I’m new to the forums here of course. I was introduced to the concept of lucid dreaming several years ago by an uncle who mentioned it, at the time I thought he was just joking with me, years later, yesterday, my friend brought up the concept again. I decided to do some research on the topic and have learned a little, my first experiment took place last night. That is all the experience that I have with lucid dreaming so far. This seems to be a very nice community from the posts that I have read so far. The website has a wonderful interface, I myself do a lot of graphic and web design and I am very impressed by the general feel and functionality of this website. I would really love to know more about this community in general, anything I should know? I would also like to know why this website was created, motivation/intentions. From what I gather this website is a wonderful resource that supports the idea of mind exploration. Well I hope to become a member of the community and maybe post some of my experiences with lucid dreaming. I have one last question, is and underlying focus of this forum on drug use to explore the mind or mostly one’s own ability without the aid of a substance?