Hey, terminology aside, just because you don't use the same lingo doesn't mean it's hard to understand or incomprehensible, some people cling to words, others to meanings, both are important.
I grew up having sleep para., nightly. I didn't know at the time, the awesomeness that could be done from that state, so I developed a wake to break out of it(ie. loose the paralysis.) It took an intense amount of focus on a singular part of the body. Later on I learned how to LD/AP from that state, rather than freak out, just relax into it, and had many an awesome experience. It's one of the main ways I LD now a days, as it's so common. Have you ever had your eyes open during sp?