The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge

Existence

  • the essence of individuality; while personality is forced on us by a society that does not tolerate individuality because it won't follow society like a sheep following a shepherd.
  • existence is first revealed to the dreamer (also in dream figures that are personifications of the dreamer) on an instinctual basis so that he can transform them into emotions; later the transformed emotional existence becomes an important spiritual element in understanding the essence of existence*29.