I was thinking about what makes expert LDers lucid. I always hear that they just "know" they're dreaming. I wanted to start 2 threads (surveys) and get as much expert LDers' info about that as possible. They usually say that they "feel" the dream and become lucid. That is like an always existing DS, and prospective memory is a great way to exploit that. What I also wonder is, why don't we beginner LDers, who are training for months , just use a few LDs to memorize that "feeling" and train our prospective memory, so we become great at inducing LDs? But, I don't think it is that simple. We probably need hightened self awareness to catch that "feeling" while dreaming. Another thing comes up. We know that if you train your prospective memory on a single object, it becomes automatic(no need for intention).
I want to ask Sageous something:
Do we really need self-awareness if we can use prospective memory to detect that DS?( you may think that the below questioon for Zoth is the same, but I need you to also tell us how frequently does self awareness occur in NLD after we train it, and how powerful).

Also, Zoth:
Is prospective memory by its own enough to remember a single DS that we have memorized, and to detect it and remember that we are in a dream? Dont we need something else to help us detect it?(you know, it may be harder to detect than a normal DS)

So, if we only need prospective memory, then we should buy a REM Dreamer, make our main LD goal to feel that "feeling", and voala, easiest way to become great at inducing LDs. If we do need self awareness, then no problem, we already need to train it for dream control.

But beware, the main question is:
Are we able to feel that "feeling" constantly in our NLDs if we memorize it , and highten self awareness if needed?

Also, Sageous, you are right that a high-level LD is much more important than 10 low lucid dreams, because, I think, the better we feel the dream "feeling", the easier it is to induce LDs(Also, I think it is not like a normal feeling, more like a hunch, right?)