^^ Actually, I think it might be the opposite of what we were talking about. It seems that Levitan was trying to increase lucidity, or control, by stepping back momentarily and letting her dream do the heavy lifting for her, thus giving her a chance to relax and reset her focus and memory; once those were reset, she was able to restore her lucidity.

What we are talking about here are ways to set aside lucidity -- or at least that almost subliminal knowledge that "this is a dream" that seems to accompany folks who have been LD'ing for a very long time -- so that we can experience NLD's as they were meant to be experienced.

So Levitan might have been stepping away from lucidity for a moment, but I think it was it was to a different purpose. Still, the idea of relinquishing control to the dream might be a good one in this context as well, because we would be elevating the importance of the dream, and maybe forgetting our selves in the process.