Levitating Lotus Position: Difference between revisions

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When seated in the [[Lotus Position]], a character may levitate to demonstrate that he or she is meditating particularly profoundly. The '''Levitating Lotus Position''' is also used as to show that a character is displaying his or her [[Psychic Powers]], intensely concentrating, healing, or is just especially calm.

 

See also [[Meditation Powerup]]. Compare [[Chunky Updraft]] and [[Love Floats]] for other uses of levitation.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'':

* [[Robert Crumb]]'s Mr. Natural actually shows some mystical powers by levitating in the lotus position and travelling to the city that way—of course he's tracking down disciple Flakey Foont, who owes him money.

 

* Gali has a similar pose to this while meditating in the first ''[[Bionicle]]'' movie, managing to levitate despite not having psychic powers of any sort, except for telepathy between herself and Takua.

* Master Oogway of ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' also does the levitating lotus pose.

* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', Genie's conjured parade for "Prince Ali" includes "forty fakirs" demonstrating this technique.

* ''[[The Golden Child]]''. The title character's astrally projected image does this when it appears to Chandler Jarrell.

* Tom "[[Double Consciousness|The Astronaut]]" of the far future in ''[[The Fountain]]'' does this {{spoiler|upon the climax, when he comes to his personal realization of the ultimate truth of life and death}}. He climbs out of his bubble-like spaceship (while still enveloped in a smaller, person-sized bubble) and assumes the lotus position in order to {{spoiler|meet Xibalba head on}}. In the midst of his catharsis, he suddenly {{spoiler|appears to the priest guarding the Tree of Life}}, who is awed by his presence.

 

== Literature ==

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''[[Excited Episode Title|Sky Pirates!]]'', there's a scene where the Doctor's companion finds him "sitting in a lotus and ... levitating three feet off the deck -- something he swore blind that he could only do occasionally and with concentrated mental effort, but which Benny had lately come to suspect was the result of being so engrossed he simply forgot to stay on the ground." (They're in a pocket universe with weird physics, which may or may not explain it.)

* In the ''[[Dragaera]]'' novels, Daymar the Hawklord tends to do this whenever he appears via teleportation, or is simply staying still for a while. Lampshaded in ''Iorich'', in which Vlad wonders why Daymar bothers with a feat that's not especially impressive in a society of sorcerers.

 

* Commander Sanjurou Sugata from ''[[Hikari Sentai Maskman]]'' floats in the [[Lotus Position]].

* Kwai Chang Caine did this sometimes while meditating in ''[[Kung Fu]]: The Legend Continues''.

 

== Puppet Shows ==

* There's a video on the official web site of [[The Muppets]] showing what the character Animal does on his days off. One of the things he does is meditate in the levitating lotus position. The video also includes the "Ohm..." element: Animal's meditation chant is "Wooooomaaaaan..."

 

== Video Games ==

* Ly from ''[[Rayman]] 2'' does the floating variation of the [[Lotus Position]].

* ''[[The Sims]]'': Meditating long enough also allows a Sim to levitate.

* The Wizard class has this as an [[Idle Animation]] in ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]: Dark Legacy''.

* Two of Gene's god roulette moves in ''[[God Hand]]'' has him regain health in a floating lotus position, Zen Revival and Enlightenment, which heal 30% and 100%, respectively.

* Certain NPCs in ''[[Golden Sun]]'' can be seen learning how to do this.

* There's a mini-game in ''[[Wii Fit]]'' where you sit very still on the controller pad. If you sit still enough long enough, your on-screen character starts doing this.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Vaarsuvius of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' floats in this position (or close enough for a stick-figure comic) while in a trance to regain spells. Belkar took advantage of this once [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0334.html to play a nasty prank on V].

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[The Mighty B!]]'', "Dang It Feels Good To Be A Gamester", Bessie hits this sort of zone, where she becomes telekinetic but only for the final level of this video game. She does a floating lotus during this period, then gently drops back down to the floor of the Hive and comes out of the state.

* The animated<ref>Well, they may be in the comics too, but they're more prominent in the animated version, if only because there is much less material</ref> ''[[Spirou and Fantasio]]'' has two such characters who make several appearances: One is a [[Magical Native American|Magical Aborigine]] capable of astral projection, and who must tie himself to a rock to avoid flying too high. The other is an Indian scientist who's ''always'' about a metre from the ground, possibly even when sleeping.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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