How clear are you about your heart’s desires?

This is a vitally important question.

Why?

Because clarity is necessary for clearing the path toward your dreams.

All creation begins in the imagination. First comes the dream. Then comes the emergence into reality.

It is possible to stumble upon something or someone wonderful that comes out of nowhere. But if you want such things to occur with more certainty, you need to get clear about what it is you really want.

Here are three tips for bringing planting seeds that will grow:

1) Be specific.

For example, if you are looking for a love partner, what are the essential qualities you long for? What qualities do you bring to the relationship? Let yourself imagine in as much detail as possible what that person would be like and what you would share together.

If you are looking for a new job or career, what do you want to feel when you are in that job or career? What talents would it allow you to use? What salary would you make? What would your life be like?

If you want to move to a new home, ask yourself what would it feel like? What are the things that are important to you? What would the surrounding area be like?

2) Imagine in detail what it will feel like.

Have you ever noticed that the anticipation of a vacation or a trip can be the best part? It’s like you’re riding on the joy of the fantasy as you move toward the actual experience.

This is a great thing to do to get clear about your vision.

Take some time to sit or lie down in a relaxed state. Picture what you want and do your best to imagine what it will feel like when fulfilled. Even if it seems far-fetched or unlikely, let yourself linger in the felt sense of the vision as though you were living it now.

3) Capture the essence in physical form.

There is surprising power in writing down what you want and/or creating a vision board.

In the book,  “Write it Down, Make it Happen” by Henriette Anne Klauser, the author documents numerous accounts of people who wrote down their visions in various areas of life, often never imagining they could actually come true, and the amazing results they had with their dreams coming true. Writing it down generates movement toward their fulfillment without much effort.

Likewise, creating a vision board with words and images that capture what you long for is amazingly effective. There are numerous reports of people doing this, not looking at it for years, and then pulling it out to find out that everything on it had come true.

Dreams need to incubate.

Tending to your visions in these ways is a way of planting seeds. The focus and attention you give them in the dreaming process are important. After that, it’s good to let them incubate. They need time to rise up and meet you in physical reality.

During that time, it’s all right to look at them now and then, but best not to get too stressed about them. They like to be held lightly and gently, with a welcoming heart and confidence that good things will come.