Take an imaginative journey

How to Go on A Voyage of the Imagination

Where shall we go? How about to the world of creative possibilities? The imagination takes us there by allowing us to envision, percolate and experience the possibilities in store for our creativity. But how do you START the process of imagination? Try this:

1. Remove the headphones that have been feeding you the same thoughts you think probably 85% of the time, everyday.

2. No, really. Go ahead -- Actually make the gesture of taking headphones off—when you do this you will give a kinesthetic boost to your intention and you may have a moment of feeling uniquely free from the blathering and “uniquely free” is related to being imaginative. It won’t stop all of the thoughts you usually think from rambling on like because they’ve been blabbering for years, but it will activate the centers of “Something different.”

3. Move into receptiveness. Put ON headphones that are connected to the vast reservoir of creative possibilities inside of yourself, the endless well of illustrious mischief and radical joy, the place dreams start and ideas coalesce in deliberate devotion waiting your consideration and willingness. Include the voices that HAVE served you before, of which I wager to believe there are many.

4. Relax. You don’t even have to consider what it is you are going to receive, just trust that receiving ideas and inspiration will happen. If “trusting” is difficult for you, just trust 5% more. This is “Kaizen,” which involves little tiny calibrations will lead to gigantic changes over time. These changes WOULDN'T have occurred if you expected, pushed, or pressured yourself to do something bigger.  It’s a lovely, kind, and enticing way to make a change.  

5. Ask a question? Yes. The creative-imaginative mind LOVES questions. Questions are the kindling for great fires of ideas and momentum. A-HA moments that seem to come out of nowhere are often from the seeds planted by questions. Questions are the conductor for orchestras of innovation.

6. Don't Limit Yourself At the Beginning. Number 5 had way too many metaphors for one paragraph but imagination likes unrestricted clout at the beginning of a journey, so don’t limit, judge, or edit your initial output. Let it fly, mixed metaphors, similes, onomatopoeias, whatever.

7. Watch What You Ask. Be aware that the subconscious will also answer questions like: How come others are more imaginative than me? Why don’t I ever get anything done? How come I intend on doing something and then find myself someplace else? Why am I such a doopus? And the answers to questions like this won’t serve you as much as answers to these questions:

• What would it feel like to think something different right now?
• What imaginative idea and journey of blessed awe will I embark upon next?
• What if I simply ACTED like I was wildly imaginative? How would THAT look, feel, and be fun?
• What would be a different way to look at my next step on my writing, art, business, or vendetta to live with authentic originality and in irreverent wonder?

8. Let it Percolate Gently but with ruthless vigilance let the question percolate over time. Firmly assigning immediate answer may plunk you back into the obvious and prevent the question from unearthing deeper findings of brilliance.

9. BUT PAY ATTENTION… because answers WILL present themselves and if the OTHER headphones have snuck back on your head -- which they tend to do insidiously unless you're watching --you may miss a passageway to brilliance, a portal to creative blasts of rewarding insight. Inspiration, imagination, and creative instigations of colossal proportion are everywhere … if you are willing to wear the applicable headphones.

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