Well, ok, I know a lot of people here get angry if I talk about drugs, but its the only analogy I can think of.

When you do weed, alot of newbies often wonder "am I high?" which in it of itself is obvious that you are! Obviously if you have to ask if your high, then you are high, because you would not be asking yourself if your not high when you aren't high.

So why is it that in a dream, when I feel the need to do a RC, I actually need to do a RC? I mean, I know the reason why we do them, to become aware that we are sleeping...but it would seem that for me, needing to do a RC would be enough to make me aware i'm asleep. But it is not, I feel like a dork for needing to do them.