Thread: Attained lucidity, but couldn't fly!

I'm not sure if this is common, actually. Most people I know tried flying in early in their lucid 'career', and maybe had some trouble with getting the technique nailed; but I've never heard of anyone waking up from merely attempting to fly.

A lot of things in lucid dreaming rely on your expectations. If you expect something to happen, it probably will.

Stephen LaBerge himself has shown this; when he tries spinning to induce clarity to a dream, he usually ends up in his room; just because he expects to. In LaBerge's book 'Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming' he tells of a pioneering dream experimenter (can't remember his name) who had thought if he spoke his name in a dream, he would wake up. When he tried this experimentally, he did wake up. But when LaBerge tried this himself, he said his name without waking up.

What I'm trying to say is; if you expect flying isn't going to work, it won't. So expect that, next time you become lucid, you'll be able to fly off with ease without waking up or losing clarity.

My advice would also be to stay calm, and focus on maintaining dream clarity. Then just gradually try to hover - then maybe go a little higher - until you're confident to try moving around.

Most importantly, don't let it stress you out or worry you.

You need to be experienced to fly, i can't fly yet.

Originally Posted by Dreamhope11

You need to be experienced to fly, i can't fly yet.

Not necessarily. Flying was one of the first things I did when I discovered lucidity.

My first time having an LD was by total accident and was the most amazing experience ever. In the dream I killed Freddy Kruger, went to the top of a mountain, went to school and found some teachers giving me trouble , and then i flied. It was a little hard at first....i actually attempted a number of times (jumping,floating, falling, jumping,floating, falling) but then i just tried one good time and up i went, flying through the clouds, over cities....all that jazz. But one important thing I can remember was that I never thought i couldn't do anything....i mean hell, its your dream....you can do anything you want.....when your mind can wrap around that, anything is possible.

Flying either works the first time, or it doesn't. For those not lucky enough to get it naturally, keep trying. Imagine yourself weightless/jump and attempt to float first. Then try to get some speed.

All I can really say to you is to be 100% confident that you'll fly. Expect to fly.