Imagination is EVERYTHING!

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

Imagine a world without imagination, and you will realize that there can be no future, no ‘reality’ without imagination.  Well, what is reality?  Reality is all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. 

Let us understand the two key terms: Experience and Appearance.

To experience something means to undergo an emotional sensation or to be in a particular state of mind; while appearance means to give certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.  Reality then is no more than your state of mind that determines every outward aspect of your world.

In other words, reality is the physical manifestation of the mental image you hold in your mind of yourself and the world at large. The process of the formation of this mental image is Imagination.  So, whatever you can imagine can be real.

“Everything you can imagine is real” – Pablo Picasso

When we claim a person to be imaginative, what we mean is that that person is marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.  The truth is, all of us can be extremely imaginative – free and creative in our thoughts and actions.  We can literally CREATE a world the way we want it to be, the way we imagine it to be.  

Wow, isn't that an exhilarating feeling: to realize that you possess the ability to CREATE a more beautiful, more joyous world, if you can just feed your imagination and not ignore it?

“Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.”  ― Patricia A. McKillip

Every great thing that was ever achieved in the history of the mankind and every great thing yet to come to life in the real world, at some point in time, was and will be in someone’s imagination first.  That imagination when coupled with focused effort/action can make this world an even better place.  YOU can make this world a better place, Imagine that!

“Find your risk and you will find yourself.  Sometimes that means leaving your home, your father’s house, and your birthplace, and travelling to strange lands.  Both the biblical Abraham and the Buddha do this quite literally.  But for the cabbalist the true journey does not require dramatic breaks with past and home.  It is rather a journey of the imagination.” – Marc Gafni

So, let your mind imagine, let there be no boundaries, no barriers.  Imagine whatever it is that you want, as YOU become the CREATOR of your future and your reality. 

Imagine that now!!

“The painter has to wrestle with color, canvas and brushes, the sculptor with stone and chisel...yet, the creative act, their ‘vision’ of what they are going to create, transcends time.  It is the same for every manifestation of being.  The experience of loving, of joy, of grasping truth does not occur in time, but in the here and now.  The here and now is eternity...” – Erich Fromm