Quote Originally Posted by cmind View Post
OP: This is the fundamental problem with DILD, and why most serious lucid dreamers don't bother with it. WILD (as a general group of techniques) is what the "professionals" use.

DILD requires a daytime commitment, it's unreliable at the best of times, and it often leaves the user only half way to lucidity, even when it works. Useless.
This is a pretty detrimental message to a beginning LDer. It has nothing to do with reality checks; they're only used to confirm that you're dreaming! It's all about becoming aware in the dream. The only reason people are constantly confused as to how they can reality check is because the tutorials are written that way (IMO, should be rewritten to include a bigger emphasis on awareness).