RC Thought Process

[Connermac]

Lately I've been performing constant reality checks, most commonly the technique of glancing twice at a digital clock, but I am confused about what to do with my thoughts while performing the check. I glance first, make note of the time, and when I glance back, I think to myself "The time has not changed. Time is moving in a linear fashion. Therefore, what I am seeing is clearly real." After this, I often attempt to will the clock to change time, and deduce that because the time is still not changing, what I am seeing is logical and must be real. Is this the proper way of performing this check, and if so, how long will it be before the check worms its way into my dreams? By the way, my dream recall is progressing at an excellent rate. I have remembered four dreams with perfect clarity in two nights, and have made note of several dream signs, but for some reasons none of these have contained a digital clock or text of any kind, and the RC has not been triggered as of yet.

[Sacred Arboretum]

That's pretty good, except that what you should deduce is: "The clock is functioning properly. Therefore, I cannot be dreaming." It's [usually] not that time is flowing strangely, it's that our subconscious seems to have problems correctly replicating some technologies. Clocks, lights, computers... You're definitely on the right track. I wouldn't be surprised if this worked pretty soon, as long as you keep it up.

[ExoByte]

The proper way simply is recognition. Take the time to actually look at things and take them in. Sights, sounds, smells and other sensations. Look inn the corners of the room, the patterns on the ceiling or the way the light is reflecting of the wall. Take notice of the world around you, because this is the way you need to see things in dreams.

[Loaf]

I usually do the hand RC, I count my fingers and if they are normal I think "no, I am not asleep" or if there are too many or too few, I think "I am lucid!" and get on with the dream.