(thesouljourney) Imagination

IMAGINATION

What characterizes children more than anything else is their imaginations and their play. What characterizes adults more than anything else might be their lack of imagination and their work.

Very young children have not developed their ego nor their rational mind to any great extent. In some sense they are more in touch with their instincts and their soul, but not in a conscious way. They do, however, manifest qualities of the human and spiritual soul within – imagination and play.

The imagination plays! It explores possibilities mentally, emotionally and physically. Work, on the other hand, that is not playful simply implements the known and often just repeats the past.

Imagination is an instrument of the soul. Soul is our greatest potential, and imagination explores the endless possibilities of this potential. With imagination directed by soul consciousness, there is always an answer, always a better alternative to that which has been.

Soul always functions in the present, but is future oriented. It is creative. As a vehicle for soul expression, the imagination can take us into the future. It can form the images and feelings associated with future possibilities. And through this activity, it both draws on the creative energy from soul, as well as effectively impresses the blueprints of the new creation on the subconscious, the lower mind and the formative forces within the physical body.

It is big new age business today to write books and teach courses on getting what you want. What is most often lacking in this is a proper context – a context of greater meaning and purpose. The motivation is often self-centered – get what you want because you deserve it. Some of the tools offered are disguised ways of manipulating.
From the personality perspective, there seems nothing wrong with this. But it does have some negative consequences for anyone who is capable of more social and spiritual awareness.

Soul consciousness shows us that everything we do must not only be of positive benefit to the individual, it must also benefit the whole or others in some way.

The Soul Journey does both of these things. It gives us the tools to effectively create a better future through using the imagination, and enables us to create a future that heals and gives great benefit to all.

Exercises:
1. How does imagination work through you?

2. How can you give yourself more time to explore imagination in its many forms?

3. What ideas or ideals or images call out to you that you are not giving attention to?