Originally Posted by
Gheld
There's no such thing as a lucid dream; it's just a scam to sell books and other crap related to lucid dreaming.
A dream is a dream, and sometimes if something weighs heavily on your mind it will manifest itself in your dream. (For example I quit smoking about a month ago, and in that time I've had numerous dreams about smoking.) So if you allow the idea of being able to be in complete control of your dreams to weigh heavily on your mind, well guess what? You'll start having dreams about being able to be in complete control of your dreams.
What's so good about a lucid dream anyways? If your goal is imagination and inspiration then bringing your conscious mind (or a dream representation thereof) into your dreams which would otherwise be completely free of any bias of your conscious thoughts is hardly imaginative or inspiring.
It would be like saying "I'm going to paint my house blue using red paint!".