Seth on the dream state> and other stages of consciousness> (also about healing of the body in the> dream state)>> "...Now: These stages of consciousness are all a> part of your own> reality. A knowledge of them can be most useful. You> can learn> to 'shift gears,' stand aside from your own> experience, and examine> it with much better perspective. You can prepare> questions or> problems, suggesting that they be solved for you in> the sleep state.> You can suggest that you will speak with distant> friends, or convey> important messages that you cannot convey verbally,> perhaps. You can> bring about reconciliations, for example, at another> layer of> reality though you cannot do so in this one.>> "You can direct the healing of your body, telling> yourself that this> will be accomplished by you at one of the other> levels of sleep> consciousness, and you may ask for the aid of a> *Speaker to give you> any necessary psychological guidance that is needed> to maintain> health. If you have particular conscious goals and> if you are> reasonably certain that they are beneficial ones,> then you can> suggest dreams in which they occur, for the dreams> themselves will> hasten their physical reality... [...]">> "In a light trance the meaning of dream symbols will> be given if you> ask for them. The symbols may then be used as> methods of suggestion> that will be tailored for you personally. If you> discover, say, that> a fountain in a dream represents refreshment, then> when you are> tired or depressed, think of a fountain. In another> layer of> reality, of course, you will be creating one.>> "In the most protected areas of sleep you are> dealing with> experience that is pure feeling or knowing, and> disconnected from> both words or images. As mentioned, these> experiences are translated> into dreams later, necessitating a return to areas> of consciousness> more familiar with physical data. . . [...]">> "The *Speakers therefore may appear within dreams as> historical> characters, as prophets, as trusted old friends, or> in whatever> guise will impress the particular personality...">> [Note from Jane Roberts' book Introduction:] *> "'Speakers', as Seth> calls them in this book — [are] personalities who> continually speak> to man through the ages, reminding him of inner> knowledge so that it> is never really forgotten.">> Seth/Jane Roberts> Seth Speaks, Session 570, (P.251)