I've always possessed a great deal of imagination. When I was young, I spent a lot of time outside my body (so to speak) daydreaming. I would pretend to be a princess in a magic castle, travel to exotic locations or find myself living within the pages of my favorite books. As I got older, daydreaming would be my escape--back into nature when I didn't have the time or just to experience something more serene than my often tempestuous life would allow.
Back in the 70's, we experienced an "energy crisis". Cars guzzled a lot of gas back then, and the supply was thought to be much more limited at that time. That was the beginning of higher prices at the pump and people lined up to purchase. (Then, of course, they found new oil supplies and the "crisis" went away.) At the time, I was too young to drive, but I was concerned about my planet all the same. I used to play with these little magnetic dogs. I was very familiar with the properties of magnets--how the same poles would push away from each other while opposite poles attracted each other. I realized there was a natural energy in magnets that could perhaps be harnessed. In my imagination, I saw magnets being set around a wheel while magnets of the opposite poles would surround this magnet wheel, forcing the wheel to spin around on its own power. I believe this is the same use for imagination that Einstein applied when he went for his "ride" on a beam of light. Imagination can be the mother of invention.
Imagination can be used in other productive ways as well. When I am surrounded by stressors, I use my imagination to help me meditate, ground myself, and calm myself back down. When I need to change my present circumstances, I imagine myself doing something different. Sometimes I see a solution. Sometimes I am just able to calm myself down enough to change my energy/frequency and change the circumstances through changing my presence.
There are many people who believe imagination is a waste of time because it is not based in the "real world". To that, I can only leave you with one of my favorite Harry Potter quotes. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling writes a conversation between Professor Dumbledore and Harry. Harry is having something of a near death experience and Dumbledore has already passed. The end of the conversation goes something like this:
The true power of imagination transcends a reality we often believe to be only physical and allows us to connect to all that is Divine.
~CSE
Back in the 70's, we experienced an "energy crisis". Cars guzzled a lot of gas back then, and the supply was thought to be much more limited at that time. That was the beginning of higher prices at the pump and people lined up to purchase. (Then, of course, they found new oil supplies and the "crisis" went away.) At the time, I was too young to drive, but I was concerned about my planet all the same. I used to play with these little magnetic dogs. I was very familiar with the properties of magnets--how the same poles would push away from each other while opposite poles attracted each other. I realized there was a natural energy in magnets that could perhaps be harnessed. In my imagination, I saw magnets being set around a wheel while magnets of the opposite poles would surround this magnet wheel, forcing the wheel to spin around on its own power. I believe this is the same use for imagination that Einstein applied when he went for his "ride" on a beam of light. Imagination can be the mother of invention.
Imagination can be used in other productive ways as well. When I am surrounded by stressors, I use my imagination to help me meditate, ground myself, and calm myself back down. When I need to change my present circumstances, I imagine myself doing something different. Sometimes I see a solution. Sometimes I am just able to calm myself down enough to change my energy/frequency and change the circumstances through changing my presence.
There are many people who believe imagination is a waste of time because it is not based in the "real world". To that, I can only leave you with one of my favorite Harry Potter quotes. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling writes a conversation between Professor Dumbledore and Harry. Harry is having something of a near death experience and Dumbledore has already passed. The end of the conversation goes something like this:
"Tell me one last thing," said Harry. "Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?" Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?"
The true power of imagination transcends a reality we often believe to be only physical and allows us to connect to all that is Divine.
~CSE
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