I am a lucid dreamer and in many cases where I exert no influence, being only a participant rather than the guide, I use dream symbolism and messages to influence and orient my direction. Primarily by lifting archetypal imagery or symbolism itself, I have found that I can reasonably and to some extent even reliably, use the unconscious information and urges that surface as a means to understand conflicts or issues I am confronted with due to their abstract or often strange imagery. In some ways I enjoy them more than lucid manipulations.