disturbing thought... from a newb

[Frerich]

okayokayokay... this lucid dreaming thing seems pretty cool, I got a clipboard, pen, and light at my bedside. I have a countdown alarmclock for that REM timing thing I might try later.. BUT as I was reading about the whole "how do you know you're not dreaming right now" thing, I started thinking... How do lucid dreamers know that their experience is genuinely "Lucid", and not just a dream OF THEM LUCID DREAMING, with only the illusion of control! We have dreams of our desires, like flying, so why not this? Ex: *wakes up from non-lucid dream* "Oh that was so cool!! I was flying around and arguing to transformers about how WTC 7 went down because of falling derbies, and then I realized it was a dream and I became in control and me and the transformers all battled and I won because I shot toasters at them through my hands and the transformers went in the toasters and turned into toast...omg that was so cool" I was hoping some hardcore luciders could shed some light on the subject before I get into it. How do you know it isn't an illusion? Edit: I just thought of another point. If anyone says you know it's genuine because you can walk up when you start to become lucid, remember that almost anyone wakes up from a scary dream when their heart rate goes way up, and dreaming about being in control of a dream and having endless choices would sure get my heartrate up... the more I think about it, the scarier it gets... Edit: ...! or is the illusion of control the entire point OF lucid dreaming!! AHH