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I find that I stay in a lucid dream longer if instead of trying to change things drastically once I become lucid, i simply allow myself to register that I know i'm dreaming, and see how I can use that knowledge to help me with whatever i was supposed to be doing in the dream.
I've also had dreams in which I had all the powers and freedom of being lucid, without ever having had the 'shit, i'm dreaming' revelation moment. i would simply act as though i could go anywhere and do anything. in one extraordinary dream, i felt all of a sudden blissed out, i began running with my arms spread facing the sky, and I just leaped up into into it. it wasn't a matter of consciously registering that i was able to fly. I just did it because I wanted to. then I had a transcendent, heavenly experience of being one with the sky for what was an entire eternity in one moment. has that happened to any of you? where in a dream you experienced what was, beyond the shadow of a doubt, what every religion meant when they spoke of heaven? Anyhow, i re-emerged back from that state into the same dream, flying naturally (what else does one do when descending from the sky?), and just went all over the place, swooping, hooling and thurling. I traveled through what was definitely the larger astral plane, and secretly listened in on what two very large, very powerful dragons were plotting (if only i could remember what was said!).
I've never had any problems with height or method of flying. If I can just get off the ground, I've got carte blanche. hey, if you can fly, then you can fly, right?
A very easy method for me is to simply enter into a waking dream state without quite falling asleep first. well, how easy it is depends on how tired you are, because you do have to focus to keep yourself from falling asleep, and vice-versa. I first have to get myself into a clear state of mind, and then I envision myself in a space. no rules here, just whatever comes naturally. i'm more kinetic than visual, so my space registers more like how daredevil sees the world than as distinct pictures. i 'feel' the world around me, how far things are, and their shape. color registers as a felt noise; synaesthesia is intrinsic to how I experience this space. navigation, too, is a matter of preference and whatever comes naturally. what i do is a cross between swimming and flying--it's more like the space around me is a plasma, and I contract and expand it to propel myself. Once I am there, and have established movement, it's all a matter of what I find or what I'm looking for. it's easy to tell when I am in a larger plane. note: doing this, my body is essentially asleep by now and I am officially in a dream state. My lucid dream ends when I let it go. |
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