by the Sea

" The Power of IMAGINATION "

September 13 2020

The highest and best work of the imagination is the marvelous transformation that it works in character. Imagine that you are one with the principle of good and you will become truly good. To imagine oneself perfect fixes the idea of perfection in the invisible mind substance and the mind forces at once begin the work of bringing forth perfection. –Charles Fillmore

Imagination is our ability to image, picture, conceptualize, envision, dream. It is the “scissors of the mind”; the formative power of thought that gives shape, tone, and color to thinking.

Location: area of the third eye and the thalamus

Color: Light blue

The man who has no imagination has no wings. Muhammad Ali

Imagination is more important than knowledge -Albert Einsten

Sanskrit excels at finding precise words for subtle nuances of consciousness. 4 words for types of imagination:

Vikalpa - images, thoughts, mental static that play randomly in mind;

Kalpana - deliberate and intentional mental creation;

Pratibha -spontaneous opening to higher levels of insight and inspiration beyond conscious mind

Bhavana – contemplation that engages the power of  feeling with divine ideas and vision, to create a sense of identity with the Divine

Listen to how word used: I can’t imagine or Imagine that!

Cultivate spend time in silence; in nature—clouds, sand

Intentionally gather images, words; tear pictures and words out of magazine…treasure map; music

Recall and record your dreams

Imagine being in presence of someone you love, a master teacher or choose quality of consciousness - love, compassion, wisdom—and see through those eyes