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Robert E Graham's Psychic Express 800 876-0352 Many people say that either they don’t dream or they don’t remember their dreams. On those occasions when they do remember a dream, they often tell a friend. The conversation usually starts like this. "I had the weirdest dream the other night." Whoa, hold it right there. Let’s get something straight. Let’s look at this from the dream’s perspective. The dream had an important message for you. What do you do? You tell a friend how weird it was. Do you want to be called weird? Neither does your dream. It’s a wonder you remember any dreams with that attitude. It’s a wonder that your subconscious allows you any sleep. If I were your dreamweaver, I’d give you a few nightmares. Your dreams have a right to ignore or scare you when you talk about them that way. However, treat them with respect and they will entertain and delight you. Remember, the more attention you pay them, the more attention they will pay to you. You should approach your dreams the same way you’d seduce a lover or court a person you want to marry. Think fondly about your dreams throughout the day. Mull over issues you want solutions for. Tell them how you look forward to sleeping so you can visit with them. Tell them how much you appreciate their guidance. Many people report dreams that come true. I have that happen often. It reminds me that the world is a magick place. If you work with your dreams, they will do the same for you. People often report seeing a departed relative in their dreams. Most likely it was that person visiting them. Dreams often mean what they appear to mean. Record your dreams of departed loved ones. Record all your dreams. Don’t say it was just a dream. Would you want to appear to someone to and be spurned as just a dream? Dreams don't get much attention in modern America. I'm not sure why that is. They are more real than you may believe. How many times have you said to yourself, "Don't pay any attention, it's just a dream"? Meditating and building your concentration will improve your dream recall. It will also make your dreams less fantastic. You will also start to have more feelings of being in a place or situation before. I learned how that happens. It’s not from a past life. I’m not saying past lives are fictional. I’m saying they’re not the usual source of De Jevu. You’re simply remembering last night’s dream. I figured it out from my dream journals. Dreams I’ve recorded have come true in complete detail. Just a dream? Dreams are The Place to give yourself guidance, and to receive guidance. If your current plan or goal needs rethinking, your dreams will tell you that there's a problem. Dreams can also tell you if things are about to go wrong. One night I dreamed my car's brake warning light came on. The next morning I checked the master cylinder, and it was as dry as a bone! I listened to my dream. A possible accident never occurred. Some of my dreams have been scenes of the next day, with scenes of the following day in minute detail. Sometimes it'll be a preview of a situation occurring with a friend, or a conversation with a stranger. These dreams have helped me to realize when I should keep quiet, keeping to myself things that might compromise a friend. Dreams are like a play and you are the playwright! The major players in dreams sometimes get a mind of their own. The dream characters that are chasing are trying to get your attention. Stop running, turn around and ask what they (or he/she/it) wants. The players in a dream sometimes take on a life of their own. Especially when they have an important message to convey to you. A recurring dream is a sign to evaluate and adjust an area of your life. Important messages are the reason for recurring dreams -- they hound you until the message sinks in. If they can't get through, dreams will irritate you and disturb your sleep until you seek help. Just telling a friend helps. Good friends usually understand the issues in our lives. Friends can suggest what a peculiar or recurring symbol might mean. Dreams take place in a different world. Why should they play by the same rules that your everyday world does? Work with your dreams and they will seem less fantastic. You will begin to feel that they are trusted friends. Dream control is possible but limited. Control your dreams completely and they are useless -- they have to be able to talk back. Of course, at times they can be maddening; they may drive a theme into the ground. Dreams have at times left me with a feeling of well-being for days on end. Waking up from a successful dream in which I mastered a difficult situation makes life a joy. Successful problem solving in dreams carries over to waking life. Facing a fear in a dream enables you to work out a real life fear. Dreams put a spotlight on issues. Dreams highlight the areas of life that need examining. Having trouble with your boss? Ask to have a dream to clarify the issues. The "Dreammaster" will always answer a sincere request. Let the situation be the last thing you think about as you drift off to dreamland. If you don't receive a dream the first try, keep at it until you do. You might see your supervisor as an angry grizzly bear or a charging rhinoceros ready to run you over. In either case don't be fearful. After all, it is not actually happening, it's a dream! Offer the bear some honey. Wrestle the one horn to the ground like a rodeo cowboy. Ride it like a Brahma bull. It's your dream. Sometimes I have "lucid dreams" -- that's a dream in which you know you are dreaming. Lucid dreams are especially fun, because I can control my dream behaviour, including those bizarre things we normally can't do in waking life. I can spontaneously fly straight up to confuse or elude my pursuers. I will turn and face a dinosaur like Tyrannosaurus Rex, climb on his back and ride him like a horse. Call them "just" dreams if you must, but pay attention to your dreams. Life would be much less adventurous without them. For those of you who don't remember your dreams, a vast, rich and detailed universe is lost. Don't despair! There are tricks to help you remember. Systems and maps abound to guide you once you get there. The Tarot is the best map and guide to the un and subconscious minds. The number one technique is keeping a dream journal. Everyone has dreams, but within five minutes of waking, most people no longer remember the content of the dream, and many don't remember having had any dreams at all. Immediately upon awakening, talk about your dream, say what you remember out loud, and write down as much as you can remember. The little effort required to write your dreams will work wonders. The more attention you pay to your dreams the more attention they will pay to you. Patricia Garfield, author of the best-selling book, "Creative Dreaming," visited with the Senoi people of Malaysia. They are a tribe that get up in the morning and ask each other "what did you dream?" This is the most important part of their day. They have developed a set of rules for successful dreaming. Ms. Garfield lists these condensed rules as follows: 1. Always confront and conquer danger in dreams. 2. Always move toward pleasurable experiences in dreams. 3. Always make your dream have a positive outcome, and extract a creative product from the dream. 4. Don't be afraid to attack an enemy in a dream. Call on helpers, but fight by yourself until help arrives. And finally, get a gift of some sort from your enemy. One of your most useful tools for dream recall is the consistent practice of hatha yoga. If you discipline the body the mind will follow suit. You need not do your postures everyday or even every other day. As long as you’re consistent it will help.

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