I have had lucid dreams before, but they were generally short and unsastisfying. Last night, I decided to try the FILD (finger-induced lucid dream) at 3:30 with amazing results. I started moving my fingers at the perfect time, and after a few seconds, felt my body enter sleep paralysis and had the illusion of being seperated from my body. I just kept concentrating on dreaming, and before I knew it, I was lying back in bed. I did a nose RC and could breath through my fingers. I then opened up my eyes to see my bed floating in the open ocean at sunset. It was truely amazing.
I watched the waves for a while, then went back to bed. I had a false awakening, but did a RC and remained lucid. I also realized the amount of control I had. I began to conjure people and objects up, right in front of me, including my family, Eddie Vedder, and my girlfriend (>_>.) After flying around the room and conversing with all of them, I eventually convinced them that they were in a dream as well. After a while, I went back to bed again. However, this time, I had another false awakening, and forgot to do another RC. I lost lucidity then.
All in all, an amazing, long, and satisfying lucid dream, the first long one I think I have ever had.