Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive while I've been out of it with allergies, flu and back pain.
Rule #4: There is no random in dreaming. All changes and newly created dream elements follow our own personal schemata and archetypes without exception.
Let's take the ocean as an example. What comes to mind when you think of the ocean? Sand, beach, boats, seagulls, seashells, salt, waves, fish, whales, pirates, fishing, your uncle Jim who lives by the ocean, ect.
It would be impossible to make a complete list, because these things we associate with ocean are always changing. But there are main ones that are more likely to come through in a dream than others. If you dream of the ocean, any of those things may appear in your dream. Where did the ocean come from? Maybe there was a travel or vaction theme before that, which has an association with the ocean.
The thing that really makes dream elements seem random is that we can focus on several different things at once, so these influences overlap each other.
Continuing with our ocean example, let's add another element. Say, the general theme of family (perhaps there was a family reunion element earlier in the dream, or even in RL). The associations with family would be Mother, Father, brother, sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, ect.
So now we have
Ocean: Sand, beach, boats, seagulls, seashells, salt, waves, fish, whales, pirates, fishing, your uncle Jim who lives by the ocean, ect.
Family: Mother, Father, brother, sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, ect.
Since Uncle Jim belongs to both those categories, you can almost guarantee he's going to show up in your dreams.
Lets take it one step further and add an third, emotional element. Let's say your uncle Jim is a drunk bastard who pisses you off, maybe even scares you a little when he's really hammered. Other family members who evoke those emotions may show up in you dream. And since Anger and Fear are associated with violence, perhaps the sharks from the ocean theme will start eating people. Actually, they would most likely attack your family members due to the emotional attachment (rule 3).
There are a great many associations we make with each element or theme, but when multiple elements are in play, it's the associations that all of them have in common that will manifest themselves. Each additional element you focus on will narrow down the possibilities.
Psychic Energy?
These last few posts about "Psychic energy" only illustrate the differences between personal schemata. I would say The Enterer has a broader and more developed schemata of what psychic energy is, while those riding his ass have a much more simplistic set of associations with the term. Words are only descriptions, they are not fact. You have to have some understanding of where people are coming from, and that goes for both sides.
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