I had been meditating for just over two years before trying to meditate in a LD for my first and only time. It was a 'white light' experience with no apparent distractions emerging. Mind you, I may have been 'presented' with the experience as dream content, versus a novel conscious state. It was, however, very interesting and I maintained it for what seemed like a minute or more before testing my ability to open my eyes and re-emerge within the LD (I could).

Lucid dreaming will meet with major resistance in mainstream clinical work. When you combine prejudices against the 'dark side' with a highly variable personal experience and a methodology that cannot be universally applied or measured, the number of patients who will have exposure or interest will be very small. This is my perception, based upon just basic Jungian and Freudian practices of analysis. There is room for application with those primed or open for 'alternative' (though as historic as mankind) modes of treatment and psychological exploration.