In general, I consider my subconscious to be a great ally. He will take care of tasks in the background, such as "What is the name of this person I could not remember?", or "Where is the bug in this piece of code I am working on?". Typically, the answer will pop up out of the blue (often in the morning, right at wake up). I am grateful to my subconscious for that. I visualize my subconscious as a quiet robot walking behind me (me being the conscious), always ready to take new cognitive tasks.

But... When it comes to lucid dreaming, for those mere mortals like me who have to put efforts to get lucid dreams, it feels like he is an opponent. He is the master of the REM, and seems reluctant to let go some of his power. In recent lucid dreams, I told dream characters to come back in subsequent non-lucid dreams to tell me directly that I am dreaming. It didn't succeed. Somehow, the master of puppets disagrees, I guess.

I would like to change my perspective. How can I make the subconscious an ally in the game?