why do we call it falling
when we get those mini dreams where we stumble and trip, what if we were floating, mini dream that we are walking and then we float into the sky , that would help us be lucid
what if the idea is backwards, what if we are “floating” asleep ?
or what if there is no sleep what if the way to describe it is “floating to dream”
Moved from Quest for Lucidity.
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yes but do you think that is why people in the west are sometimes skeptical of the reality of lucid dreaming, whereas in other cultures dreams are honored
i am sure that our language blinds us by syntax and governs and limits our desire to, in curiosity, explore freely
ex : in light sleep i was hearing my grandmother speak to my cousin, i CHOSE to wake up on purpose, she is not a good woman in her soul she wants to boss u around and tell you what to think, and does not usually listen to the truth
i told her and she laughed and didn’t believe me, because to her “sleep” , definition : unconsciousness, end of story
to a tibetan , sleep , definition, transcendental pure consciousness form which to explore dreams and attain self realization, i.e. sleep = CONSCIOUSness
Tibetans would operate with their basic “indoctrination” into reality being that “sleep is consciousness, we can be aware during sleep, lets do it, that is good.”
and i’d rather have the Dali Lama as my grandfather 
, ( well, hypothetically speaking of course )
what if the way we are brought up to think of it is as “floating asleep” then we would be having conscious out of body experiences instead of that sudden lapse in awareness where we awaken without total comprehension of what occurs ?
I’ve heard that when the inner ear register that calibrates our balance “shuts down” for the night, it can give the effect of a falling sensation. Despite having had a couple of WILD’s, though, I haven’t really experienced that myself. Or maybe I did a few times, and just forgot.
Or maybe because it’s uncommon for sleeping people to keep up the muscle rigidity necessary to keep sitting up or standing, so sleep usually means being “down” somewhere.
Or maybe it’s the brainwave frequency that falls, or the discursive thoughts and concerns (what to wear the next day, who to meet, the duties required,) that fall away.
I don’t believe it would have made much of a difference to my LD’s if I grew up with the expression “floating asleep.” To quote Roger Zelazny, “No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.” 