The Aha! Factor

This may sound kind of ridiculous but I experienced, “the aha! factor” when I first read about it in the book, Altered States.
The aha factor is of course explained in our book as, “The phenomenon of inspiration, which may occur during development of the creative process as well as at its point of origin, is typically experienced as a physical sensation expressed through an “Aha!” response, an alteration in breathing pattern.”
So in essence I literally said “aha” when I realized that some portion of science recognized the same phenomenon. (I hope I didn’t tear space or time) But like many topics we read about in this book, my revelation of the “aha” was not the only time an “aha” took place for me.
I said “aha” at least three times during the Lucid Dreams portion of chapter 4.
Our group addressed this subject in basic discussion last class period.
I must admit I have experienced this dream state quite often. Sometimes I even recall many details from these dreams. I must say that the lucid dreams are most profound for me because I consciously have an opportunity to examine why I dream particular things. When people and places from many years ago appear in my lucid dream, I often sit back and mentally digest why those particular aspects of my past seem to be floating in my consciousness. This examination process takes place in the conscious mind, when I’m awake. and makes dreams more than just a mess of mixed up thoughts.
I can’t say I can predict the future, cure illness or even draw creative ideas from the lucid dream process, but I do recall memories (and details from memories) that I haven’t consciously come up in my mind in years.
For me I equate these lucid dreams more to the rationalization that our minds are much more vast then we think. Simply, there is just a lot going up there – sometimes.