Thread: New... Yet Experienced

Welcome on board!

Yeah flight is pretty amazing and I do it often. Some other things that are pretty cool as well are breakthing underwater and walking through walls.

Je tres jelouse! I always read and hear about people flying in dreams but I have never actually experienced it. I wonder what that means.

Welcome ^_^.
I have only flown in my dreams a few times a long time ago when I was very young, but I still remember the feeling. It was amazing. As Seeker said, breathing underwater is also really fun. With me, that's just about the only thing that can match up to flight and luckily, happens quite often because all I have to do is try to drown myself.

Welcome to the forum, Cyphid.

Actually, the list of truely breathtaking experiences that you can experience while lucid dreamin is infinite, subject only to your imagination. Think of something that would truely floor you with amazement, and it is possible to experience it while dreaming. Flying is probably just the tip of the iceberg, depending on how creative you get with things you'd like to experience.
As far as learning more about yourself, it is very possible, and sometimes happens without your own conscious will. Everything you have learned, everything you have experience, and indeed everything that has entered your mind through any means has been stored, to some degree, in your subconscious mind. Dreams are the playground of the subconscious, and things you have long since consciously forgotten, or possibily never even consciously Noticed, are subject to pop up anywhere in your dreams. Old fears, old joys, different aspects of your personality; these are all there for your experience while dreaming, and are clearly more accessible while Lucid dreaming. The conscious mind, and subconscious mind could be complete opposites of each other, as the conscious mind is a little more subject to outside influence: like trends, sociality, or simply things your conscious mind has constructed as Reality. None of these things apply with any sort of Absolution while dreaming, because your subconscious (the man behind the curtain) is hard at work constructing your dream sceen, which usually differs completely from your view of waking life. It is for this reason that it is possible to be constantly surprised by different aspects of your 'self' that you didn't even know exist within you while awake.