HOW TO REMEMBER A DREAM

Everyone of us can learn to remember dreams. This, of course, is a prerequisite to working with dream symbols. After you are reliably recalling dreams, you can begin to program them for problem solving. The most effective way to work with dreams is to keep a dream journal. Date each entry as you go along, for you will begin to see patterns and recurring themes as the weeks go by. If you do not understand an important dream message, you will be given more dreams trying to get the same point across. So do not worry about losing a big lesson; you will be given the message again and again until you finally get the idea. The most important thing in learning to remember a dream is your intent to do so. Before going to sleep sit on the the side of your bed, take several deep breaths and relax. Then say to yourself, "TONIGHT I WANT TO REMEMBER A DREAM AND I WILL REMEMBER A DREAM. AS SOON AS I WAKE UP I WILL WRITE IT DOWN." Then go to sleep with a pad and pen beside the bed, expecting to remember and write down a dream as soon as you open your eyes. If you prefer, record your dream on a cassette recorder. It is important to have a bedside lamp to turn on if you wake up in the middle of the night, so as to write down your dream or press record on the cassette. Eventually, as you continue to say (preferably out loud) that you will remember your dreams, the subconscious receives the idea and you will build up your journal. If there are just recalled sensations, i.e. frustration, upliftment, peace etc, record them, as they are at the gateway of more prolific dream content. As time goes by, you will be able to record things in as much detail as possible. As well as the plot.... colour, numbers, emotions and shapes should be noted, since they all contribute to the overall dream symbology. If you do not immediately write down the dream, you may lose it. Do not think that you can go back to sleep and remember it later. You are in an altered state of consciousness, that half awake/half asleep state when you first open your eyes. Until you learn to bridge the gap between levels of consciousness, you will not be able to recall your dream when you are fully awake. Practice this technique and the bridging will become clearer, with an increased clarity of dream imagery and recall ability. You dream all during the night, but often your best teaching dreams occur between 3 and 5 a.m. or right upon awakening. If you are working night shift, your dream schedule will be adjusted to your sleep/biological rhythms. Dreams may come anytime in a relaxed state......a nap, snooze, or meditation. Quite often, when you wake, no apparent recall may be available. However, when you roll over in bed, suddenly there is a surge of conscious recall of your nights dream. It is not known why this occurs generally, but if you practice rolling over before you get out of bed, (don't get out straight away) you will gain the benefit. Why doesn't everyone recall their dreams automatically? Edgar Cayce gave four reasons: lack of interest, physical exhaustion, impurities in the body, and materialism. These days, the broad headings can be expanded with regard to overindulgence of sex, use of drugs, prescription medicines, and lack of spiritual inquiry in general.

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