Imagine if...
In today’s world, the word imagination refers to things we ‘make up’ in our heads, in stark contrast to ‘reality’. “That’s just your imagination, it’s not real,” we’re told as kids. As adults, it’s still used against us in an attempt to manipulate us or to get away with lies when we see the truth through them. “Conspiracy Theorists have wild imaginations.” We’re not crazy, we’re right. I’m sure you can think of other examples, especially in relationships.
The word ‘imagination’ has become synonymous with ‘not real’. This is purposeful, because our imagination is so powerful. Our memories occur in our imagination, and they are very real when we imagine the past. Memories are our imagination based on a past reality.
The root word is ‘image’. When we use our imagination, we conjure images in our mind. We can ‘will’ specific images or they can appear from elsewhere, as answers to thought questions. They can fill in the gaps where our train of thought can’t make a connection. They can help us realize epiphanies we wouldn’t otherwise reach. Our imagination can also show us truth.
The meditations we’ve discussed recently are aimed at separating the images in our mind from the physical world, so our thoughts become free to lead us into a state of active, willful imagination instead of passive imagination that reacts to the physical. Through concentration, tenacity and patience, we can train our imagination to see the etheric world.
Often, we get there without realizing it because we have pre-conceived ideas of what it will be like. We might expect to encounter something similar to the physical. When we don’t have an experience we’re expecting, our etheric vision (free imagination) might appear before us, while we’re blinded by frustration that it’s taking too long.
Don’t harbor any expectations. Focus your thoughts and be open to receive. You’ll know it when it comes. You’ll know you didn’t conjure the images yourself, and you’ll know you’re not in Kansas anymore. You’ll know when the images take on a life of their own. Long-term patience and persistence is key.
Since we’re used to physical sensations, our imagination might first show up as sensations of heat, cold, sounds, light and color. They might show up as images we’re familiar with or as patterns that are clearly beyond 3-dimensional. We’re beginning to perceive the etheric and possibly the astral world. We’ll discuss astral perception next time.
The etheric world is in continual motion, without stillness. Things, patterns, colors, sounds, textures, sensations fade in and out, blend together and separate in a constant dance of energy. Life emerges out of nowhere and dissipates back from whence it came.
As we practice, we learn to recognize our inner sensations attached to what we imagine. Then, with more patience and persistence, we come to understand what the heck is going on and what it all represents.
...that would be weird.
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