"When he dreamed, whenever he saw his hand he would consciously remember that he is dreaming..."
* a very good technique for lucid dreaming -- to look for your hands. It always seemed to me people would rather play around (with dreaming, i mean: having sex with stars, flying, etc. etc.) rather thn actually "waking up". if a person can wake up within a dream, then they can wake up, in so-called reality, to the fact that we mostly behave as if we're in a dream! That to me, is the real achievment.