Hello. I have been able to regularly lucid dream for several months now. I didn't start out wanting to or anything, but realized I was having them fairly regularly, so I thought I'd start researching them. I learned that I achieve them via the WILD method. I have about a 50% success rate having one, the nights that I don't it is because I got to the sleep paralysis part and tried too hard, and just woke up.

At any rate, I am able to do things like fly, do supernatural things, and change my setting fairly effortlessly, however I feel like have reached a plateau to some extent.

I have two questions, the first is, once one is able to control dreams and "do stuff", to what end can this be taken to? Are there any practical uses that lucid dreaming can be used for?

My other question has to do with further development. Once you can regularly do this, are there any "excercises" that can be done to further develop the skill? I ask because although I can do the things mentioned above, I feel like I lack direction.

Thanks in advance for your input.