Lucid dreams

[Light_in_the_Darkness]

So the closest ive been to being OOB came directly from a dream state that I believe may have been lucid. I got the upper half of my body out and felt the vibrations before waking up. Lately I have been trying to induce lucid dreams and I was wondering how exactly one would define a lucid dream. Is it the realization that you are in fact dreaming? This did not happen the night of my almost OOB however i do believe that dream was more vivid than usual and i felt a bit more in control of my own thoughts and actions.

Since then i have been unsuccessful in becoming lucid. I find that in most of my dreams I get a sort of tunnel vision, like my field of view is narrow and I have no peripherals. It is difficult to make out any fine details and the whole experience seems to have a sort of haze over it. I do recall in a dream last night I could have sworn i felt some legitimate pain in my right ear, and when I awoke my right arm was next to my ear and I think it was folded against the pillow (my dad had woke me up for breakfast, so that distracted my immediate focus so am not 100% sure). perhaps this is a sign of increasing my consciousness during dreams?

Also, does anyone have methods of inducing lucid dreams i can practice, or some way to test yourself while in a dream to see if it is lucid?

[proyect_outzone]

Is it the realization that you are in fact dreaming?

Yes, no more and no less.

I differ between 4 classes of dreams and OBEs.

Not very clear and not realistic are:
1. Nonlucid common dream (dream which is only acting in the own brain)
2. Lucid common dream (dream which is only acting in the own brain, while one knows, one is dreaming)

Very clear and very realistic are:
3. Nonlucid OBE (i call them dream-obe-combinations, that are dreams, where one is not knowing, that one is in a OBE,....."sleepwalking" with the astral body)
4. (lucid) OBE

Also, does anyone have methods of inducing lucid dreams i can practice, or some way to test yourself while in a dream to see if it is lucid?

Best way to induce lucid dreams is (apart from the reality checks) to use OBE-Methods. This increases the chances for both. OBEs and lucid dreams.