That is SO cool Jill that you were able to have a lucid moment like that! The more you practice, the easier it'll get and the more you'll be able to listen to the messages
Susan - definitely, we play all the parts in our dreams
It's our brain that is creating the dream thread! There was a great House episode with this theme, where he was hallucinating. He asked a hallucination a question, and the person didn't know. She pointed out that she could only know things he himself knew, at least subconsciously.