Whatever we imagine our reality to be, that is what it is. Is it really that easy? Can we imagine abundance, good health, unconditional love, happiness and peace? If that is the case, then why don’t we have those things right now? The answer is both simple and complex. The simple answer is because we don’t really believe that having everything that we want is that easy. The more complex answer is that we have forgotten how to practice the art of imagining. Because having what we want in our lives is as simple as learning how to imagine it.
Somewhere between imagining and reality lies experience. Experience comes from the past, and somewhere along the way our experience taught us that we can’t have what we want, that life is hard, that suffering precedes joy and even suffering does not guarantee that joy will follow. We know that because at one point in time we imagined what we wanted and when it arrived, it disappointed us or caused us pain. So we learn to ask for nothing or less than what we want and then expect that we would be dissatisfied with the results.
When we believe that past experience is the benchmark for the present, we relegate ourselves to creating a future that is a carbon copy of the past. As long as we believe this to be true, our present circumstances will always repeat the past. But if we allow ourselves to imagine something different, we can change that and create a different reality for ourselves. For that to happen we have to do two things:
be willing to try and
believe in our power to imagine our reality.
Until we truly make an effort to try to change our reality, we are not aware of how comfortable we are with the past. As soon as we try to change what we do, all sorts of fears, doubts and misgivings come crawling out of the depths of our unconscious, reminding us that while we’re not happy with our present circumstances, we have tried this before and unpleasant things happened. Each time we try to imagine, to bring our dreams into our reality, we must first deal with our fear. Our ability to imagine a different reality is based on what is stronger, our fear or our dreams. We must simply be willing to try, despite our fears, and start the process of imagining our reality.
The unpleasant experiences of the past can make us feel powerless and if our life currently feels like it’s spinning out of control, we don’t feel very capable when it comes to managing what we have already created, much less trying to create something else. When we look at our personal power from the standpoint of what has happened, we forget that all we are experiencing is what we created. If we remember that we were feeling powerless when we created those circumstances, we are looking at the situation from the right perspective. If we make decisions when we are feeling powerless, the result will manifest our powerlessness. But if we make decisions from a point of power, the result will be totally different.
Learning the art of imagining takes practice and focus. Start with something that you truly want and imagine that it is part of your reality. Feel the joy that you will experience when it is manifested in your life. Trust that everything you want will be brought to you with divine timing. Know that it is yours because you want it and the Universe always brings us what we want. Know that it can be yours because you deserve it—the Universe does not judge whether or not we are deserving. Finally, remember that you are powerful beyond measure; you are part of the Source and the power to imagine is yours once you believe it.
Article Copyright © 2005, 2006. by Jennifer Hoffman. All rights reserved.
Jeniffer Hoffman www.urielhas.com, email healing@urielhas. com.
