use of the "Dream Recall Tally Sheet, "presented in this
journal, which was designed to help develop the habit
of dream recall.)
      3) Choose a night to incubate when you are not too
tired, and when you can spend about 30 uninterrupted
minutes writing in your journal just before going to
sleep.
      4) Choose an incubation issue that you feel you are
truly ready to deal with. Don't shoot for the moon on
your first attempt at incubation. On the other hand, don't
ask about something trivial, as you probably won't have
any real incentive to dream about it. Think of it this way:
Suppose you had a close and dear friend with whom you
visited every week for about 30 minutes. What problem
or concern would you most like to talk about with that
friend tonight?
      5) In your journal, write out your "incubation
discussion." Describe the nature of your problem,
concern or question. What are your hopes, your fears?
What do you see as the "causes" of the problem? Why is
it important to you? What do you hope to gain by
resolving the issue or by answering the question? What
are the alternative solutions that you see now, and why
won't they do? What have you tried, and why hasn't it
proven satisfactory? What would you give, or give up, to
have the issue resolved? How do you feel as you write
about all this? Get into it as much as you can, and write it
out as completely as possible, so that you can feel that
you have given the matter your best, and then lay it
aside.
      6) In your journal, compose a "one-liner" question that
sums up and expresses your clearest and deepest desire
to understand the issue. Play around with different
phrases, until you arrive at an "incubation phrase" that
captures the essence of your heart's desire, something
simple that you can really feel. Print out this "incubation
phrase" in bold letters in your journal.
      7) As you go to bed, focus on your "incubation phrase."
Forget about the written ruminations of your incubation
discussion, and focus simply on the incubation phrase,

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