Just before you go to sleep, Psychically Protect yourself, then mentally ask your Higher Self if she/he can help you, by retrieving information concerning your request.

Then state your request. It could be something like, "Higher Self , please retrieve for me tonight, information concerning childhood issues around sickness, in my past lives, which will be of use to me currently for my self development". Or ask your Higher Self to; "Please send to me a message about a specific problem in my life, that I can easily and clearly interpret."

Warning

Before you start to use this highly beneficial technique, you are advised to ask your Higher Self to place in a few restrictions, which are outlined in Exercise Two:

Please, Higher Self, only retrieve for me enough information for my immediate use and that it does not make me tired, upon waking. I wish this to be a permanent rule until further notice. (If you do not state this, possibly upon awakening, you will feel as if you have done a hard nights work.).

2. I ask that you do not give out any sensitive/personal information concerning myself, to anyone else's Higher Self. (For safety reasons).

3. I ask that you only retrieve for me relevant, practical information that will be of use to me, to aid me in my Spiritual development and for the Highest Good of all concerned. (Otherwise you may be bombarded with interesting but impractical information, which will take days to sift through.)

See if you can interpret this dream. You are riding a white horse up a steep mountain track when you come to a huge red wall, the horse rears up and you fall off, but are not hurt.

While there is no right or wrong answer, we would suggest that it indicates that you are wanting freedom (white horse), but life is at present an uphill struggle (mountain track), you will come to a large, dangerous obstacle (red wall), which will cause you some discomfort (falling off), but you will not be badly injured by the incident (unhurt).

Think about the individual symbols you could use for your Dream list.

Make a personal list of at least twenty words and symbols.

Memorize them.

We suggest you pre-record this exercise and replay when ready.

Play relaxing music. Hold your jasper, kyanite or quartz crystal.

1. Psychically protect yourself, using the principles from lesson six.

2. Ask to be given a message in symbols, for you to interpret.

3. Meditate for ten minutes. Allow the symbols to flow into your mind. If you see a scene, try to remember the major objects in view.

4. Gently return your consciousness to the room. Write down your symbols immediately.

5. Intuitively interpret them.

6. Ground yourself.

Write down your symbols and findings.

Idea * Think of possible future uses for dreamwork, that you can use in your own life and write them down.

Your totem animals may also appear in your dreams. To the Native Americans, an eagle represented Spirituality, a buffalo represented strength, a doe represented softness or femininity, a turtle represented slowness, a mule represented stubbornness. Your totem animal may appear to you in your dreams, in order to represent to you, a quality that you now need to develop or lose.

If you want to learn more about Totem Animals you can use the following link.

Some dreams remain with us for weeks or even years. These are often sent as deeply significant spiritual messages or warnings and are often prophetically. Many famous historical figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc and Julius Caesar have seen their deaths foretold in dreams, by themselves or dreamt of by their family members.

Inventors have often been inspired with new concepts and inventions, originating in their dream state. The Bible is full of examples of dreams that aided and warned beings, such as the dreams of Joseph of the Coat of Many Colours, Jesus Christ, Pilate's wife etc.

Many people astral travel in the dream state and overview situations or proposed trips. Corresponding dream memories of these, can later be matched with reality. In your dream state it is possible to visit friends and relatives and areas on the Earth of interest to you. Fragments of these visits may come back to you as dream memories. Note them down. You may find that friends that you astrally visit at night, also have dream memories of you, next morning.

The more energy you give your dreams and interpretations, the more Spirit will use it as a vehicle to reach and guide you.

You can successfully program yourself to solve a problem during the sleep state. State to Spirit the problem (clearly). Ask Spirit to help you find a solution during your sleep state, that you will remember, immediately on awakening. Have paper and pen ready. Be prepared to write down the answer immediately on waking. Often a word or symbol will spring to mind on awakening, that represents the solution to your problem. If the answer is not clear, meditate on the symbol or word given and allow your intuition to present a clearer expanded picture of the solution.

For example; A woman required a rare piece of crockery for an antique collection she was restoring. She programmed herself for an answer from the dream state, as to where to go and who to meet, to find this rare object. On awakening she saw a vision of a pair of shoes, which at first made no sense to her at all. On meditating she 'saw' herself running across an old friend at the local shoe shop, the previous week. This friend was also interested in old crockery. She immediately rang this friend and found that she had the very piece of rare crockery which she was searching for, and was happy to negotiate with her, to complete her collection.

Spirit may use your dream state to supply you with information from other dimensions. It is important to record your dreams, before analysing or interpreting them, as the concepts shown may sometimes be unfamiliar, but give you, nevertheless, important information for your spiritual growth. Often when these dreams are reread several months, or even years later, they immediately make sense.

Placing a quartz crystal near your head at night will help to magnify your dreams. Kyanite and Red Jasper will help you to Astral Travel. It is possible to agree to a meeting with friends in the dream state and through astral travelling, catch up with their latest news or work with them on more spiritual projects, while you sleep. You need only to state to Spirit (and to your friends) your intentions, time of meeting, ask to remember the meeting in the morning when you awake, protect yourself and go to sleep. Why not visit our spiritual city Viridium on the Moon? See The Abbotts website (using the link on The Abbotts banner at the top of this page) for further information.

Often in your dream state, you may work on continuing projects of the Highest Intent. This may involve projects such as cleansing and healing parts of the Earth, animals, crystals or people. This is often done in large groups that come together from all parts of the globe.

Drowning in a dream may mean that you feel swamped by events around you and are losing control. Water in dreams normally indicates strong emotions.

Snakes in a dream have various meanings. They may mean wisdom, healing, sexuality or an inner fear. This is why your own personal interpretation is so important.

Often once the 'monster' is confronted and its identity recognised, the nightmare will disappear forever.

For Children.

Idea: Confronting the 'monster' and shooting at it with an imaginary 'monster spray' is often a valuable tool for children to use during frightening nightmares. Practice doing this when they are awake.