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Seth
Pavilion   –   In Their Own Words

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Part 3

WHAT IS THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF
DREAMS?

by Andy Hughes

A man’s thoughts and dreams are more far reaching than he
knows. They exist in more dimensions; they affect worlds of which he is unaware. The are
as concrete, in effect, as any building. They appear in many guises within many systems,
and once created cannot be withdrawn.

The dream world is constructed within a field that you
cannot physically perceive, but it has more continuity than the world you know. The same
sort of psychic agreement holds the dream system together as holds the physical system
together. There is one self and it focuses its attention in various dimensions. In the
waking state it focuses in physical reality. In the dream state it is focused within a
different dimension.

This does not mean that we do not sometimes leave our
bodies and travel in our dream to other physical locations.

When you are manipulating within physical reality, you have
a fairly simple set of rules to serve you. Within dream reality there is greater freedom.
The dreamer creates his dreams for his own purposes, selecting only those symbols which
have meaning to him.

Each dream begins with psychic energy which the individual
transforms into a reality which is just as functional and real as physical reality. There
is form within dream reality, but the potential form exists, within psychic energy, long
before its materialization. Through our dreams we change physical reality, and our
physical daily experience alters our dream experience. There is constant interaction. Our
consciousness is simply directed in a different kind of reality when we dream, a reality
as vivid as waking life.

On one level the personality attempts to solve problems
through dream construction… and often this gives freedom to actions that cannot be
expressed within the confines of waking life.

Dream action CAN be turned toward fulfilling constructive
expectations, which will effect a change for the better! Dreams can be utilized creatively
to improve health, gain inspiration, restore vitality, solve problems and enrich family
relationships. You can have a pleasant and joyful dream that will completely restore your
good spirits and vitality.

In our dream life we also visit other levels of existence,
and gain needed skills.

The ego is not present in dream reality. The waking
consciousness is not the ego. The ego is only that portion of waking consciousness that
deals with physical manipulation. Waking consciousness can be taken into the dream state,
but the ego cannot, as it would falter and cause failure there. When you take your
consciousness into the dream state, you will meet with various conditions, some you can
manipulate, some you cannot. Some dream locations will be of your own making, and others
will be strange to you because they belong to other dimensions of reality.

Individual consciousness can be sent through systems of
reality. This involves the transfer of conscious energy from a home system to an alien
one, and certain automatic changes are made from system to system, involving the use of
brain waves, certain patterns being normal in different systems.

As the personality is changed by any experience, it is
changed by dreams. We may forget our dreams, but they are always part of us. The dreams
experience is felt directly by the inner self. Dreams have their own actuality, they not
only exist independent of the dreamer, but they also have tangible form, though not in the
form of matter as you are familiar with it. They are forever contained as electrically
coded data within the cells of the physical organism.

The dream universe possesses concepts which will someday
completely transform the physical world, but the denial of such concepts as possibilities
delays their emergence.

There are also shared or "mass" dreams. In these
mankind deals with problems of his political and social structure. In these man dreams
individually and collectively of ways in which changeabouts could occur. These dreams
actually help bring about the resulting change. The very energy and direction of these
dreams will help change the situation. The solutions reached are not always the same as
those he accepts in the physical world.

The energy behind a "bad dream" is the energy of
hidden fears, which could be formed by

anyone, since there are fears in anyone.

Evil does not exist separate from the dreamer, and even
illness or fear should not be seen

as enemies, but rather as aids to understanding and means
to a greater end. In larger terms there is no evil, only your own lack of perception.

Fear directs your conscious energy into the realm of
reality of that fear, and you then must deal at that level. The words "May peace be
with you." will get you through any difficulty in other layers of reality.

IDENTITY, PERSONALITY, EGO AND THEIR MULTIDIMENSIONAL
ASPECTS

Consciousness is not a "thing" in itself, rather,
it is a dimension of action made possible by a series of creative dilemmas. There are
three dilemmas which represent the areas of reality within which the inner vitality of the
universe can express and experience itself.

The first dilemma is inner vitality’s desire and impetus to
completely materialize itself, and its inability to do so. This results in action, which
is a part of all structure. Identity may be termed as action which is conscious of itself.
An identity is also a dimension of existence, action within action, an unfolding of action
upon itself — and through this interweaving of action with itself, through this
re-action, an identity is formed. Identity and action cannot be separated.

Without identity, action would be meaningless, for there
would be nothing upon which action could act. Action then must, by its very nature, create
identities.

Identity, because of its characteristics, will continually
seek stability, while stability is impossible. Action would seem to destroy identity,
since action must involve change, and any change seems to threaten identity, however,
identities are never constant, for consciousness without action would cease to be
conscious.

Identity must seek stability while action must seek change;
yet identity could not exist without change, for it is the result of action and a part of
it. This is the second dilemma.

Identity is not the same as individual personality.
Personality represents only those aspects of identity which are able to be actualized
within three-dimensional existence. The ego at any give time in this life is simply the
part of the inner self that surfaces in physical reality; a group of characteristics that
the inner self uses to solve various problems. Even the ego as we think of it changes
constantly.

Ego consciousness is a state resulting from the third
creative dilemma, which happens when consciousness of self attempts to separate itself
from action. This involves a state in which consciousness of self attempts to perceive
action as an object… and to perceive action, which is initiated by the ego, as a result
rather than as a part of ego’s own existence. This is impossible since no consciousness or
identity can exist without action.

Each of you exists in other realities and other dimensions,
and the self that you call yourself is but a small portion of your entire identity. Within
the self that you know is the prime identity, the whole self. This whole self has lived
many lives and adopted many personalities. Personality may be somewhat molded by the
circumstances that are created for it by the whole self but the prime identity uses the
resulting experience.

Personality and identity are not dependent upon physical
form. Your prime identity is an energy essence personality which is composed of energy
gestalts.

As each individual consciousness grows, out of its
experience it forms other "personalities" or fragments of itself. These
fragments are entirely independent as to action and decision, while constantly in
communication with the whole self of which they are a part.

These "fragments" themselves grow, develop, and
may form their own entities or "personality gestalts".

You have constant contact with the other parts of your
whole self, but your ego is so focused upon physical reality and survival within it that
you do not hear the inner voices.

No individuality is ever lost. It is always in existence.
Consciousness is the direction in which the self focuses. Action implies infinite
possibilities of focus.

What you call death is rather your choice to focus in other
dimensions and realities. You do not acquire a "spirit" at death. You are one,
now! You adopt a body as a space traveler wears a space suit, and for much the same
reason.

Each individual from birth forms his own counterpart from
built-up, individual, continuous electrical signals that include his dreams, thought,
desires and experiences. This counterpart of complete experience is a pattern which is
then independent of physical reality. At physical death his personality then exists
detached from its physical form.

©Andy Hughes

About the author:

Andy Hughes was one of Jane’s/Seth’s origional class members. All of the information herein are the words of Seth (or Future Seth) which he
reordered and revised to give continuity to his understanding of the material. Andy
states: "I think the main thing lacking in my condensation is Seth’s sense of humor.
I highly recommend Seth/Jane’s books." andy@purdue.edu