Flying, I did it!

[northcave]

Skip to the last paragraph if you just want to read about the flying: Ok so i've only had 4 lucid dreams but i'm doing fairly good. I actually stopped taking a dream journal simply because i've been so busy with work and since then my lucid dreams stopped. That was about 4 months ago. Anyway ... i was having a nap on the weekend and repeated a few time to myself as i fell asleep "i will remember this dream,,, i will remember it" Ok so i fell asleep and i was dreaming about rock climbing with a friend. Something we do a lot anyway. I realised the rope had a knot in it where it shouldn't have been which was my cue to question if it was a dream and hey presto... lucidity. It was funny because my friend at that point climbed up onto the ledge of the cliff and i was like "oh don't worry about the rope its only my dream so it doesn't matter if you're not safe".... he was like oh ok cool Anyway so i was on a cliff high up and thought it would be a good chance to fly... i've tried before and couldn't. I considered just jumping off the cliff but that seemed a little scary... especially if it wasn't a dream. Flying technique: Ok so i tried to just fly off and it didn't work. So i thought lets just try and float first... which worked... as i floated up my friend tried to grab me and bring me back down but i was having non of it... at that point i was already in mid air and it was easy to jet off at high speed super man style! I felt i was loosing lucidity a bit and instead of spinning i barrel rolled in mid air which worked! I came back down and tried to hover about 30ft up.... that kind of didn't work. I fell back down which was scary from 30ft but just landed in a heap to get back up again. Anyway morals of the story are... if you're trying to fly, float first. If you begin loosing lucidity when in mid flight, do barrel roles.

[Lëzen]

do barrel roles. Agh...memories of countless hours of Star Fox 64 rushing back to me... Anyway, the prospect of flying a one-man fighter somehow appeals to me more than trying to fly like Superman. Dunno why. Doing the latter is probably easier, though. So tell me, what was the experience like? Was it vivid and basically what you thought it might be like, or was it just kind of "bleh, it wasn't that great"?

[northcave]

It was only my 4th lucid so i felt rushed that i had to get back down and do something else. I also skydive on weekends so it felt a lot like that. I think next time i'll try and relax and not rush,,, and then try some low level flying maybe. Maybe through mountains.

[Luminous]

Congrats on the flight! It is a good idea to try floating first for those who are having problems with lucid flying. I think flying is on top most lucid dreamers' list over favorite things to do in lucid dreams.

[psychology student]

Skip to the last paragraph if you just want to read about the flying: Ok so i've only had 4 lucid dreams but i'm doing fairly good. I actually stopped taking a dream journal simply because i've been so busy with work and since then my lucid dreams stopped. That was about 4 months ago. Anyway ... i was having a nap on the weekend and repeated a few time to myself as i fell asleep "i will remember this dream,,, i will remember it" Ok so i fell asleep and i was dreaming about rock climbing with a friend. Something we do a lot anyway. I realised the rope had a knot in it where it shouldn't have been which was my cue to question if it was a dream and hey presto... lucidity. It was funny because my friend at that point climbed up onto the ledge of the cliff and i was like "oh don't worry about the rope its only my dream so it doesn't matter if you're not safe".... he was like oh ok cool Anyway so i was on a cliff high up and thought it would be a good chance to fly... i've tried before and couldn't. I considered just jumping off the cliff but that seemed a little scary... especially if it wasn't a dream. Flying technique: Ok so i tried to just fly off and it didn't work. So i thought lets just try and float first... which worked... as i floated up my friend tried to grab me and bring me back down but i was having non of it... at that point i was already in mid air and it was easy to jet off at high speed super man style! I felt i was loosing lucidity a bit and instead of spinning i barrel rolled in mid air which worked! I came back down and tried to hover about 30ft up.... that kind of didn't work. I fell back down which was scary from 30ft but just landed in a heap to get back up again. Anyway morals of the story are... if you're trying to fly, float first. If you begin loosing lucidity when in mid flight, do barrel roles. Well done on your first lucid flight.

[CaLeB-]

I like your barrel roll thinkin'.

[Maeni]

Sounds cool, I didn't even ever think of doing barrel rolls. I'll add that! :O Sortof like the spinning method, yes? Haha at last sentence. The love/hate towards memes. DO A BARREL ROLL! (Press Z or R twice!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIkJvY96i8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv5qzMtLE60