Thread: MY FIRST FLYING EXPERIENCE! ALSO I NEED SOME HELP.....

This is part of a longer dream I just copied the part where it got lucid from my journal :

I was sitting in some cafe with the girl in a booth. She was sitting on the outside of the booth seat and I on the inside to her right, and we were alone at the table. She was telling me about something, I don't remember what, and I recalled my dream about the long hair from earlier. I was thinking how I should have recognized the dream sign and become lucid. Suddenly I wondering if I was dreaming then, at first I thought no this has to be real. But then I interrupted her in whatever she was saying and asked "where are we? What city?" I wasn't sure what city I lived in but somehow I knew no matter what she said it would confirm I was dreaming. She kind of hesitated and during this time I COULD FEEL MY BODY LYING IN BED! I could feel my legs together and realized I was naked (I was sleeping naked). I hoped I wouldn't wake up. The girl answered we were somewhere in Michigan. I kissed her on the cheek and said thanks! I got up and we were both naked. She was shocked she was suddenly naked but I knew it was b/c I was dreaming. I said something like "I'll get your number from ____ and call you later!" I ran down this hall to an open window and shouting "YES!!! I'M DREAMING!!!!" and leapt out the window. I've had trouble flying before and just sort of floated but this time I SOARED up really REALLY high and was doing all these rolls and flying upside down like an airplane (at the least the airplane my friends fly in GTA San Andreas). I was way above the clouds and looked down and felt sort of scared but not really. I was going to try and fly down and do something else but my boyfriend moved beside me in bed and the dream faded as I woke up. I was very close to waking up any way. The funny thing is, as I woke up I had the remains of this song in my head, it was no song I'd ever heard but I realized it was some very gay sounding song about flying that was "playing" as I was flying!!! God I wished I had stayed asleep longer....

My question is....does anyone have any techniques to keep from waking up when something happens in the real world like this? I felt I could have kept flying but I was so close to waking up (I usually naturally wake up around the same time everyday) and my boyfriend BARELY moved beside me. As I felt the dream fading I really wanted to hang onto sleeping but I couldn't. I know about the spinning thing....but I was FLYING! I have never tried that anyway this being only my third LD and I haven't had much control in any of them. Please help!!!

one way that i have realized that helps me stay in the dream world while things in the waking world torment my sleep is concentrating VISUALLY on something in the dream world. It might take work, but make sure to keep your eyes open in the the dream and focus on something in the the dream, possibly using verbal commands like "clarity" or others commands that will help you concentrate on the dream. What you experienced with the sensation that you can feel yourself in bed with your legs together is very similar to having a WILD. With my experiences with WILDs is that I have always had a waking world sound close to me while I was entering the dream world which forced me to concentrate on visuals in the dream world in order to keep me from awaking. It might not work for you, but it is something that I have found to help me when I feel like I was going to awake from a lucid dream. Hope the info helps.. good luck and lucidity to you

Oh, sleeping with someone makes it EXTREMELY difficult to remain lucid! I know, most of my LDs terminate because my wife moves.

Wheelie gave some good advice. Something else to consider is to close your eyes in the dream and go to sleep. Much of the time, this results in a false awakening.

Something else you may consider is to set your intent and practice MILD from the second you wake up.
A lot of the time, you will not be able to hold on to the dream, but chances are good you can instantly start another lucid dream.

If it is not too late in the morning, it is also a great time to practice WILD

Thanks guys, I will try these techniques next time this happens.....it was time for me to wake up anyway or else I may have been more focused.