It takes an almost complete suspension of judgment in order to influence the contents of dreams. Equilibrium - The maintenance of an internal environment in balance with an external one. The securing of maximum results with minimum invested resources and minimum damage to other resources, not directly used in the process. In compliance with the above four principles dreams HAD to resort to visual symbols. Moreover, non-isomorphic, polyvalent forms will be preferred.
Symbols are a form of shorthand.
Both collective symbols and private symbols are used. They are assumed to constitute a universal language usable by dreamers everywhere. This is less time consuming and the conventions of a universal language apply to the communication between the dream and the dreamer. Even the discontinuities have their reason. This fact is known to the authors of all the file compression applications in the world.