I used to be a very skeptic and scientific close-minded atheist all my life (eventho I was raised in a Christian family) until I saw a small fraction of the truth around age 22. Now I believe in all religions, and now I finally understand what those prohpets were talking about! Nonetheless, religion hasn't helped me to realize the truth, in fact, the way current religion is being interpretted is only going to take you further away from the truth.

Meditation was the key to free my mind.. I only got into it recently, and I still have a long way to go, but it improves every aspect of my life, including lucid dreaming.

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds" -Bob Marley