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I suppose I'm saying that because consciousness and self-awareness are not binary states, but have a spectrum of degree, there can be some level of consciousness or self-awareness, but that for someone in a NLD, there is usually very little evidence of consciousness either externally or internally, and that the level of consciousness can be raised significantly by either waking, better remembering the dream (vivid) or becoming lucid, QED the level of consciousness was not normal.
Yes, of course the level of conscious would be raised by becoming lucid, but the level of consciousness involved in lucidity is well above the level of normal consciousness. And yes, the level of consciousness in a NLD does increase a bit by waking up, because upon waking memory is back in the formula (which I think is where this all started), but I would argue it is still in the "normal" range; the act of recalling a dream might be a higher level because it might involve some self-awareness, but still close to normal. So, for me the QED does not work, because consciousness involved in dreaming is not much different than that used upon waking, unless self-awareness is added to the picture.
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That just means that snapping from auto-pilot to self-aware like we do in waking life is probably more difficult when dreaming, and so could be a reason why WL awareness exercises might not translate into the dream state so well for some.
That is very true, though I would argue that most folks have about as much trouble snapping to self-awareness in waking-life as well!