Hi, ive been using this site for a few weeks to get started with lucid dreaming, but i only just registered on the forums. I first heard about lucid dreaming from the movie Waking Life, and thats really how i got interested in it.

Anyway, my question is how can u not wake up when u have a lucid dream? last night i had my first lucid dream, where i was walking down a road and suddenly i just stopped and realized "hey im dreaming." everything became much more vivid, and i was able to make it stop raining (it had been raining in my dream before). but only a few seconds later i woke up, for no reason in particular. idk maybe i just got too excited :p