How to fly and some questions

Title changed. Was: “Yearrg!”

Hi everypeoples. I had my first lucid dream last night, but I ran into some problems. Let me first describe my dream to you.

 It began in a cavernous room that was made of concrete and compacted dirt. In the center of the room was a big, rectangular pit which I believe had ferns growing in it. Several doors in my house were placed in the back-right corner, based on my position. In the middle-front was a strange garage-like rectangular doorway leading downwards at a slope. I walked inside, but it was dark, so I went back out. I said to myself, "When I turn around, there will be a flashlight behind me." There was. It resembled one of those yellow and black rectangular ones, but it was dark grey and had a red button. It's beam of light was somewhat feeble, but it worked. I walked in, and all of a sudden the room was intensely bright. I guess the light was better than I thought. The small rectangular antechamber led to a massive room of electronics and stacks of discs. It was a massive electrical plant looking thing whose colors were shades of grey and randomly assorted primary colors. I realized that I wasn't alone in the room, as an annoying kid I knew named Brendan was there. He started babbling in my direction, and I told him to "Shut up and go away!" Unlike the waking world, he obeyed. I then decided to revisit the floating crystalline city mentioned [url=https://community.ld4all.com/t/some-strange-dreams/22022]here. (Third dream listed.)[/url] I tried, but all I got was a paper cut-out of it. I was very disappointed. I decided to try again later, and went back to where I was when I started. After thinking for a moment, I decided to try and fly. First I said to myself, "Okay, I know I can fly, so now I'm gonna do it." I tried jumping, and struggled to remember other methods I had heard of. Suddenly I began waking up, and I frantically rushed to find something to hold on to. I couldn't find one, so instead I began shouting that I didn't want to wake up. Unfortunately I did.

Now I know that it takes practice to completely change where you are in that way, but why did the crystalline city come out as a paper cut-out? Lack of confidence? And can anyone give me a list of effective ways to fly? If so it would me most appreciated.

I don’t really know anything about staying lucid, maybe try rubbing your hands together or spinning on your axis? But I do know of several ways to fly:

-Superman style (one arm stretched out)
-Neo style (both arms stretched out)
-Imagine some kind of technology to help you fly (like a jetpack)

There’s loads of other ways to fly however; just be creative with it and have fun

You can find many tips on how to learn to fly in LD’s in those 2 threads:
Learning to fly in LD’s
Learning to fly

next time, you could try to imagine that one of the doors lead to the real city. maybe place the cut-out on a door to mark the way? or ask for a sign that shows which door is the right one?

Siiw has a point, there. Although I haven’t had much practice in creating landscapes in dreams, there are many methods already listed on this site for traveling to your own destinations. For example, you can try using an elevator to take you there, go through mirrors, or switch on a TV to help you out.

The possibilities are nearly endless!