Leo Volont, chill out a little. I didn't say general lucid dream material is pre-planned. I was referring to the situation in which you make a plan in the waking life about what to do when you become lucid. Of course every dream, including lucid dreams, is a surprise, you don't know before what it will hapen. But you can control a little some aspects of the dream. Like, for example, if you strongly want to dream about a certain object, eventually you will have some dreams in which the thing will appear, but you can not control the hypostases in which it appears and how it takes form.
I am not a scientist yet, I don't represent anyone, other than myself. But I like things to be scientifically examined. Not very scientifically, but in a critical way. Regarding the meaning and plot of a dream, I didn't say anything about it, you make some assumptions that go a little further than reality. This is a very interesting aspect that seems to be contradictory with the random neural-activation theory. I think is not absolutely necessary. I believe we are the ones who impose meaning in the dream, better said, our motivation, our concerns etc. play the role of guidelines to the possible content of a dream. Without a "healthy" psyche, the dream will seem sensless, much more than it already is. It has no meaning for others, we are the ones who give it a meaning, we build a sense for it, at nightime (when it creates itself) and at daytime, when we analyse it. They are no such things as mysterious forces controlling our minds and putting sense in whatever we do. They are us. (those cases of paranormal perception exist, but do not represent a majority yet; maybe we all have that capacity but it's like talent... more than a talent).
So, why trying to go choose only one option? It is not a matter of black and white, it doesn't mean that dreams either have full meanaing on their own, either have none. They surely have an objective purpose and they surely have a subjective meaning for the dreamer and an objective one for a third party. Their are too many realities, you cannot go: "if you're not my friend, you're my enemy".
I, for example, believe in the power of dreams, but I want to have some strong real data too, not only ancient believs and so on (even if they might be true). I really consider dreams may help you to better understand yourself and develop better and more beautiful. But I need some real evidence too... I must question some things and if they prove wrong, that doesn't necessarily mean they are wrong, but my way of studying them is wrong and so on. This is an open-mind, who does not stick with only one opinion and that's all. I have changed my opinons about dreams a lot in the few last years. It doesn't mean they were wrong, rather inaccurate...
All the good things!
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