i believe everyone is capable of lucid dreaming, but because society places little importance on dreams in general, and such obsission with current events, employment and succes, that 'philosophical' things like dreams get ignored and eventually forgotten. I think the people that continue to have interest in dreams, or perhaps people that remain in tune with themselves and not swept away in the every day mess of reality continue to experience and expand on their own awareness.

the reason i believe this is because as a child, i was able to have lucid dreams naturally, and all my dreams were vivid and had great depth.

In EWLD, it talks about the view of the world that we have as a child; everything revolves around us, we're the 'centre of the universe.' we begin life with our awareness of ourselves overshadowing the awareness of other people. Its not untill later that we gain knowledge of how our actions impact on others, and concepts like sharing and compassion.

Eventually we lose the 'innocence' altogether, and our concious thoughts become centered around school, sports, and the community, ie; 'foriegn' thoughts and practices.

so if society had more interest in dreaming, and more concious emphasis placed on it, perhaps lucidity would be a lifetime skill. maybe it should be emphasised in schools as a way to handle grief, explore creativity and all the other things that lucidity is useful for.

i'm not sure if any of that made sense.