I found out about Lucid Dreaming two weeks ago and have read anything i can get my eyes on. I have also decided to write my senior research paper on the topic.

So anyways... I have been recording my dreams in a journal and been doing reality checks on a regular basis throughout the day. But I cannot seem to get any progress in my dreams.

But This morning i stayed home from school and slept much later than I usually would. About an hour after i would have normally woken up I was awoken from my sleep by my dog jumping onto the bed, i imeditally fell back asleep and found myself in a dream.

I assume I was dreaming before I was woken up but i did not know it. In my dream i found myself in a square room with nothing else. I suddenly became aware that i was dreaming and did a reality check. But this is the part that confuses me. I almost always use a clock or try to push my finger through my palm when i do my regular reality checks. In my dream i leaned against a wall and fell through. as i fell through the wall, the room disappeared and i felt the extreamly real sensation of falling. as I fell i began to view my body from a above and everything rapidly faded into a black fog. the whole thing maybe lasted 10 or 15 seconds but it felt extreamly real.

What i would like to know is..."Was this the beginning of a Lucid Dream or not?" and what else can i do to experince one sooner.

thanks so much for reading and any help/advise would be awesome.