Matthew, your sleep difficulties are as a result of three reasons.Firstly, there are direct relations between repressed memories from your current life and the trouble you have been experiencing in finding quality, restful sleep. There were certain situations that occurred that caused within you an inability to thoroughly relax. You may find that past-life regression work will help clear up this matter for you.

Secondly, there is another link from not one but two previous lifetimes that disrupt your sleep patterns. You have been attempting to resolve karmic situations from these lifetimes during your sleeptime in the present life. We would suggest then attempting to resolve these situations in a more conscious manner. It may help you to have some brief background about these two lives:One, you were a merchant seaman in the Mediterranean sea in about the 16th century. You were of Italian descent but worked at that time for Spain. You came across another ship that had been razed by pirates. All the crew were either left for dead or their bodies thrown into the ocean, except for one young ship’s mate who you could see hanging over the railing on the main deck. You knew at the time that he lived, yet you did nothing to assist him. He later died of injuries. You had had an agreement of a facilitating nature, and the karma gained from the abdication of that agreement, coupled with the fact that you could have helped him live, created the situation you are now attempting to resolve. This person is not known to you in this lifetime yet remains a figure from some of your more disturbing dreams.

Two, you were a slave in what is now China. You received a large sum of money from a philanthropic friend which allowed you to buy your freedom. You then used the balance of the money to assist you in becoming a slave trader yourself. One of the slaves you sold was a child of a wealthy family who you were attempting to blackmail. This girl was brutally beaten after you sold her but the fact that you enslaved her to begin with brings you the karmic debt at this time.

The simplest and yet perhaps most difficult to “fix” is that this (sleep problems) has become a pattern for you. Your body has adjusted to dealing with sleep in this manner and it may not be easy to change this. We would suggest then a change in some of your other patterns as well to help offset this. You may consider changing your diet and becoming more conscious of what you eat and more mindful in the eating process. You may also find some relief in trying acupuncture. Redirecting the flow of chi through your meridians may well assist you in redirecting the sleep energy you so desire.

As far as connecting more with your guides, it is true that this connection is often best done in sleeptime; however in light of the difficulties you have been having, we would suggest instead a more conscious meeting during a meditative state in other than sleeptime. Concentrate on one guide at a time and attempt to get to know this guide before connecting with another. As your sleep problems wane, you may then find even better results by asking for connection from your guides during sleeptime. Go in peace.