What's so great about Lucid Dreaming?

When I get preoccupied with studying, I tend to forget hobbies altogether. So the title is exactly what I asked myself Thursday, after going 3 weeks without LDing. Then on Friday, I had an LD but as with every other LD I've ever had (6) it was hazy and I was disoriented for most of it. Then this morning happened. I woke up around 10am to use the restroom, and went back to sleep almost instantly. All of the sudden I'm in a FA, I recently rearranged my room so I recognized my bed in the old position. So I'm like, "I know I'm awake but I'll do a RC anyway." My fingers came out to 4. I then became lucid with this cinamatic whooshing sound and I was ecstatic.

I actually remembered all the tips this site has given me, I rubbed my palms together and everything became clear. I touched my clothing and anything I could get my hands on. I've never had a dream feel so real before. I went into another room and habitually flipped the light switch and it didn't work.

So I run outside and begin walking through my neighborhood and waving to random DC, then I think, "why the heck am I walking?". I then lift off the ground and begin to levitate high, in the past while dream flying I've had trouble, & I feel I'm about to spin out of control. Then I remember a thread telling me to take control, so I did. I abruptly landed, then with a running start took off flying. It was amazing, everything felt real, even the wind in my face. I will definitely be trying to LD more often.

Now I see what is so great about LDing. Beforehand I pondered the title question because I had never experienced a REAL lucid dream.
I guess I needed to give it time. Anyone with similar experiences?

If you had an LD you'd say it's great but when you find that it's a heck of a long shot having another one sooner....you'd know it's more than just great, it's precious. And then you'd spend your thought time pondering about ways to have more at expected rates...:P.

IMJ

Haven't been able to fly yet, but I hope it's as good to me as it was you [or anyone here on DV].

Yup, the first few lucids usually suck, though not always (seems to be holding more or less true for me, though). Clairity, duration, and control all increase with experience, and after the initial "learning" period, they start to get really great. :) :awesomed:

I'm glad you were able to experience a good high level lucid dream. To be aware that you are dreaming is cool enough, but the higher up on the lucid dreaming scale you are, the better the feeling is. If high enough, it's almost as if you are awake, but you can do anything you want and more.

I don't really get why lucid dreaming is so unheard of. I'm just glad that atleast we know what can come out of it. We know what it's like, and we have the skill to experience things such as flying. Sucks for everyone else who don't know about it or refuse to even try.

I've never questioned why it is so great. I googled "dream control" to see if it was even possible to do so, then I came across this site. I was really excited to experience lucid dreaming and being able to share it in a community like dreamviews. I then had my first lucid dream, and I was hooked, especially since it was a pretty good one.