I believe lucid dreaming to be a means of not only night time enjoyment but a tool that can be used to develop and cultivate the latent abilities of the mind. I have been doing dream research for years and have found that people who practice energy work in their dreams tend to develop 100 times more faster than those who would attempt to develope parnormal abilities during their waking state. I suggest taht if you are new to lucid dreaming, astral projection or esp you visit The Foundation for the Advancement of Human Knowledge website http://www.fahk.org/site.php?content=mind.luciddreaming
The foundation is growing and getting notarized to be the site for advance mind training on the web. I am not only a member I am on their board of directors.