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in most of my dreams i do recall having thought processes, meaning i am thinking things to myself, questioning and changing my persepctive on what is happening, all with out being lucid.[/b]
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I also feel like I'm thinking about things whilst dreaming (not all dreams though), the same sort of internal monologue you get whilst awake.
I guess I would like to differentiate between mental activity (thoughts) versus reflexive analysis (what is going on, why did something occur).

For example in one lucid dream I saw my grandmother - I questioned how could I see her if she's dead - I must be dreaming.

In many dreams I see women and "think" wow they are attractive but there is no lucidity.

Much of what passes for thinking in my dreams is just reaction or association. Whenever I question what is going on I have become lucid. And I believe this is related to being higher on the scale of consciousness.

Tipster in your example you have a thought "I bet this light won't turn on" but if you had questioned why it didn't maybe you would have become lucid.

I believe WBTB and MILD are effective when they stimulate this questioning/reasoning activity.