What is it you want?

Let the real answer come through

Imagine an apple hanging off of a tree.

All you have to do is grab the apple.

What is holding you back?

Fear?

Guilt?

Uncertainty?

This apple represents your true desire, the answer to the question you may feel like you cannot answer.

Whatever the apple is, and regardless of the barriers you perceive in front of it, grant yourself permission to go for it.

Give yourself grace in this process. Your mind may throw up one answer when you first pose this question to yourself about what you want.

This may not be the true answer though, but unless you leave yourself a little peace and quiet for the real answer to come through, you may miss it.

If you do not permit yourself to go for it, then who else will grant this to you?

Who can take your place? Who can bring your vision of reality to the world if not you?

You have a great power and opportunity.

If you do not allow the power to come to fruition, and you get in your own way, then the opportunity may pass by.

Maybe a clear answer does not come through to the question.

What do I want?

Do not fret.

Ask the question again tomorrow.

And the next day.

See what comes up over and over again.

Maybe you notice that the answer to this question is heavily influenced by the events of the day, by what the people closest to you in life want for you, or by the racing thoughts of your concerns and hopes for the future.

You can be strategic about how you investigate this question.

For example, certain times of day are better than others for this purpose. Early in the morning, around sunset, and in the wee parts of the night are the best.

When you have no luck consciously answering this question, turning to work with your dreams is a great option.

Even if you do not remember your dreams, you have them. You can even ask your dreaming mind to work on this question for you.

As you go to sleep in the evening, pose the question with true intent to your dreaming mind - What do I want?

Do not say this mechanically. Feel into it as much as you can.

When you realize you have awoken in the night or in the morning, take a moment.

Before you move, before you open your eyes, before you look at your phone - reflect and ask: What was I just doing?

You may draw a blank. Do not give up instead ask: What was I just feeling? Were there any particular people in the dreams? Where was I just now?

Listen to the smallest whisper of an answer, as this is the thread you can pull on to discover what you were dreaming about.

After you go through this reflection, whether it be in the middle of the night, early in the morning, or after a nap, take a moment to journal about your answers.

Going deeper into the question of what do I want in a written reflection is a good next step. It is not something you need to do each time, but the peace of the early morning quiet can be hard to beat.

Maybe you are struggling to recall your dreams even after you do this work - that is okay.

Just like the conscious mind, which is full of habits, the subconscious mind has patterns that may not be overcome instantly. If you have ever had to break an addiction, then you know it takes time to go through the walls of resistance that rise up.

The initial period of working with dreams is like this. Maybe you feel like you are getting nowhere. No dream recall. No answers to your questions.

Stick with it. The rewards will come.

Because some of the most important questions of life such as:

• What do I want?

• What barriers are in the way?

• What must change within me?

Are all made more approachable by working with your dreams.

There is no right or wrong way to dive into this process.

Do what feels right for you.