Conscious Dreaming

What is conscious dreaming? Many people find themselves in a situation where they are conscious in their dream. This is where they are aware that they are dreaming and at the same time, they are in a consensual reality that they are experiencing.  During conscious dreaming, you can't seem to control and direct some of the events happening in the dream or even all of them. Conscious dreaming is most of the time referred to as lucid dreaming. 
How can you experience conscious dreaming? If you so wish, you can develop your conscious dreaming to a higher level.  You can do so by keeping a notebook by your bedside where you keep your daily updates of your lucid dreams. With time, you will find that you will start writing extensively about your experiences, and at the same time, you will enjoy doing so and derive a lot of fun out of it.  You will eventually develop the ability to have deeply sensual experiences, visits to alternative realities like the sun and the moon, and near death experiences. This could become another avenue of spiritual or psychological exploration. Sounds exciting right!