To try to relax and get to sleep last night at one point I thought about my cat, sitting on top of my chest and purring, I could feel the purrs, I imagined her sitting on my lap and petting her, which is very relaxing. I only imagined this for about 20 seconds. Lo and behold, later, in a ND, there was my cat! She had almost entirely changed her color, and I was puzzled by this (doh, critical faculty, where were you, hello!?).

I very often dream of themes encountered during the day, even only briefly in passing.

I also intentionally early in the evening set intention to dream about a scenario, and in retrospect, a variant of that scenario occurred!

I hadn't tried to do this before, and the quick little success is motivating to continue with more vigor!

What are your experiences, can you incubate dreams just while falling asleep, or does it take days/weeks/months of visualization?