Holy crap, 230 posts in two days? and counting? I'll confess right up front that I did not read anything but the first two posts. I'll comment on them.

Quote Originally Posted by Needcatscan View Post
That's where LDing comes in: "waking up in your dream? That's called being awake!"

What do you guys think?
While "awake in one's dreams" makes an attractive marketing slogan, it's somewhat of a misnomer. Lucid dreaming is being conscious of the reality that one is dreaming during the dream state. Being awake means to not be asleep.

As most people are aware, you can be wide awake yet not be conscious of what's going on around you. So "conscious" and "awake" are not the same thing and shouldn't be confused with each other. They often go hand and hand but they are different.

Quote Originally Posted by Marvo View Post
Lucid-dreaming is not to be awake when you sleep, but to be aware when you dream.

The difference? I can say, that I'm always aware when I dream, I'm in complete control of my dream-body, I just rarely realise that I'm in a dream. Point being, if you can think you are awake in a dream (which we do most of them time), then can't you also think that you're dreaming?

Unlike stuff like telekenisis and all that other stuff, the science and explenations behind lucid dreaming makes perfect sense.
Just a nod of agreement. Dreaming is another state of awareness, that's all. Awareness is a higher form of consciousness.