Wasn't going to respond to original but decided to chime in
Had natural ability since early teens. Including forward/backward in time or location.
Always completely conscious while body sleeping.
Easiest way to devolve lucid dream the departure is to ask throughout the day if you are dreaming. Typically within to weeks you will ask in dream state and your reality will change drastically.
Monroe, gateway project, SRV all are real and 70+ % accurate. However nothing g compares to natural ability.
Biggest fear is AI will learn to employ techniques, frequencies, electromagnetics to obtain same results