Quote Originally Posted by mimihigurashi View Post
I see your point about missing/extra fingers, but every time I accidentally saw my hands in dreams they looked just normal. And I read instructions that don't mention the counting, supposedly you just look at your hands, and if you want, say a mantra like "I know when I'm dreaming" or something like that.. Even without the mantra, allegedly looking at your hands somehow can trigger lucidity. Maybe it has something to do with stopping and focusing your awareness/self awareness? Don't know..
Maybe you could use that to incubate seeing your hands as a dream sign, by associating the feeling of being in a dream when you look at your hands. So when you see your hands in dreams, you will remember that it's a dream! I think that's a little bit different from reality checks in terms of confirming or inducing lucid dreams, but it's still pretty neat.