Just about anything external or internal can be incorporated in your dreams and influence the events. Sometimes the influences are positive while other times they create fear and panic as they are warnings.

- Crystals can enhance dream state in many ways, depending on the type of crystal and how it is used. It can be placed near your - under the pillow - or worn.

- Books ? Photos -

- Audio tapes or other recordings playing while you sleep

- Music

- Sound Machine that creates a soothing noise - water - white noise - other

- Astrological Influences - Moon - Depends on your chart

- Scents - Herbs

- Health issues

- Diet

- Chemicals in the Body

- Emotional Issues

- External stimuli while you are sleeping - Ex. It is raining heavily outside, so water could be incorporated in your dream. The soul can take information from anything it is experiencing and incorporating it into your dream.

- Events occurring prior to going to sleep: Media (TV, Radio, Video), something you have read, a conversation, or other physical activities can impact on your dreams

As reality is programmed illusion - you can preset your prgramming for dreamtime - before you go to sleep.

The power of suggestion often works when it comes to dreams.

If you want to remember at least one dream - tell yourself that before going to sleep.

If you do not want to have scary dreams - before you go to sleep - mentally state that, I do not want to have scary dreams. This is good to do when your life is in turmoil.

If someone is attacking you in dreamtime - tell your spirit guides to protect you - and never allow that person near you. Example: An old lover who wants to contact with you in dreams.

It is often helpful to review the events of your day before going to sleep - as if watching a movie. This is helpful if you wish to work out issues during dreamtime.

After you wake up - it is best to remain still and focus on your dreams experiences.

We dream in a higher frequency of thought and light than our physical experience. Therefore when we slow down our frequency as we return to our conscious awareness to the physical mind and body - we often do not have the means to understand what occurred in dreamtime.

Once consciousness enters - the physical mind - we return to the 'realms of forgetfulness' about who we are and the nature of a soul's experiences. Our thought processes move too slowly. Many view the physical as the dreamtime - as a result - as we are no longer aware. they see reality as a dream.

Some people remember their dreams while others have little or no recognition.

Dreams help you work out issues. Emotions can distort memory. We often do not remember dreams because we do not wish to deal with the issues addressed.

Most people remember what I call 'wake-up dreams.' As your consciousness returns to the physical mind - it slows down to a frequency where it become aware of something that is occurring on the other side that it wishes to remember. You wake up and you remember - if only for few minutes as your consciousness slowly returns to physical frequency. It is then you must record your dream information before the events are lost in time.

Dream Journal - It often useful to keep a dated journal of your dreams. Keep it by your bed. Write the notes in the journal as soon as you 'wake up.' You may not understand their content until later. using a tape recorder is also advisable.

Interpreting Dreams - Interpretation of dreams often vary. One must know about the dreamer and what is going on around them if this is a personal dream. If it is a universal dream - it may be more easily understood. For example - a friend of mine dreamed about the Twin Towers in Manhattan being engulfed in water and collapsing. He dreamed this over and over again but did not understand its full meaning until the events of 911 occurred several weeks later. He is a fireman. He saw the water from the hoses. He lost many friends on 911.

Some dreams are exact in content while others are metaphoric. Most dreams have symbols.

Your mind can only process the events in the dream based on symbols it understands. If you experience a dream that is not within the vocabulary of your mind, you will not be able to process and remember it. The physical mind has to be able to make sense of a dream, for you to remember it. It's like a young child being taught calculus. It has no way of understanding - and therefore processing or interpreting what it is being shown - so it forgets what it sees.

In dreamtime you generally receive messages in symbols or archetypes whose meaning you must later discover. This is not unlike messages received in meditations or other states of altered consciousness.

Here is an example - You dream about 'keys.' Keys open locks - doorways. Something new will be shown. You must then look at the number of keys given - the metal of which they were made - and anything else given in your dream related to these keys - such as ... who gave them to you.

Death in a dream does not necessarily mean a physical death in as much as a transformation - old giving way to something new and better.

A Dream Dictionary is often helpful in deciphering symbols as well as searching the internet for the symbolic meaning of that which has been shown to you.

Asking for Guidance - What I have discovered about myself is that when I am uncertain about an issue I go to sleep and ask for guidance.

Sometimes I am shown events in a dream that I remember and help me focus.

Other times, I don't remember the dream when I wake up, but I know I have processed the information and know what the solution is. I often wake up with feelings of closure about issues. My soul has made the decision that is best for me in third dimension.