Personally, I love to go to sleep to see what will be in my dreams that night. On average, I'll remember 3-5 dreams and usually one or two of them I remember in detail.
Sometimes, I do rely on my dreams to give me answers or guidance in my waking life, it's been really helpful. Anyway, there's been a couple times way back when, I realized within my own dream that I was dreaming. I was in a very dangerous situation in someones house, there was a few things that appeared to be odd to me then at that moment, it occured to me I was dreaming. I sensed something was coming at me and saw a black panther and a grey coloured panther charging toward me, even in my dream I felt a rush of adrenaline, I gestured my hand out as if for them to stop then these animals went really slow motion, past me and when I turned around to see where they were headed, I lost control of the dream then they came back to attack me, I told myself in my head to wiggle my toes to get the hell outta there.
Then I woke up with my heart racing.
Initially, I thought it was cool that I had that experience but really, what's the point in trying to control your dream? To me, it seems like a lot of effort and ton of time practicing. What's the point? I'm asking out of curiosity. Why not put the effort improving your real life rather then your sleep time..................Just wondering what you get out of it? How does it serve a purpose in your waking life?