J.D.

03.12.2009

Controlling Speed of Flight (WBTB)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

This was a real quickie, but fun nonetheless. I'm not sure if it was a WBTB or a DILD, but I'll say it's a WBTB since I did plan to get lucid.



I was sitting outside a cafe in town drinking coffee. On a balcony above me Jonathan Ross and another guy were having a chat. Having nothing to do, I listened to them for a bit, before wondering how the hell I got there. Then I remembered I had just gone back to bed with the intention of entering a lucid dream. This was enough to "lucidify" myself. I tried to remember some of my dream goals but I couldn't. I thought I might as well get in a bit of flying practice. I imagined myself having the properties of a helium balloon, and levitated myself about a metre off the ground. From there I zoomed around the streets, missing people by inches and causing them to jump out of the way in alarm. At one point I came to a big wooden door which effectively closed off the rest of the street from me. I tried to phase through it but I just bumped off. I turned back around and looked for an alternate route. In front of me was a straight run out towards a car park. I thought I should try and control my speed. I took off and gradually built up speed, until I was going about 30mph. I then concentrated on slowing down, which I managed after about 10 more seconds. "Not the ideal braking distance," I thought. I was pleased anyway, but then my actual leg gave a strange involuntary jerk which I felt in the dream. "Shit, here I go..." I thought. And I woke up a few seconds later.