Current and Future Plans

Recently, I have reviewed my posts of this past year and found I have covered the main topics concerning dreams. I have collected all my posts in the form of a book with posts categorized by major topic. This collection provides my views and experience with a wide variety of subjects. 

This is not the end of my posts, but they will be less frequent in the near future. If I have an interesting dream or something to say regarding some topic related to dreams, I will still create a post and send out a notification as a tweet. But I am no longer trying to publish two posts a week as before.

My intent is to publish my posts through July of this year as a book with the following chapter headings or something similar:

• Dream Basics

• Health and Health Dreams

• Daily Challenges and Dreams

• Precognition in Dreams

• Mind, the Psychic, and Spirit

• Dreams of Death and Dying

• The Nature of Time

• Additional Topics

The table of contents will include a description of each post and corresponding page number. Any person interested in my views will be able to quickly find my posts related to a specific topic of interest. My best estimate is that the book will be available in the first half of next year. My current thought for a title is Commentary on Dreams and Related Topics. 

I also intend to finish preparation of a book of short stories. This has been in the background for a long time and I now feel the need to finish it. These two efforts will consume much of my time, which is one of the reasons for less frequent posts. Also, things are changing in my life and I feel the need to expand the subject matter of my posts, but cannot do it until I finish my books. 

I expect future posts to deal with other topics such as healing and personal transformation, which have only been touched upon in relation to dreams. They will become major topics in themselves.

Remembering Dreams and Improving Memory

This morning I was reminded of the frustration that can result from the inability to remember a dream that was once very clear. Yesterday, I took a nap in the afternoon and remembered two dreams upon awakening. The second one seemed more important, so I focused on its possible meaning. After that, I dismissed it, certain I could later recall it when I was ready to record my dreams.

When I recorded my dreams from last night, I intended to include the two dreams from my nap the previous afternoon. I easily recalled the first dream, but I drew a blank for the second one. For a brief moment, I found it frustrating because I was certain I would have no trouble remembering it.

If you find yourself in this situation, don’t despair. Leave space in your notebook for recording the dream later and continue with your daily activities. You will discover that something that seems completely unrelated can often trigger your recall of the dream. In my case, I went through my normal morning routine and then drove to a mall. Later when I returned home, as soon as I stepped into my house, the dream flashed back into my mind. I can now record it with full details.

Of course, the dream is never really gone from your mind. It has simply gone into a part of your consciousness that is not easily accessed at will. 

One approach to recall a forgotten dream is to just relax as you do when entering meditation and give yourself suggestions that you will easily recall the dream. Often, you will find that the memory of it will pop back into your conscious mind. 

You should never tell yourself that you have a poor memory and cannot remember your dreams. By so doing, you reinforce to your subconscious this condition.

Another approach is the one I took. I avoided being stressed out about it. I forgot about it and just carried on with normal activities. Later, the forgotten dream popped back into my conscious mind without any effort on my part.

The use of suggestion in a relaxed state is a good way to improve your memory. You can do this by feeding suggestions that affirm you have a perfect memory and can easily recall any information you desire. The repetitive message eventually reaches your subconscious, which tries to make it reality. You may have to play with the words to get a phrase you are comfortable with, but if you are persistent, you will see results. 

Unfortunately, many people do the exact opposite of what they should do. As they age, they often complain that their memory isn’t what it used to be. They convince themselves that their memory will continue to deteriorate as they get older. The subconscious, being fed this message repeatedly, accepts it as fact and responds accordingly.