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Second, then, if one wishes to use dreams for guidelines and to provide perspectives on events and actions to come (and for present-time events, too), there must be no conscious interference with the content and form of the dream. The contents of dreams can be influenced or controlled through hypnotic suggestion, self-programming, or by developing lucid consciousness while dreaming. While this ability to influence may allow for dream-time entertainment and perhaps enable the working out of dream problems, if overused or used without discrimination it can override the aspects of dreams that provide views and perspectives on the waking world. The role of dreams in providing these perspectives should be protected and observed. This can best be done by a partnership, in which the person learns to understand the symbols, messages, and applications of the dreams, and the dreams in turn respond to the needs, interests and requests of the dreamer. References1. E. Douglas Dean, "Precognition and Retrocognition." In Psychic Exploration, by Edgar D. Mitchell, edited by John White. New York: G.P. Putman’s Sons, 1974. 2. J.W. Dunne, An Experiment with Time. London: Faber and Faber, 1939 (3rd ed.). 3. Louisa E. Rhine, "Frequency of Types of Experiences in Spontaneous Precognition," Journal of Parapsychology, 1954,18, No. 2. 4. Louisa E. Rhine, ESP in Life and Lab. New York: Macmillan, 1967. 5. Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, Mind-Reach. New York: Delacorte Press, 1977. 6. Montague Ullman, Stanley Krippner, and Alan Vaughan, Dream Telepathy. New York: Macmillan, 1973.  173
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