Who do you go to for advice or help when you experience the inevitable life problems that we all have to face? A friend? Partner? Relative? Counselor? I bet the last person you would think of is yourself.

But what if you could find solutions to those difficult problems inside your self? What if you could overcome your relationship, financial or career problems? And going beyond everyday problems, what if you could create a truly deep connection with your innermost self; find your hidden strengths, creativity and inspiration; cultivate trust in your own intuition and discover your true purpose in life? What if you could find and tap into your personal wisdom and power on a daily basis? What would your life be like then?

I know this is sounding like some unimaginative marketing spiel - but it's not. You can have all these things by using a little known technique called Dream Incubation.

Dream incubation, also known as dream induction, simply means creating a dream to order on a specific topic for a specific purpose. It's about getting your mind to work on a problem or issue while you are sleeping. It's about letting your creativity flow and opening your mind to potentially novel solutions to old problems.

Maybe you think if this were remotely possible it would be extremely difficult to achieve but actually it's really easy to learn and nearly anyone can do it with just a little practice.

All we have to do is make a clear request to our mind/unconscious/higher self/soul, whichever term you prefer, to give us answers through our dreams. This technique has been scientifically proven to work in various studies and is a lot easier to learn and implement than lucid dreaming.

"Since every person on Earth dreams every night, it seems logical to assume that something extremely important must be going on during the third of our lives we sleep and dream. But, in our industrialized, objective culture, we often seem to be missing this point.

Although dream knowledge and techniques exist, they are not taught in schools and are seldom seriously discussed in our homes and places of work, though in some native cultures, the opposite is true. Since dreams represent a connection with our own deeper nature, cultivating them may provide answers to many of our personal, cultural, and planetary challenges."

(full article at http://www.dreams.ca/incubation.htm)

We are complex beings with many levels of consciousness, most of which are inaccessible in our normal waking state. The various levels of your self want to assist you as much as possible and help you reach full integration - to reaslise your full potential and become the best that you can be. All you need to do is ask for help and be open to the answers.

We do this by creating focus through intention. If you know about The Secret and The Law of Attraction then this technique will be familiar to you but you may not have reaslied that you can use it in this way.

During dreamtime our minds are busy trying to solve problems, convey useful information and learn, so asking your mind to solve a particular difficulty or give you more information on a particular topic, is but a fraction away from what it's already doing. Every aspect of your being will be on board with this, since the whole purpose of dreaming is to help you maintain mental, emotional and spiritual health. Holistic health comes by moving forward through problems and accepting the reality of what is.

Don’t confuse this technique with some kind of mind control - it would be better described as a form of mind liberation. Only by being genuinely open to the information we are given can we gain truly insightful answers. So don’t think about the solution you assume you want. Let go and let your inner self do the work by following these four straightforward steps.

Step 1
As you are drifting off to sleep create a clear picture in your mind the of problem you would like help with. See the people involved and the situation as it stands currently. Don't judge it or get caught up in thinking about it, just view it as an observer. (See right if you are not sure how to do this).

Step 2
Then make a request to your unconscious/higher self to give you a dream that will:

• explain what's really going on and/or
• give you advice about the best way to proceed that honors all people involved

Make your intention heartfelt, concise and clear. Start your sentence with "I want.....or Tell me about.....".

You might also want to say why you want a solution: - for instance, "because I want to be a better parent."

TIP - You can also put in a clause asking your mind to show you the information as clearly as possible so that the dream is easy to interpret.

The more often you make your requests the better you will get at making them as direct as possible.

Step 3
Then it's just a case of simply letting go and going to sleep.
Trust that you will get the information you need.
You may need to do this a few nights in a row, but you will receive guidance.

When you receive your dream write it down if you have time as this will help to consolidate the information you have received.

Step 4
Act on the information you have been given. Whether it be making a decision, talking with the other people involved or changing an aspect of your lifestyle get on and do it!

Once your inner self knows that you really want the information and are willing to act on it the dreams will become clearer and more frequent. You are essentially developing a communication channel that will get stronger with time.

I've been using dream incubation techniques for over 15 years and can genuinely say it's changed my life. When you can be your own best friend, trust your judgement implicitly and develop strong connections with every part of yourself there's no need to look outside and hope that someone else can solve your problems. You will always find the right solution personally tailored to you.

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