What does it mean to fly in a dream? How can I enter a lucid dream and take off?

How to fly in your dreams?

Flying in your dreams consciously is only possible if you enter a lucid dream. This is a state in which your brain remains in the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep phase, but you are conscious. In this state, you can control what happens in your dreams.

How to enter a lucid dream

1. Establish sleep. Lucid dreams occur during the REM phase. This is closer to the morning; it is important to sleep 7-8 hours.

2. Remember your dreams. Keep a journal. Write down everything you remember immediately after waking up. This trains your dream memory and increases the chances of realizing you're dreaming.

3. Check. Ask yourself several times during the day: Am I dreaming now? Look at your watch. In reality, time passes, but in your dream, it stands still, and you don't feel pain.

4. Use the intention technique (MILD). Before going to bed, repeat: When I fall asleep, I will realize I'm dreaming. This works with memory and attention. Stephen LaBerge described this method in his research.

5. Wake up and fall asleep again. After 5-6 hours of sleep, you can wake up for 10 minutes and go back to sleep. During this period, the REM phase comes on faster, and the chances of lucid dreaming are higher.

How to start flying in a lucid dream

Formulate your desire: I want to fly. Imagine yourself soaring upward. You can push off from the ground, jump—your brain needs a trigger. If you're sure you'll fly, you will. The existence of lucid dreams has been confirmed by research and experiments on eye movements during REM sleep.

What does it mean if you turn into a bird in a dream?

• If you turn into a seagull, the dream speaks of a search. It's about movement, an attempt to find your place, or a new beginning.
• If it's a raven, the image is associated with difficult thoughts or a tense situation at work.
• If you turn into a parrot, you should pay attention to your surroundings. Such a dream indicates gossip and idle chatter.
• The image of a peacock hints at pride. You're too fixated on how you appear to others.
• If you turn into a sparrow in a dream, this signifies troubles and fuss; you'll have to deal with household or work-related trivialities.

Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

1. Expecting quick results. Lucid dreaming rarely happens the first time. For some, it takes a week, for others, a month.

2. Keeping a dream journal. People want to be lucid while dreaming, but they rarely remember their dreams. If you don't write them down in the morning, your dream memory doesn't develop.

3. An unstable sleep pattern. Lucid dreams most often occur during the REM phase, closer to the morning. A good night's sleep of 7-8 hours is necessary.

4. Losing control after becoming lucid. A common mistake is trying to do everything at once, including flying. It's better to first: look around, look at your hands, check the time, prick yourself with a needle, and only then try to fly.

5. Inconsistency. I tried it for a week, gave up, and then started again a month later, but progress wasn't accumulating.

It's important to understand: lucid dreaming is a skill that develops through practice. It doesn't always work the first time, or even the fifth time, but with consistent practice, your brain begins to activate more frequently during dreams, and at some point, you'll truly realize you're dreaming.

How to enter a lucid dream and fly: Freud's method

According to Freud, dreams are a reflection of repressed desires. Therefore, to experience flight in dreams, you need to work with your psyche.

It looks like this:

• Identify what you're repressing. For Freud, flight is associated with sexuality, self-affirmation, and the desire for recognition.

• Release your inner inhibitions. The less shame and rigid attitudes you have, the calmer your psyche.

Freud believed that flying in a dream is about liberation from limitations. The less repression, the greater the chance of a lucid dream.

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