Of those, I've had:

Flying    
Breathing underwater
Walking on air/water

The dreams where I breath underwater are so surreal...yet, in my dream, I swear I believed I was doing it for REAL.
But nothing tops flying.  Just thinking about my flying dreams gives me shivers.  It's such a beautiful feeling.
That's what I love about dreams.  The feelings are *REAL* and often, that's enough.

Who would have guessed.  In that case I have been soaring for years! ;-)

Seriously, I used to love to dream of flying and swimming.  It still happens occassionally but not as often as I would like.  Regretably it seems that the weight of the world holds me down too often.

But if love making is soaring... I am flying high!

But what if its always about making love with an ex or absolutely unattainable lover?  I spend a lot of time in bed with my ex husband in my dreams.  All I can determine is that because I was with him for so long he is stuck in my subconscious and is the comfortable face that my brain is used to putting there.  Even though he is a PITA (Pain In The A**).

I love the flying dreams.  They are the best

Don't worry, SophiaLouise, that is usually the case: our Dream Director is not in the habit of letting us pick our dream partner in lovemaking, so we sometimes end up with the most unlikely suitors. They can be either too young or too old, or of the wrong sex for our tastes, our sister's husband (that was only last night's for me and I felt really uncomfortable, as I don't even fancy the poor guy) and a long stream of embarrassing acquaintances and even family members.

Among all those, ex aren't all that bad: after all, we have had the experience with them to draw from, which is probably why our DD uses them to portray our present partner (at least in my case). It is as if the images stock we have for dreaming was always a little obsolete, although we may also dream about someone we have only met today, too.

Whatever our kind of soaring dream, I always wonder whether what we experience in them, however far fetched, is a useful lesson in some way.

We all know that, while trying to learn something (i.e. driving), we tend to dream a lot about that activity, as if we kept practicing even in our sleep. And I am pretty sure that those experiences are valid and help us fix things in our memory and work out any blocks we may encounter during the day.

So, is learning how to fly in dreams a useful experience for everyday life? The reason I say this is that, since I was little, I regularly dreamt of flying, but there has been a very distinct evolution through time. At first I could only jump over lamposts, rather than flying. Then I began to fly at waist level (not very practical at all, believe me), or my flying speed wasn't enough to overtake a snail.

As the years passed, I became more proficient at it. I discovered which was the most aerodynamic position to adopt, how to bank using arms and legs, how to ride the currents avoiding unnecessary effort (of course, we are talking about many hours of practice and dedication through the years). I also discovered that no clothing is much better for moving through the air (also through water). When it seemed I had nothing else to learn and my flying dreams were a sequence of beautiful landscapes beneath me (sometimes I even had a soundtrack   ), I found myself confronted with the need to lift someone up with me in order to get them away from danger. I nearly had to start all over again: double weight, awkward position, not being able to use my arms. But I eventually made it, after explaining to my charges the bests position they might adopt to help us in our flight.

Once I managed that, flying dreams seemed to stop coming regularly. Now I only fly out of certain stressful situations, together with using other onyrical powers I have more or less mastered over the years.

Since I can use none of these powers when awake, I have often wondered what is the use of dedicating so much time to mastering these skills. And I believe it gives you discipline all the same, a sense of accomplishment through hard work and more self confidence. Maybe we now confront our problems or critical situations from a more skilled point of view, a sense of being able to overcome any obstacle if we put our minds to it.


So, what are your thoughts on all this, my dreamer friends?  

I am definately a huuuge fan of flying dreams. When I was little I used to try to think about nothing BUT flying until I fell asleep every night because I thought it would help me have a flying dream. Something about the sensation of something you have never experienced is so much fun!!