Quote Originally Posted by HeWhoShapes View Post
Well, in my humble opinion, i think that ADA is a really good technique. Using it as an addition to MILD really did wonders for my recall, vividness and overall induction of LD's, so the mindfulness idea could work in streamlining the whole "constant awareness" thing.

To be honest, this is a very hard technique, but i still like to stick with it for the reasons mentioned above and i really have no idea why would anyone hate it! you get more LD's, so it's hard to complain.
I think people take issue with the presentation of King Yoshi's guide as an "ultimate God mode" to LDing (my words, not his), which it is not. Yes, it may result in more lucids, but it can fail just like any other technique, and has its own flaws--namely, that you can be well aware of what you're looking at, check out the contours, textures, shapes, etc. and still have no frickin clue that you're dreaming. King Yoshi does say to continue performing reality checks throughout the day, and I think these two together are better than just ADA, but even that can fail and result in semi-lucids.

So you're right--it's a good technique. I do NOT think it will result in what King Yoshi refers to as "the pinnacle of lucid dreaming," that is, with every dream being lucid. If that happens, there is something else going on besides ADA. And you're right--the technique is hard.