Flying, In Dream Meditation and Sleep Paralysis

**Genkakuzai** · 01-31-2013 06:08 AM

Hello all,

just found out about this forum, a little info about myself. I've been having alot of lucid dreams on and off spontaneously for as long as I can remember. Ive done some research here and there and occupied myself with RC's for a brief time but i can never manage to keep it up. Ive been having alot of LD's for a week now again so I just had to go online since Ive got a few questions.

1) In almost every dream ive ever had (except for nightmares) flying has been a standard ability of mine, when dreaming I can always fly effortlessly, but ive been noticing something strange. As of late flight has become increasingly more difficult, especially if im lucid. Sometimes I need to jump and flap my arms around frantically, like a chicken, if i want to gain some air. I eventually always manage to, but just barely, and I will soon start to lose altitude at which point I have to start flapping again. At other times I gain to much altitude and velocity and I becomes very hard to stop take turns and or slow down, which is equally annoying..

2) In one of my most recent LD's I had the idea to try and meditate and to close my eyes, I was trying to go "deeper" if that makes any sense at all? I never meditate in real life but it just seemed like a good idea, you know? But as soon as I sat down and closed my eyes and relaxed instead of going deeper I just woke up? Is that normal, does anyone here have any experience with meditating when in a LD?

3) when attempting to WILD I usually just get stuck in sleep paralysis, I usually just try to push on but after I while the physical discomfort just becomes unbearable, everything starts to buzz, it feels like my muscles start cramping up and i can literaly feel my ribs rattle in my rib cage, very unnerving, after which point I just fight free and literally jump up in bed. Any tips on this?? I've had a few succesful attempts but those occured when I awoke during the night or in the early morning and went right back to sleep..

SSorry for thelong post, and im not quite sure if im in the right place, I would appreciate any advice

**thedoctor10** · 02-02-2013 12:26 AM

it is but you most likely you have it because you focus on your dreams a lot so that's for the dreaming part,maybe the meditation part is because you start to fall asleep, but the the paralysis part makes me wonder what starts that. if you find out then let me know. last thing, i have weird dreams too. i don't know why but i have seen parts of my future and i think they're a dream but it comes true.

**Berto** · 02-11-2013 10:01 PM

1. it could be that you need to believe in it more, maybe you felt in a lucid that you would be able to fly faster/higher/easier if you flapped your arms and that led to a dependency, where you need to flap in order to fly. Just gotta believe that you will be able to fly next time without anything, if you can't do this then perhaps just KNOW that there is a magic pill in your pocket, and when you swallow it you will be able to fly no problem.

2. i haven't personally tried meditating in LDs, but I don't think that's the problem here. Usually closing your eyes leads to change of dream scene, false awakening or waking up completely. Perhaps find some dim, but visible room with completely bare, empty walls so that you can keep your eyes open but not have anything to distract you while meditating.

3. sleep paralysis is a normal condition found in some people, it's not dangerous, your body is just shutting off as you fall asleep. Just try to relax into it, accept the feeling, embrace it, and know that when you get sleep paralysis, you are very close to having a lucid dream. I'm not sure if I experience a mild sleep paralysis or a heavy rem atonia stage, but when I feel my limbs locking up during a WILD attempt, I know that it is a good thing rather than a negative. Try to change your subconscious view on sleep paralysis and your experience of it will change too.

Hope that answers your questions, don't worry about the long posts