I started this thread because I want to share something new that has been going on in my dreams and getting stronger every time.
I have been a lucid dreamer for 8 years and progressively this is happening to me. Ok, within the past week, I had a dream and in this dream I came to a place that I knew that I had seen in my dreams (bear with me here). I was so shocked and amazed and thought that I had seen proof that my dreams were more powerful than I thought. I was so amazed I wanted to make sure that I wasn't dreaming... I started to cry because It was so awesome and I asked my boyfriend, who was with me at the time, If I was dreaming. He told me "No, of course you're not dreaming!!" I knew it too, I was 100% convinced that I was in true, waking, everyday reality. I mean, there wasn't a shadow of doubt in my mind, I was not dreaming.
I woke up that morning and thought to myself "Wow, I guess I wasn't dreaming after all.." it's really strange how in the dream.. I knew it with all my heart that I wasn't.... Has anyone else experienced this?

In my previous dreams, I was never so sure.. but this last one.. i was dead serious. It's so crazy.