Alright, so am i wrong in thinking that there are 2 different forms of dreaming? i've always thought lucid dreaming was just an earlier sleep state, and once we get deeper in sleep we don't have the ability to become aware we're dreaming. those are always easier to remember, because they take place closest to our awakening.

but reading through the site, it seems more like - we just need a reality check method, to make our dream-selves realize it's a dream? wouldn't the crazy stuff that happens in most non-lucid dreams be enough to alarm us? like pink elephants floating around or whatever.

or is the lucid dream a lucid dream from the start. where we are creatures of habit, thinking we're awake and will do reality checks.
and there is no way to become lucid from a normal dream.

bah, this was all probably confusing, i'm going to bed. heh