Thread: Finally lucid, but -- no control

That's the problem I've been having; staying calm. In the only four lucid dreams I've had I have been so utterly awed that I freeze up and can only look around and take in the scenery. Sometimes I've been able to observe certain things, or make small movements like looking at my hands or rolling on the ground and feeling pavement.

The first lucid experience I ever had I was in a arctic forrest doing something I normally do in dreams. I run for about 20 feet and leap into the air as far and as high as I can and end up doing a sort of hulk jump, but it's slow and graceful. I made one jump after finding myself in the forrest and realized, "Flying so is not possible..." I imeadiately became lucid and could no longer move because I was so shocked. I soared to the clouds and passed through them feeling a rush of cool breeze. I reached a point about 300 feet above the clouds and stopped. All I could do was look around at the mountain peaks wading in the clouds with the sun shinning very brightly on me. I could feel the wind one my skin moving my hairs. I began to question exactly how I became to be so on top of the world and withing 15 seconds I fell backwards and everything went silent. That's when I woke up.

Is this at all similar to the excitement you felt? It sounds like you had much much more control than I.

Hello DimAspiration,

Is this at all similar to the excitement you felt?

Very likely. I was excited and exhilarated because I knew it was a dream, even though it was totally vivid, like reality.

It sounds like you had much much more control than I.

You gotta be kidding. I didn't have any control at all. I would like to fly in a dream, like you did. In one dream I tried to levitate a bit off the ground, but that caused me to wake up.

Thor, you can fly in a lucid dream, you just have to believe that you can, take things nice and slowly, be calm and keep your mind focused. You can do it, you just have to believe you can do it, its only hard if you make it hard, try your best at it if you want to achieve it Best of luck. Just take things slowly and in moderation! Step by step...

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Originally Posted by Thor

Hello DimAspiration,



Very likely. I was excited and exhilarated because I knew it was a dream, even though it was totally vivid, like reality.



You gotta be kidding. I didn't have any control at all. I would like to fly in a dream, like you did. In one dream I tried to levitate a bit off the ground, but that caused me to wake up.

It's funny, I can fly, but I can barely do anything else or even last long enough to try. hehe The second to last LD I had I tried looking at my hands to keep myself in the dream and establish some control, but when I looked down, to my surprise, I SAW MY FREAKIN' HANDS!@!! I was in more awe then when I realized I was lying on pavement with my blanket in the middle of school.

Originally Posted by DimAspiration

It's funny, I can fly, but I can barely do anything else or even last long enough to try. hehe The second to last LD I had I tried looking at my hands to keep myself in the dream and establish some control, but when I looked down, to my surprise, I SAW MY FREAKIN' HANDS!@!! I was in more awe then when I realized I was lying on pavement with my blanket in the middle of school.

Ah, so you too have trouble staying in the dream? I used to be like that since I started my attempts at LDing some six months ago. Many times I would become lucid and I would try spinning or rubbing my hands, but to no avail; the dream would just fade to gray. I have no idea what happened last weekend, but all of a sudden I could stay lucid for longer periods of time. Maybe it just happens if you keep trying.

Originally Posted by Thor

Ah, so you too have trouble staying in the dream? I used to be like that since I started my attempts at LDing some six months ago. Many times I would become lucid and I would try spinning or rubbing my hands, but to no avail; the dream would just fade to gray. I have no idea what happened last weekend, but all of a sudden I could stay lucid for longer periods of time. Maybe it just happens if you keep trying.

I hope.