamant about not flying (going so far as to ask others why) when you've experienced it once and assumed that's all there is to it.

Mes is right, each time is different. It can have a lot to do with vividness and control. But if you don't want to try it again, then that's fine. I guess the overall answer to your thread's question is 'because people experience it differently'.

I really like swimming in dreams, so even when I'm flying it's usually more like I'm swimming through the air. It's a very liberating sensation either way. It's also just interesting seeing everything from above, and being able to look over a large landscape.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

i have the same feeling

uh, what DO you classify as an exciting experience if that isnt?

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

i have the same feeling

you have that same "free as a bird feeling" of what would be flying over New York city and you say it sucked?

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

I've always found flying to be really dull and a waste of time in LDs. Why do people like it?

Because normal human beings can't fly in real life?

I find this question to be really silly.

Because normal human beings can't fly in real life?

have you ever heard of airplanes, helicopters, hang gliding and skydiving?

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

have you ever heard of airplanes, helicopters, hang gliding and skydiving?

Do you honestly not understand the conceptual difference between flying in an airplane, a helicopter, a hang glider or skydiving (which isn't flying, it's falling), and flying unassisted?

Teleportation is all good, when you just simply want to get from point A to point B, but the main thrill of flying, is flying, itself, not merely as a method of transportation.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

have you ever heard of airplanes, helicopters, hang gliding and skydiving?

Yes? And what's your point? That's like saying "Why would one want to run 200mph in a dream when you could just as easily drive that fast in a car in real life!"

Come on man. Think.

but the main thrill of flying, is flying, itself

if you want to go into what has more thrill, teleportation has the more thrill for me. the feeling it gives me is very intense and unusual.

I prefer flying over teleportation merely for the experience. Teleportation, for me, is point A *spin/jump* point B. Quick flip, very boring. Flying, on the other hand, allows a more satisfying travelling experience... If I'm in it for the scenic route, that is.

For some reason, I like assisted teleportation more than instant teleportation, when a fast trip is needed. Opening a door, jumping into a picture, that kind of stuff. Pretty fun.

I like flying because it gives me a huge sense of freedome, the only thing I get to walk around on is a very small portion of an area which is the ground, where the majority of space is up in the air.

I felt tide to the ground throughout my life.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

if you want to go into what has more thrill, teleportation has the more thrill for me. the feeling it gives me is very intense and unusual.

Okay? So you have a different preference. You don't need to knock what other people like to do because you like to do something different.

I finally had my second lucid dream yesterday, and the first thing I did once I realized I was dreaming, was fly. I was actually a little disappointed, I found it a little boring. It was just like being on a tall building and looking down at the ground - not too entertaining. The rest of my lucid dream was better after I got the need to fly out of my system

Originally Posted by hankwheels

I finally had my second lucid dream yesterday, and the first thing I did once I realized I was dreaming, was fly. I was actually a little disappointed, I found it a little boring. It was just like being on a tall building and looking down at the ground - not too entertaining. The rest of my lucid dream was better after I got the need to fly out of my system

Flying experiences are often different.
Sometime they can be boring in that your only seeing things from a higher perspective. Or it feels like your moving through mud. But other times if you work at it you can go really fast, feel the wind on your face, have that roller coaster feeling in your stomach etc... they are the good flying dreams. If you haven't had one like that you should keep trying, and then if you think its boring still, so be it.

Personally I like to fly around slowly releasing arcs of electricity from my body, it makes me feel powerful. Zapping any DCs that happen to be nearby. Then I take off upwards as fast as I can then come back to the ground and pull up at the last moment. very thrilling. Don't get to do it very often though, as often my control isn't good enough or I'm trying to achieve other things.

Sometimes I fly for the thrill of it, but mostly I fly just to get around.

I don't fly. It's not that it's not funny or something, but in time i used to it, and I change flying to a teleportation when i need to go somewhere.

I token (take?) it from a mental voyages (Bruce Moen is talking about it).

Somethimes i fly, but these are really rare exceptions for fun, or because situation needs that...