Tuesday, February 14, 2006
It's actually pretty hard to fly in your dreams
If you've ever tried, it's not like you might hope flying would be. Usually, I want to be zipping around buildings & stuff, maybe floating by people's offices, spooking them. But floating is about all you can do when you're trying to fly in your dreams. It might be because your body is generally prone & supine - your mind might not be able to trick itself into thinking your body can make quick movements. Even though that's all I'd really like to do when I realize I'm dreaming. I realize I'm dreaming, and my first reaction is always "cool, I'm gonna go fly somewhere". But then I try to leap off the ground up into the sky, and it's all oomph....float away & try to nudge myself in a certain direction. If you haven't tried it yet, you should. But I'm just warning you that it might not live up to your expectations. Sorry.
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it's pretty hard to fly in real life too. The key is to stop being weighted down. I guess that's similar to what you're talking about. I mean, you can say to yourself, "hey, i'm awake, and i know i'm awake", but that doesn't mean you can just will yourself to fly. you have to catch yourself off guard. zen monks describe this state as being "in the zone".
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