We know that dreamtime is a space where we receive answers to the problems in our daily lives. Dreamtime acts as a gateway for the ancient ones to come through and give us their guidance and wisdom. The interesting thing is that there is no need to wait until this knowledge comes to us. We are all perfectly capable of what I am going to term, for lack of anything better, "active" dreaming. It is active dreaming because as the dreamer, we are taking part in the process. It is easy - anyone can facilitate active dreaming.
Whether we are looking for spiritual answers, for ways to better understand our myriad relationships (person/family/business/friendship) or for guidance with specific issues, we can work with our dream selves to process information that will help us see our lives with greater clarity and make better decisions.
The first step is deciding in which area we are going to do the work - i.e. relationship, spiritual life etc. We need to spend some time in formulating the question that we want to ask our higher selves. We want the question to be both short and to the point. When you have your question ready, pick a night when you are relatively free from the stresses of daily life. Either mentally or out loud, just repeat the question to yourself and go to sleep. If you do not remember your dream(s) from that night - try again. You will begin to get dream information that will deepen your personal understanding of the issues in your life. If there is a dream that you understand only part of (or perhaps none of) - use that as the basis for your next question. Ask your higher self what the dream as a whole meant, or perhaps what specific scenes within the dream meant. You can take this as far as you want to - as far as your intent will go.
Most of us are looking to bring greater abundance into our lives, so let's use financial abundance as an example. First of all, recognize that there is infinite abundance in the world. It is not wrong to ask for the manifestation of whatever you need to sustain yourself in the physical world. What is difficult for most of us is to let go of the process - to not become "stuck" to the end result.
For example, you are looking for a new job. You go for an interview or two, and place all of your considerable intent on one position, on one company. Why is this faulty logic? Because we need to ask for what we want/need and leave it open to Universe as to "how" this will manifest in our lives. After all, not getting one job often means that there is simply something better out there for us!
An appropriate question when seeking financial abundance might be to ask yourself: "What do I need to do to draw financial abundance into my life?" Ask yourself that, and then go to sleep. Keep a pen or pencil and paper near your bedside, so that you can write your dreams down when you awaken. If you wake up in the middle of the night - write what you remember down and then go back to sleep. The reason for this is that we quickly forget the details of our dreams once we waken. When we make the effort to ask for information, we should have the courtesy to write down the information that we are given!
Now you have the technique for active dreaming - for participating in your own dreamscape. Take the wisdom from your dreams and place it in your life. Not sure how to do that? ... Make that your next dream question!
Thank you for visiting Dreamtime. May your day be Blessed.
Mitakuye Oyasin - For All Of Our Relations
Personal Lifestyle Reading - I offer a Personal Lifestyle Reading using Tarot that looks at past, present and future influences in your life, at the energies that are currently available to help you along your path, and at those energies that are appearing as challanges. My goal is to offer you insight into your decision making process, as well as tools that you can use to both better understand your path and make conscious, choice centered decisions.
Graphics by Art for the web
