Turn Your Dreams Into Realities

We all dream, not only at night but throughout the day as well. 

We may not even notice it is happening at times. 

However, we should pay as much attention to our dream as

we possibly can, especially those that place us in the type

of life we truly desire.

Believe it or not, we can turn our dreams into realities.

What if we apply some of the nighttime dream work techniques
to our daytime dreams?

The first thing to do would be to remember a few things:
We all dream (at night and during the day, even if we do not
realise it).

We dream one thing that makes us uniquely human is the
ability to actively think and be intentional about how we
approach the future and evolve.
How we choose to approach our
dreams influences whether we actively transform and grow
or let inevitable change passively happen to us.

If your choice falls on the “actively transform and grow” side of
things,then you can start by making an effort to notice your
daydreams; be aware when your mind wanders and value
where it goes.

Naming anything allows us to start working with it.

This is one reason we write down dreams and also a reason why
it is a good idea to keep a dream journal.

Writing something down gives it a place to live
and forces you to describe and witness what was previously been
just a feeling, emotion or idea.

You can then start to get to the source and understand the qualities;
you can work with it and understand how to move forward now
that you have named what “it” is.

If you have a goal, vision or dream, even if it is a feeling or just the
qualities of a dream life... write it down. This can be a surprisingly
scary step because it is the first part of outwardly expressing what
has been living inside of you, even if you do not show it to anyone.

As you would work with a nighttime dream, now pay attention to the
most potent and emotionally stimulating moments of your life.

What is the energy and emotion you experience?

What are the qualities that make these moments that way?

Why are they important?

You may specifically do this for events and experiences related to
your dream or goal that you have written down, but even moments
that do not seem directly related can give you information.

What are common threads and patterns?

What questions are being asked of you?

How are you making decisions... what are the values and beliefs
underlying them?

What is the context of your life telling you about how to work
towards your dream, or maybe how you are working against it?

Is there someone you are working with to get support in pursuing
your dream?

In relationships, what qualities do you notice with the people in your
life that you want to explore, work on or release?

The most important and loved people in our life can tell us a lot about
qualities and ways of being that we value, desire or already have.

The people who trigger us the most and get under our skin can tell us
information about our own shadow qualities that we might not be aware
of.
Just as you would with a night dream, you can look for archetypes,s
symbols and imagery in your waking life.

Look at any dream, whether at night or while you are awake, as a
journey within a journey. If you continue on your current path,
where are you going?
Where do you want to go?

With thanks to Erin McElroy
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erin-mcelroy/nighttime-dream-practices_b_8829750.html