The Power Of Imagination

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:

  "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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The Power To Change The World

It can be extremely difficult living with someone diagnosed with mental illness. On good days, things may be relatively calm and peaceful, but on bad days all hell breaks loose as accumulated problems explode onto the surface. Yesterday was one of those explosion sorts of days.

Even though I have done tons of research and have my own personal experiences overcoming depression, sometimes what you know that could help someone else goes unheard. There is a great deal of truth in the old expression, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." 

When it's a family member who is suffering, it is all the more painful. You want so much to take the pain away and make it better, but you can't. People have to want to change and be willing to put the effort into it themselves. Otherwise, any change that takes place will probably not take root and will die out eventually.

As wrong as this seems, sometimes the only thing you can do to help someone else is to allow them to fall. That's right. I said it. We have to be willing to let them fall. It gets hard when people have to fall a long ways down before they are willing to pick themselves back up, but that's the way the process works! Falling and picking yourself back up is all part of that learning and growing process. Mistakes are good things when you use the insight they bring to help you make better decisions in the future.

Ultimately, the only thing we have the power to change in this world is ourselves, but don't underestimate that power! Each one of us carries a presence--an energy/frequency--that has an effect on everything we come into contact with. If your energy carries calm and peace, that is the energy you will create in the world. If your energy is violent, violence will follow you. If you carry unconditional love, that presence will be spread to all those around you and rebound back to you.

It is through changing our frequencies we are able to change the frequencies of others. It is not what we do, nor is it what we teach them or show them. The power to change the world lies in your BEing. Use your intention to change your frequency to one of love and peace and you will find your world will blossom into a much kinder, gentler place.

BE the change you wish to see in the world!!!

~CSE

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Attributes Of a Conspiracy Theorist

Several years ago, when I was in the middle of questioning the medical establishment here in the United States, I fell into a deep, deep rabbit hole. At the time, all I wanted was better answers for my daughter. What I ended up with has continued to surprise and amaze me. I am still in that rabbit hole, much further and deeper in than I ever would have imagined, but I wouldn't change it if I had the chance. The rabbit hole transforms a person into what is better known as a conspiracy theorist.

There are several key attributes of a conspiracy theorist. The first (and most important) is the ability to ask lots and lots of questions!!! Conspiracy theorists have an incessant curiosity about how things work and questions are all part of the information gathering process. The more questions you ask, the more information becomes available to you. People who ask questions know they don't have all the answers. When you don't have all the answers, you are much more open to new possibilities.

A second key attribute of a conspiracy theorist is the capacity to think and synthesize the information their questions uncover. A conspiracy theorist will look at the data and attempt to make sense of it. Quite often, status quo information will not make sense in combination with the new information so new questions form! Needless to say the first two attributes go hand-in-hand.

A third attribute conspiracy theorists have is courage. It takes an extremely strong person to be willing to stand up to the establishment and point out potential flaws in the accepted information. On many occasions you find yourself standing alone. Needless to say, this is not a comfortable place to be. Many people find this struggle not worth it and decide to leave the questions well enough alone and go back to sleep.

A final attribute of a conspiracy theorist is a subtle spirituality that typically transcends traditional religion. Deep down, conspiracy theorists understand there is a subtle connection that binds us all into a perfect whole. It is this inner connection to all things divine that begins this questioning process in the first place. The bond is strong enough that it whispers to the person there is much more information to be found.

There are many people out there who believe conspiracy theorists are just a bunch of crackpots who will believe anything, no matter how silly--that their "theories" are based on fiction and untested principles. The thing is, all big shifts of thought and consciousness come about because people are able to question, think for themselves and stand up for ideas that are not popular. Look at people like Einstein and Martin Luther King.

Conspiracy theorists change the world. Do you have what it takes?

~CSE

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The Perfection Of Imperfection

I'll admit it. I have some very perfectionistic tendencies. I hate to be late. I tend to hold myself to extremely high moral and ethical standards. I want my writing to be perfect. I get it honestly enough. Both my parents have extremely perfectionistic behaviors themselves.

That said, I am the complete opposite of perfect. I am prone to be a packrat (which makes my house look dirty even when it is not). I have a terrible temper. I am susceptible to hurt feelings even when I understand the person who did the hurting is suffering themselves. I could go on and on, but you get the idea.

I used to really beat myself up over my mistakes. I'd call myself bad names. I'd berate myself. I would even compare myself to those people I saw as perfect and ask why I couldn't be more like them.

The thing is, nobody's perfect. Even those people we hold up (or get held up by others) as glorious examples of how people should be are not perfect. Those people are usually just better at covering up their imperfections than the rest of us.

Human life was not meant to be perfect, and there's a reason for it. Making mistakes is all part of the learning process. We try something new. Maybe it works out. Maybe it doesn't. When things don't work out, it is time to try a different approach. If you're not making mistakes, you're not doing anything new. You are not growing.

The brilliance of imperfection lies in its ability to grow the human spirit. Imperfection allows us the experiences we need to gain wisdom and understanding. It's why we signed up for this messy human experiment. It is through our imperfections we are perfected.

~CSE