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The Power of Imagination
“I have a dream” – said Martin Luther King in his historic public speech when he
verbalized his desire to see blacks and whites coexisting as equals and living
in harmony. King's speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. What
lesson do you draw from these famous lines? The power of dreaming or imagination
is perhaps the key to achieving something truly big; something that can be the
first steps to bring about change. On a far smaller scale, power of imagination
is not just restricted to movie makers or creative artists. It affects our
day-to-day lives as it affects our health and sense of well being.
The power to dream and imagine helps us to chalk out future possibilities so
that we can set our life goals accordingly. Athletes and artists use it to the
hilt – when they mentally rehearse a thousand times a performance or a physical
feat and prepare accordingly to reach their ambitions. Without the power of
imagination you can never create that ‘canvas’ on which to set your goals,
ambitions and the means to achieve them. Can you imagine, building a beautiful
home, without having dreamt about it before, may be several times before?
In the fields of logical thinking, rationality, mathematics and science, the
power of imagination is treated to be a crucial link between a problem and its
possible solution. If the theory of relativity revolutionized the way rational
thinking can be directed or scientific inquiry can be logically explained, then
remember also that Einstein credited his power of imagination for promulgating
the formula of E equals MC squared. Such is the power of imagination.
Yet the most misleading and de-motivating part about it is that most of us think
this power can be owned by only a select few, little realizing that there is a
bit of Einstein in each of us. All it needs is to fuel it with adequate thoughts
and actions. Exercise your mind to think wild. Hold no barriers to your
imagination. Many thoughts do not make sense but it does not matter. Trigger the
child in you. Have you see children at play? They say anything when they build
that sandcastle on the beach. Can you emulate them? Daydreaming may be looked
down up on by many as a sign of innate laziness. But looking at it in another
perspective, it could also give you valuable leads in your daily life.
Random dreaming can be honed down to a disciplined exercise where you harness
the power of imagination to your benefit. It can even enhance your power of
concentration, lacking in so many of us. For instance, place an apple on the
table. Make a mental note of its features, color and any marks. Now close your
eyes and think of the apple again. Does the mental image match with the apple on
the table? Try doing this exercise again till the mental image of the apple
matches exactly with the real apple on the table. You could do this exercise
with various other objects. Whatever object you choose, get the real picture and
hold the image in your imagination till such times, all the elements of both the
images, real and mental match completely. Walk through unfamiliar environment
and do this exercise, till you develop the ability of holding in your mind all
the imagery of what you are experiencing in real life situations. This ability
will gradually enable you to visualize anything, any situation, any place,
without even experiencing the same, or without even being there physically. Then
expand this skill to other senses like smell, taste, textures and feelings. The
more you let your mind sore, the more psychic you can be. The more you let your
mind travel, the more imaginative you become.
TRUST:
. The origin of the word ‘psychic’ has its roots in ‘soul’. So whatever is
termed as psychic has its root firmly entrenched in soul. Whenever you hear of
phrases like ‘gifts of spirit’ remember they are the same as psychic abilities.
Yet these psychic abilities, which reside in each of us, are very delicate
concepts, which are easily corrupted by greed, selfishness, ego and the like.
The fact of the matter is that whatever great abilities or greatness that we are
born with, we were not responsible for creating those. On the contrary, they are
divine Gifts from the Supreme. He is the one who gave us the talents we possess.
Our job is to fine tune it and polish it further so that we can live better
lives. You must have heard the phrase repeated many times in your life: God
helps those who help themselves. It cannot be truer when it comes to expanding
your psychic abilities. The trigger has to come from within. The rest unfolds
itself as if by miracle. But the first push has to come from each of us. If life
is full of choices, this is the first choice we ought to make. We cannot change
anyone else. For that matter, no one can change us too. The only one we can
change is ourselves. That is what individual choice is all about. The only
person you can change is yourself and the only control you can exercise is on
your own feelings, emotions and actions.
Thus your self-improvement exercise begins with yourself and the infallible
trust you ought to have on the goodness of the Supreme. Man’s quest for
self-knowledge and avenues for self-improvement are truly limitless. We can
explore or walk that journey perhaps only half way, in one life time. Praying,
meditation, building self-confidence backed by immense trust in your soul which
is in unity with the Supreme, will take you a long way in your quest for
developing psychic abilities and expanding your mind.
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