Putting your imagination to work

Imagination is the ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness, or the formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present or have happened in the past. Memory is actually a manifestation of imagination. Everyone possesses some imagination ability. In some it may be highly developed and in others it may manifest in a weaker form. It manifests in various degrees in various people.

The real key in putting our imagination into reality is acting as if the imagined scene were real and already accomplished. Instead of pretending it is a scene from the future, imagine it as though you are truly experiencing it in the present. It is a real event in the now. The great masters of antiquity have told us through the ages that whatever you believe you become. If you believe and imagine in the now that you are whatever you wish to be then reality must conform.
The problem most of us have is that we look at our lives through eyes of lack, seeing only what we don’t have and dwell on that. That is also active imagination. You are imagining and actively pushing this lack into your future by dwelling on it as real in the now.

Imagination makes it possible to experience a whole world inside the mind. It gives the ability to look at any situation from a different point of view, and enables one to mentally explore the past and the future.

It manifests in various forms, one of which is daydreaming. Though too much idle daydreaming may make one impractical, some daydreaming, when not being engaged in something that requires attention provides some temporary happiness, calmness and relief from stress.
In your imagination you can travel anywhere in the speed of light without any obstacles. It can make you feel free, though temporarily, and only in the mind, from tasks, difficulties and unpleasant circumstances.

Imagination is not limited only to seeing pictures in the mind. It includes all the five senses and the feelings. One can imagine a sound, taste, smell, a physical sensation or a feeling or emotion. For some people it is easier to see mental pictures, others find it easier to imagine a feeling, and some are more comfortable imagining the sensation of one of the five senses. Training of the imagination gives the ability to combine all the senses. You have the power to do anything you want if you first imagine it in your mind’s eye.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, five time Mr. Universe, four-time Mr. Olympia, He once said about his training and I quote “ As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can....I visualized myself being there already - having achieved the goal already. It’s mind over matter.”
If you do not recognize how importance it is to put your imagination to work, and let it run riot, your life may not be as happy and successful as you would have wanted it to be.

Lack of understanding of the important of imagination is responsible for the suffering, incompetence, difficulties, failures and unhappiness people experience. For some reason, most people are inclined to think in a negative way. They do not expect success. They expect the worst, and when they fail, they believe that fate is against them. This attitude can be changed, and then life will improve accordingly.

This power cannot be underestimated. You can prove it to yourself by taking one thing that is very important to you and imagining it as real in your life. You have nothing to lose by applying this technique, and everything to gain. Your creative abilities will blossom and flourish the more you apply it to your life. Don’t take anyone else’s word for it, and play with the concept until it works for you.

As you charge your imagination with emotion, your mental picture will attract its physical equivalent. Vividly think about what you want and then SEE it clearly in your imagination. Putting your imagination to work speeds up the process from desire to manifestation. As you experience in your imagination what you wish to experience in your life, you will soon be living the life of your dreams.


NOTE
•When put our imagination to work, we can heal the Earth.

•When put our imagination to work, we can build a just society

•When put our imagination to work, we can enlighten the human spirit

•When put our imagination to work, we can help nature to thrive

•When put our imagination to work, we can create the invisible

•When put our imagination to work, we can create peace on Earth, live happily among one another.

•When put our imagination to work, we can gather knowledge, enlightening our souls to the reality of existence and the beauty of the Earth.


Quotes on Imagination
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. Duane Michals

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant. Ursula K. Le Guin

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. Orison Swett Marden

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. Joseph Addison

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. Edmund Burke

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Edgar Allan Poe

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. Jamie Paolinetti

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it. Jesse Jackson quotes

I can believe anything provided it is incredible. Oscar Wilde

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. Albert Einstein