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You may know that the truth of dreams is an objective
representation of personal matters, neutralizing the five senses
and employing reflection. The force of imagination composes
what it perceives from tangible images and separates them from
one another. It also has a third function and that is likeness; if
the speaking mind, as perfect as it may be, helps the dreamer
see something which will be seen as it is. But if the force of
imagination is more perfect, the perception will be in meaning.
For instance, if the perfect mind sees a dog or a lion about to
attack him, it will come out as perceived. However, if the force
of imagination was more perfect, it will be perceived as a
lawman or a thief, and perception is by meaning. If the natural
desire is strong, and the mind is preoccupied with it as well as
with clothes and other daily activities, these concentrations and
activities will be envisioned as involvement in sensual
pleasures, swimming and similar actual daily activities. For
example, if one is preoccupied with having sexual relations
because of abundant stored energy, he will experience puberty
acts. If full of fluid, he will see in his dream rivers; if he has a
cold and apathetic temper, he will see nightmares; if he has a
hot temper, he will see fires and furnaces, and so forth.
Likewise, the essence of prediction is the intuitive knowledge of
human nature by reflecting on what is being looked at for
making a prediction, whether it is a statute that can be seen, or
something that can be heard in the case of reflection. The force
of imagination is sent to look into the sought knowledge. If his
force of imagination is strong enough, he can visualize the
knowledge like looking at a mirror, and then he can use what he
saw and heard to reach some sort of knowledge. This is similar
to the function of the force of imagination force when the senses
are dormant. It acts upon the tangibles, which he can see when
he is awake, and then adds them to what is being mentally
perceived to develop a dream. If the tangibles and the perceived
images are proportionate and the body and its conditions are in
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