Thanks for the welcome and the info. My lucid dreams usually last 5-10 minutes I guess. Is that average? Its hard to say because the corrolation between dream time and real time I asume varies. I've had dreams while in the 9 min snooze that felt like they took hours.
I always thought my conciousness in the dream was directly related to the fact I was nearly awake. Thats why they never lasted that long. Im sorry if these insights seem sophmoric but i'm new to all this.