A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel, Thomas Peisel Page A

can
    happen instantaneously. With this mastery comes the freedom to
    explore and travel to far-off places or even distant times.
    In this chapter you’ll learn some of the easiest ways to travel.
    Of course there’s everyone’s favorite—flying. We’ll also learn to use
    doors and mirrors to enter new locations and eliminate movement
    altogether through teleportation. As a conscious dreamer, you’ll no
    longer be confined to the current dream you are having. You’ll be
    able to use these techniques to explore any place of your choosing.
    Want to go to Egypt and see the pyramids? Want to visit your
    friend’s house across the country? Maybe take a quick hop to outer
    space? No problem. Your suitcases and suntan lotion aren’t neces-
    sary; all you’ll need is a strong intention. Save the gas money and
    the frequent-flier miles because this trip is completely free.
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    Transportation Principles
    1. No gravity. That isn’t to say that things are floating around
    as they would in outer space, but gravity in the dream world is
    not something that you must abide by. The law of gravity can be
    broken and bent at will. Soaring through the skies like Wonder
    Woman, jumping hundreds of feet in the air, or barrel-rolling
    above moonlit clouds will soon become commonplace.
    2. No space or time. In the
    dream world, everything
    I start off at a moderate jog. After about
    two dozen steps, I lift my legs up and float
    exists in one big eternal
    only feet from the ground. I arch my back
    now. This notion might
    and aim my head for the pillowlike clouds
    seem a bit crazy for us ratio-
    above me. Slowly, I begin to rise, gaining
    nal thinkers who see time as
    height with each passing moment. After
    something that only moves
    about fifty yards, I’m soaring with ease
    forward, but dream time
    right above the trees. I tell myself that
    can be warped or reversed.
    I’m in the present moment. The world is
    real. The sun shines more beautiful than
    Travel across great distances
    I have ever seen. I can feel its warmth,
    at the blink of an eye; noth-
    and it casts gorgeous rays upon the leaves,
    ing is stopping you. You
    my hands, and everything in my sight. I
    will soon find out just how
    stay at a low altitude so that I can glide
    boundless and infinite this
    gleefully at the tops of the trees. I run my
    place can be.
    fingers through the leaves. Soon Tom joins
    me. We take off into the clouds, which
    have already begun turning into giant pil-
    3. Movement via will. Since
    lows. —JAred Z.
    you are no longer in a physi-
    cal space, but rather a
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    “mental” space, movement (putting one foot in front of the other,
    also known as walking) is not necessary for travel. As we have just
    found out, space is not a factor, so moving or traveling requires
    only one thing: a focused thought or intention. If you want to go
    somewhere specific, all it will take is your willpower; the scene will
    change instantaneously.
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    Lucid in the Sky with Diamonds
    It isn’t a surprise that flying is the primary form of travel among
    dreamers. Most people report that this is their favorite thing to
    do when they find themselves self-aware in their dreams. The feeling
    of the wind rushing across your face, the freedom and exhilaration
    of moving in any direction,
    free of all limitations, is
    quite an intoxicating expe-
    When I first began lucid dreaming, I was
    surprised that flying had to be learned. As
    rience. Although flying is
    if I was walking for the first time, flying had
    one of the easiest ways to
    its own intricacies and nuances that made
    travel while dreaming, it is
    it a unique experience to fully understand.
    a skill that takes confidence
    I remember having a very difficult time,
    and practice to master. You
    for example, on stopping or making sharp
    don’t have to be an angel
    turns because I would always fly too fast.
    to earn your “wings,” but
    I also would have to run for a little while
    and leap into