See a huge dam with with vast quantities of water behind it, and hear the hum of great energy. Now,take that image and place it down in your thumb joint. Let it begin to whirl, and realize that energy must be raised for dreaming, and it is freely and easily available.
Energy is consumed by worry.
-by bad habits
-by ignorance
ask yourself this question? What is consuming your energy. Think of that object consuming energy as a dam, and replace it with a better one, at the interface between the dream body and the physical body are many damns. They are called the energy centers of the dream body.