Hello all. I've read about lucid dreams and the like for many years off and on, and practiced some meditation techniques. Although I've never actually attempted to enter a lucid dream, I have on occasion realized I was dreaming and been able to take control of it with moderate success. And at some point in my life I seemed to develop a very strong natural control over the energies in my body, making relaxation techniques very easy and powerful for me, from relaxing a part of my body, to almost being able to shut off the tactile perception of my mind. Now I think I'm ready to attempt a voluntary lucid dream, and I've browsed and read a few topics on this site, it's all just a bit overwhelming right now, trying to understand these techniques is difficult enough at this point, but with the added problems of terminology it's a little hard to understand what people are saying, is there any reference that would explain the different terms? I look forward to becoming an active member of this vast community, I just need a little help finding my ethereal sea legs.