I think both of you are using different models of consciousness to describe what happens when you sleep and what determines lucidity.
Korpo, you're describing a model that sees consciousness as a matter of degrees, while I think Alaskans is using the new brain/old brain model, which I happen to use to describe these experiences.
In the model Freud & Jung used (the old brain/new brain model) consciousness is considered to be the part of your mind that judges (compares), plans, and makes decisions on what it decide based on comparing past memories with perceptual input. It also uses verbal language; What Freud & Jung considered the 'rational' mind. The subconscious, or unconscious (depending on how much access you have) is the part of your mind that observes & stores. It reacts using emotion only, so it's power of judgement isn't 'rational', but 'reactive'. It is the part of the mind that's 'on', and pretty much accepts everything as real. Memories, emotions and symbolism are it's modes of operation. In this model, the degree of lucidity depends on how much of the conscious mind is 'on' while dreaming.
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