I agree with the general consensus here. With my own personal experience, the more thought and pure devotion I put into my lucid dreaming research and technique, the better results I get over an extended period of time. When I stop trying of course the reward of better dream control, lucid length, and other great things will diminish rather quickly. The one thing I love about lucid dreaming is that it does make you go that extra mile if you truly want to experience the best that the human mind can offer; the most pure and natural "Enter the Matrix" type entertainment. Since lucid dreaming is based solely on dedication, in most cases, the truth is that a lot of people will not get to have the great addition of lucid dreaming in their lives. Its sad I know, but thinking about things like that just make me that much happier when I do get to toss mountains around, and fly through the many hills and valleys one might encounter in a dreamscape. Its a thing that we who can dedicate ourselves to achieving lucidity should think about more often really, people all around me throughout the years have brought up the topic of virtual reality in the electronic sense of course, and I am sure you might have just encountered a few of these people yourselves in your own time.

I just cant convey to a majority of these people that it does exist and that we all have access to it with a little bit of research and practice. If some people would just slow down and stop looking for strictly outside means of entertainment, and start searching inside and exploring what the human mind really has to offer; I think the world would be a much better place and I'm sure some of you would agree. After all, we do live in a time in which we cannot yet explore the boundless mass of space all around this rock we call home, which has also been pretty much fully explored but us explorers still have something to "explore" and we seem to have been born in just the right time for it too. It is our very own minds, and it has a lot to offer. I do apologize for getting a bit off topic, but I do think that some of the talk here might be alright, hopefully sparking some good conversation. Above all, at the very least I hope that we can all give our lucid selves a pat on the back after all the hard work and dedication we've put in to get where we are today in lucid dreaming terms. Beginners or Pros, we all deserve it.. Go ahead its alright!