Dream Realtiy

From Session 188 of Volume 4 of Seth's Early Sessions:

"There are indeed connections between what is called ectoplasm and the composition of dream images.  They are not the same thing, but they are closely allied.  What is called the astral body is also composed of some of the same components.

"It goes without saying that dream images certainly have form to the dreamer, even as physical objects have form.  The astral body also has a form.  These forms do not take up space in the way that physical objects do.  There is less density, but there is still observable form.  The images that appear in dreams exist as forms in another dimension.  They are free of the necessity to follow physical rules of time and growth.  They are constructed more immediately and directly and spontaneously than are physical objects.

"There must be a connection however with the physical organism, and the connection, the physical connection, is both electrical and chemical.  The connection between what you might call materializations, and the physical organism, are also electrical and chemical.  The same applies to the connection between the astral body and the physical body.

"Dream images are indeed, in density, between the tangible nature of physical objects and intangible reality that is entirely independent of physical matter.  The dream reality cannot be entirely disconnected from the material universe because of its connections with human personality.  There is a dependence here.

"The dream images however are projections sent out, so to speak, by the personality, and many astral projections occur within the dream state of which the waking personality is unaware.  In this case the projection is simply of a kind that allows manipulation back and forth between two realities.  The dreamer who dreams he was in Paris may well have been there.

"Dream images, not astral projections, operate within certain electrical limits, limits that form the boundaries of the dream universe.  Dream images are nevertheless almost fibrous projections, almost a thinned-out composition, more plastic basically than physical matter, but composed of a number of the same properties.  For again there must be this connection between the nature of dreams and the matter of physical reality.

"We will use an analogy for its excellent implications.  It is as if the personality in sleep projected out of himself bits of himself, of his own physical matter, thinned out, stretched into an amazing plasticity;  plastic properties that can change instantly from one form to another.  He goes out with these portions of himself, but because of the nature of reality projections cannot be recalled.

"Dreams are a continuous process.

"You create them both waking and sleeping, although you are not aware of them in the waking state.  You constantly project and constantly emit energy in meaningful patterns on as many layers of activity as possible.

"These are quite legitimate realities that continue in their own fashion, even though you are no longer concerned with them.  They remain connected to you, that is to the personality, however, and are a part of the overall reality of the self.  You partake of their energy.

"Oftentimes you send out dream images within a dream framework from your own nerve centers.  These then work out problems for you, and the answer is given to you subconsciously."