Were you chided for daydreaming? Were you told you needed to “get both feet on the ground and your head out of the clouds?” If so, we need to talk.
In the process of growing up, trying to fit in, working to please others and to be a success (right or wrong, these are things we do,) we’ve taken a lot of advice that is not in our highest interest in the long run. Putting your imagination away in favor of “reality” is one of those things.
In the first place, what is reality? I’m no scientist, but I am aware of how science and spirituality are meeting in the study of quantum physics. It turns out that there is no “solid” mass – that all things are made of light and thought in the final analysis.
That being the case, how do we want to use the powers of our mind? Do we want to operate solely from our five senses and from what we’ve learned in the past? I promise you, doing so will fulfill the definition of insanity: trying the same thing over and over expecting different results. Sensory information and memory are nowhere near powerful enough, on their own, to reach the innovative solutions, the culture-shifting paradigm changes, and so on, that we long for and desperately need.
The present is our point of power. The future is our imagination. Using one’s imagination regularly gives it the fitness needed to create what may initially seem to be impossible, at least from the perspective of sensory information and memory.
You can imagine new solutions, new ways of being. You can reinvent yourself. You can alter your day to day reality. If today’s reality is an expression of the thoughts we’ve been thinking up until now, how do you want to change your thoughts so you can create that new reality?
Dream up the new reality, first! Go ahead! You’re the artist crafting your life. What do you want your life to be like in ten years? In five years? In one year?
Imagination is not only a valuable intellectual faculty for innovation. It’s also a powerful tool for crafting your emotional state in the present moment. I use it daily now – working from years of practice. I can imagine myself into just about any mood. It’s purely a result of what images I let dwell in my mind. They don’t have to be “real” images. Remember, your subconscious, the one creating your day-to-day life, does not know the difference between a real thought and an imagined one. When I imagine myself accepting an Oscar, :>) my heart sings. It doesn’t matter that that actual experience is not in my memory bank.
Coach’s Question: Who was your imaginary friend when you were a child? What was imagined your superpower? Leave a comment, let me know. You should be drawing on the power of your imagination everyday. These “imaginary” allies will speed your growth into your deepest, most inspirational self.
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