Quote Originally Posted by sivason View Post
I would not worry to much about that. I was not taught to assume I was dreaming during an RC. I am sure you were told that or read it, and I am sure it is fine. I think a better mind set is to honestly use the RCs to make sure wether it is a dream or not. Take the attitude that you do not know 100% and need proof before you will go back to believing you are awake. That is about the same idea as yours, but I do not pre-suppose to know the answer as to am I awake, when I RC.
When I do any RC it is with the honest intent to make sure I am awake. I do this by looking carefully for things I think will be in a dream. I search for instability in the visuals or I scan my memory to see if I am all confused and do not remember how I got there. If something like that is observed, I have the first proof that I may not be awake. Then I look for things that are almost proof I am awake, like being able to observe fine detail and the nature of my thought being orderly.
That is just how this one guy looks at RCs. Develop your own routine eventually. Follow a tutorial at first, but eventually adapt a style of your own.
Actually the first part is exactly what I do.