i know what you're saying.

personally, i've only had a handful of LD's, so i can't say how pure awareness affects them.

however, i have found that the more i strive for lucidity in my dreams, the more 'real', and yet 'dreamlike' waking life itself becomes (if that makes any sense )

like last night, i was walking, and i asked myself if i was dreaming, which i wasn't. but nonetheless, i experienced something akin to what many say happens the first time they have a lucid dream.

everything became etheric and beautiful, yet clear. the moonlight off of puddles, trees rising into the air, roots clingling to the earth....everything.

i find it happening more and more often. i am starting to suspect maintaining such a state of awareness as much as possible will do more to help me attain lucidity in dreams than sporadic reality checks.