[Michelle11]

Originally Posted by H:O:R:A:C:E

i'd nearly added some clarifying thoughts about the fear of the daughter
being a reaction to the aggression, and it not being a problem, and
highlighting that the anger driving the father is (undoubtedly?) provided
to him by that extraneous 'evil entity' energy, with it being what's in need
of addressing and extricating. all of which is in direct contradiction to
where you've suggested the angry dad as 'defensive' and said "anger that
is driving a defensive nature" and "the root of evil as a result of self
protection defensiveness"... which i don't view as ideas supported by the
provided text. i do grant that flip-flops might occur with regularity in dream
scenes, but this feels to be fairly straight-forward to me.

by and large, i view much of human interaction as "reactionary", and to our
mutual detriment. people observe things, and decide on how they will relate
to those things... reactively. the problem is that we've often attributed 'evil'
motivations to the things we've observed, and reacted unlovingly as a result.
i theorize that if (and when) we are directed through love (and not 'reacting'
according to perceptions), most of our present day social problems will simply
evaporate away. however, i don't view the dream as speaking to an improper
reaction to events... it speaks to a malicious motivation imposed upon a father,
who has no apparent reason behind his aggressions other than what that 'evil
entity' has supplied. removing the rage, as if it were a virus, ought to cure the
entire problem.
i do not believe that the father figure is capable of advancing to that higher
level of expression that the daughter has reached. in fact, her fear may be
in believing it possible that her father will be unable to advance and meet her
there... which she experiences as painful, and begs for relief from. removal
of the anger motivation will allow him to progress i surmise.

I will admit I miss read the text and didn't catch that the shield was the girl's and not the father's so her efforts may have helped diffuse his angry emotions. Color is symbolic for the different types of emotions. Her shield helped diffuse his color/emotions hence the turning black and white. But I do still stand by the idea that all negative energy is first driven by a thought that has not been resolved. A lie we picked up along the way or a belief system that puts us at odds with the world at large. A thought or belief that drives our subconscious response that has all but been forgotten so it seems like a person is just having a sudden unprovoked unwarranted rageful response but the reason behind getting triggered in the first place is because the person is driven by their perceptions of the world. There is a root perception that drives negative behavior as there are also root perceptions that drive positive loving reactions. But I'm not a believer in there being simply evil. I think all negative energy, even the extreme types, are bound to this world and this human experience. We as humans judge evil but God doesn't. He doesn't because he knows it is only an illusion or misunderstanding by the human mind that will be healed in time. Whether or not that was the moral of the dream is up to Gracey to decide. It may not at all relate. They are only my perceptions after all. Take care.