When you hear of someone having an imagination; its natural to believe they’re creative in thought or have the skills of taking an idea and breathing life into its physical presentation.
What exactly is this thing called imagination?
According to the book Powers Within, the imagination is a power of formation. Without the use of the imagination there’s no mental point of view, you’re incapable of giving a concrete power to your thoughts. The imagination means action. If you’re having pain your imagination can make it disappear.
People ask why I dedicate so much of my life to writing; it cleans out the imagination. It’s like standing in front of a giant walk in closet overflowing with ugly beat up shoes, weird summer shirts, unworn pants and cardboard boxes filled with trinkets and junk that should’ve been tossed out ten years ago. The most incredible lesson I learned from studying with Julia Cameron’s process of putting the artist first was learning how to clean out the closet.
Did you know your hair grows faster if you imagine it being as free as the wind while brushing it? Picture it being long strands of winter wheat kissing the sky while dancing freely upon an open plain of possibility.
The imagination is also a recording device. It documents everything, good, bad, creative and too hot to hold. The abstract mind lifts the imagination to levels of performance that can turn a trickle into an out pouring that many become connected to through art, music, motivation, science or a personal need to capture something as simple as an expression.
The imagination constantly creates images and or power sent from you into the awaiting universe. What you see, feel, hear or taste is picked up quickly by family members or people you’ll never see again. Signals are sent in the way your cell phone roams passing out information to anything and anyone willing to receive it; which pretty much paints the picture of the Face Book generation.
Mark is the maker of imagination collecting.
The book Power Within wonders what would life would be like if each of us could see the massive amounts of energy collected by the power of the imagination. We’d see atmospheres, battlefields, waves, onsets and retreats. If we imagine hard enough Yoda might physically exist.
The imagination is a power of formation. Feel the force while taking note of what you’re doing with what could be someone’s first step of a brand new beginning. Control anxiety by keeping a firm grip on what your imagination is delivering. Being aware of what you think, say and share is a valuable art that can invite peace of mind into the heart and the arms connected to it.
Ask yourself, “What’s the function or use of my imagination?”
If you learn how to use it, you’re gifted with creative flow on the inside as well as out. I know I think too much. The world held inside is vividly loud with Rock n Roll and features free Chinese food every hour on the hour.
As 2011 becomes our ritual for the next fifty two weeks like the day of the week you’ve got to keep moving. Your imagination is the fuel. Do all you can to keep it from being a knife.
I write to teach the imagination trust. At the same time, I’m the biggest hypochondriac you’ll ever meet. Through writing and opening the imagination I’m able to talk to the person who baths in fear. Developing trust releases anxiety much safer than a bottle of wine, six pack of beer or whatever other drug is hot to attempt in a world made of false hopes and crazy paths that’ll quickly get you to the horizon.
The imagination…ask it questions then watch your eyes light up like a Christmas tree.
I will always believe in you first…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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