What I am going to say is based on my beliefs. We share a different perspective, so you may see it differently than I do, but this is what I meant:
While God gives us free will, he does not set us loose in the world with no direction. He warns us of certain situations, and if it is necessary, he answers questions. I had the same worries as our fried lordrr here when I first wanted to lucid dream. So, I asked God to bring the truth to me about whether is good, or bad, or if I could use it in a way that embraces my beliefs.
So you were asking how we can get an explicit answer from God? Well, I think its different for everyone, and since you are an Athiest, I’m not sure you could understand it the same way I do. I obviously don’t hear clear words, but I get certain feelings and certain events happen. What I mean is, during a day, something will happen and I will just “understand” what to do. Or sometimes, I actually get a physical feeling, usually in the back of my neck . Yea, I know thats a little weird. But everyone recieves answeres differently in my opinion. When I first asked about LDing, the feeling I got was bad, and rightfully so. It wasn’t lDing that was bad, but the way I was approaching it. I was becoming obsessed and my motivation was looking more like using LDing as an “escape mechanism” rather than that for creativity/exploration. So, I stopped for a while and I came back with a clear mind. And…I got good “answers.” I appologize if my reply to lordrr was unclear or unfeasable to you. However, since lordrr shares the same religion as I, I assumed he would be able to interpret it as advice from a Christian to a Christian.
Slinger