Quote Originally Posted by mimihigurashi View Post
...I was wondering for how many days/weeks I have to do this until I start seeing some results (I had a little dream awareness before but didn't do a RC in the dream).
It really warries. It can be on your first day, or few days or weeks down the road. But you say you had some awareness. So I would say it's already working.

Quote Originally Posted by mimihigurashi View Post
... some people saying that reality checks have very, very little importance and they are only good for determining whether or not you are in a dream in the moment and you should work on more effective techniques like awareness, and some people saying that RCs are very important and they should be done mindfully and consistently throughout the day. So which one is it?.. Is there a right answer to this?
Yes, there is.

Some people may say that RCs are not important, because they misunderstood their function.

It is true, that RCs by themself don't get us lucid. But if done right during daytime practice, they DO get us lucid. By "right", I mean they can't be just done absentmindedly. If you just recite them without thinking what you doing and without attaching any emotions to them, then they will not work. What may happen is, that you will RC in your dream, but it will be just like anything else you do in a dream, and it will not get you lucid.

But if you attach emotions to it, and you examine your surroundings and believe that you could be dreaming at that very moment, and that's why your RCs will work, then this awareness of your surroundings and you believing WILL give you hint of awareness and may trigger an urge to RC.

So yes, RCs are crucial part of lucid dreamers practice.

http://www.dreamviews.com/wild/13181...prep-part.html
http://www.dreamviews.com/dild/13212...ods-dilds.html
http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...hecks-rcs.html

Happy dreams and please ask if we can help with anything.