Originally posted by AnonymousTipster
That's precisely what I was thinking. When I go 'lucid' I don't neccessarily feel any great change, it's just like another bit of knowledge popped into my head, rather than me suddenly becoming conscious.
This is why I think there may be a scale. At the moment, i'm only reaching a low level of lucidity, with little to no 'lucid feeling'. Hopefully as I progress in proficiency at LDing I will feel more and more conscious, and becoming lucid will feel more powerful as I gain a higher level of lucidity faster.
I think this is actually really interesting and I've had similar experiences, making me kinda wonder what being "lucid" really is. Most people say it's just being "aware that you're dreaming", but does that doesn't necessarily mean you're conscious of your actions and actually know to be dreaming. In my earlier LDs, I was a bit confused when I woke up, because in them I would act in ways that I know I wouldn't if I was really in control, so I started thinking that maybe some of my LDs were actually just "dreaming of being lucid".

Originally posted by AnonymousTipster
What I suppose i'm asking is: When you excercise more control like being able to fly, does it mean you become 'more conscious' and can make real descisions, rather than predecided paths? "
I don't think how much consciousness/awareness and "control" you actually have depends on what things in the dream itself you can manipulate, but more on how much you can control yourself. Usually, when you have less lucidity, you're (or at least me and some others I've talked to) instantly thinking of things to do and you go do them, without really admitting to yourself that you're dreaming. For me, being completely lucid is really being patient and actually thinking about that consequences of being in a dream, instead of rushing into things without any real focus.
Ex Nine is right though that there isn't really a way of 'measuring' consciousness, so I guess what I mean here by being more or less conscious is based on how much you actually control yourself and question your environment, but that is pretty vague and unprecise.