Quote Originally Posted by Infraredkelp View Post
Hmmm.... A lot of people don't like to RT (reality check) because they're too lazy. They think they have to do this elaborate thing where they look at they're hands, try to summon stuff, ask themeselves if they're dreaming, etc. The easiest way (I think) to check, is simply to pinch yourself. If it doesn't hurt, you're dreaming. It's that simple. Which ever RT you choose to use, just get into a habbit of doing it to the point where you don't even think about it. Remember: the more you do it in waking life, the more likely you will do it in a dream. If you do it in a dream, then you'll realize that you're dreaming, and you're then lucid. Good luck
I've seen two thoughts on these forums.

A)You should try to create an emotion, feeling, or idea to be associated with the RC's. So that you are consciously questioning reality as well as thinking of what it would be like if you were dreaming.

or....

B) As bolded in this quote, to simply make the RC's habitual, to the point that you simply do them automatically without thinking.

So which is it? Does it even matter? I would think as long as you are doing the RC's regularly, then it doesn't really matter if it "means" something per se. This logic relying on the idea that RC's are only meant to signal or clue you in that you are in fact dreaming.