Dreams are either engrained in our mind or quickly forgotten. For people interested in developing their intuition or exploring psychic abilities, keeping a dream journal is often one of the first suggested practices. Dreams are treated as a possible meeting point between the conscious mind and whatever may exist beyond it: the subconscious, the symbolic or something less easily explained.
“...it will give you a record of where your mind goes when you are no longer consciously directing it.”
Whether you believe dreams contain spiritual messages or simply reveal the strange mechanics of the sleeping mind, the practice begins the same way: simply pay attention. Recording your dreams can strengthen recall, reveal recurring symbols and help you distinguish a potentially meaningful experience from the usual overnight nonsense.