Why dreams are important and how to remember them is significant because dreams are part of the very fabric of one’s soul. Dreams are one way the soul communicates to you. There are two different types of dreaming. They include: Dreaming of experiencing deep desires and Dreaming while sleep, where truth is revealed on many levels, in many ways, for many reasons. When dreaming of an experience connected to your heart’s desires it’s actually a way of glimpsing into the purpose of your existence in this life. When dreaming while sleeping you are piercing into your mind and into your soul. What is not apparently obvious elevates to the surface of your consciousness in a series of images and stories waiting to be interpreted for their deeper meaning. In the process of revealing your dreams, while sleeping, you uncover why your heart’s desires or passion(s) are intensely overwhelming, driven or compulsory. Your sleeping dreams uncover how you behave in world and whether you are on your life’s purpose, living your desires or not. And these dreams speak to what you must do if you aren’t living your passion. They show what energy blocks stand in your way. And, your sleeping dreams present various ways to unblock that energy.
However, not everyone remembers their dreams. Why is this? If you don’t remember them it may be one or a combination of many reasons.
WHY DON’T YOU REMEMBER ALL OF YOUR DREAMS?
Everyone dreams but not everyone remembers their dreams. Dreaming happens during the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) segment of sleep. This constitutes about 20% of the night. If you are a wrestles sleeper you may wake up during your dream causing you to remember the images and series of events taking place. Often the restlessness is due to worry, fear, stress or all of it. Dreaming at the consciousness level may also be due to falling sleep over stimulated, causing you to not stay asleep. And sometimes you are awakened by outside circumstances such as loud noises; the bed shaking; or body discomfort. Otherwise you are in a deeper stage of sleep, truly unconscious, causing the dream to stay dormant at lower levels of consciousness, not traveling high enough to the surface of your awareness. Medication, drugs and alcohol are also culprits of suppressing dreams.
WHY DO YOU REMEMBER SOME OF YOUR DREAMS?
All of these reasons may keep you from dreaming. However, energetically, I believe there is more to it. There are no accidents in the universe; therefore it is no accident the way your life is orchestrated. The dreams you remember are because you are meant to remember them. There are significant messages important for you remember, decipher and then determine the action to be taken based on the dream guidance or awareness. As well, the dreams you have which you remember are situations most on your mind to be resolved, to provide answers, to indicate what’s next or what’s coming, to warren you of how to maneuver differently for a more favored outcome.
The mind is able to handle only so much at a time and you may not be ready or equipped to handle some things that would be revealed to you in your dreams. Nightmares are made of the stuff so difficult to face it’s terrifying. Your worse fears and most unsettling challenges are what they are made of and until you are ready mentally and emotionally to tackle the essence of these energies, they won’t reveal themselves as dream memories.
Nevertheless, what you are able to remember is what you are supposed to remember at the time it is uncovered to your awareness. And, no matter what the reason for remember them, you use many unconscious tools to acquire what you must have. If you are stressed and find your sleep is restless at night, waking you up in the middle of a dream you remember it may be because it is giving you pertinent information to reduce the stress. As well, it’s no coincidence most dreams are remembered during the second half of the night just before waking. I believe the most vivid dreams are experienced during that time, giving you the opportunity to be aware of what’s most important in your life at that time and to “pay attention” to what is needed, to what’s going on.
HOW TO BETTER REMEMBER YOUR DREAMS
Here are a few suggestions on how you can remember your dreams or more of your dreams:
The best time to try to recall your dreams is in the first 90 seconds after you wake up, before the memory goes away. And keep your body in the exact same position that you were in when you woke up. This will help boost your dream memory.
Record your dreams either in a dream journal, on your phone audibly or using any other device for recording.
Before going to bed focus on your non-dominant writing hand telling yourself you will remember all of dreams upon waking. Then when waking focus on your dominant writing hand and request for total recall of your dreams.
Paying attention to nutrition – specifically vitamin B6 will help you remember your dreams more. Scientific reports have shown that vitamin B6 can help with dream vividness and recall.
HOW TO CONSCIOUSLY RESOLVE ISSUES THROUGH DREAMS
A great way to resolve any issues using dreams is through a process called “Dream Incubation”. It is a seven step process that will not only help you remember your dreams but it will also give you the answers to any questions you have.
This is how Dream Incubation works:
1. Choose the Right Night! Do not be overly tired. Do not have drugs or alcohol in your system. You will need about 20 minutes of uninterrupted time before sleeping, to work in a dream journal. Make sure to record it as soon as you wake up.
2. Day Notes! Record your thoughts and feelings of the day. Write them down in your
dream journal. This will clear your mind and help you relax.
3. Lights (Incubation Discussion! Use your conscious mind and heart to take a close look at the various aspects of the situation you have a question about. Direct attention to areas that have not been adequately illuminated. Ask yourself, “Am I ready to examine the problem or get the answer…and am I ready to do something about it?” – this is the Incubation issue. Discuss the issue with yourself – write down as much as possible in your journal.
Consider some of these questions: What do you see as the causes of the problem? What are the alternative solutions you now recognize and why won’t one of them do? How are you feeling as your write this? What secondary benefits might you be receiving from perpetuating this conflict? Does living with the problem feel safer than resolving it? What would you have to give up (ie: sympathy, being a martyr or victim, etc.) if the problem were resolved? How would things be different if the problem were resolved? Why do you want or need the information and what do you plan to do with it when you receive it?
4. Incubation Phrase! After the self-discussion, write down a one-line question or request
that expresses your deepest, clearest desire to understand the dynamics of your situation. Make it simple. The more specific the Incubation Phrase, the more specific the resulting dream will be. Put a big star next to it and write it in bold letters.
5. Focus! Camera! After following steps 1-4 you are ready to turn off the lights, close your
eyes and begin focusing all of your attention on your incubation phrase? Like the director of a movie you imagine the phrase and set the scene. You zero in on the main point and take control of your consciousness. As you lie in bed, repeat the phrase over and over. As you fall asleep, forget about the discussion and focus on the question. If distracting thoughts come up let them go, bringing your focus back to the incubation phrase. This is the most important aspect of Dream Incubation.
6. Action! This is the easy part. It only requires that you go to sleep.
7. Record! Record in detail everything you remember about your dream once you wake up. Make no judgments at this point about the relevance of the dream(s). As you write the dream down include feelings, thoughts, songs, fantasies or anything else that comes to mind. As you write it down try to re-experience the dream. Attempt to draw meaning from your dream, keeping the incubation phrase in mind.
When you dream you venture into a whole different world filled with all of the knowledge and awareness needed during this life’s journey. Tapping into your dreams by first, remembering them and then, deciphering them is a big key in how you can surrender yourself to the specific guidance provided specifically for you. Dreaming is important as it’s a function of soul communication. Learning how to interpret what’s being communicated is an experience you don’t want to overlook. Tonight is the time for you to get busy dreaming and enjoying your night life!
Lynne Herod-DeVerges, founder Center of Light Miracles
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