Imagine That!

There is a whole world inside your head, and it is accessed through that app we call Imagination. Go ahead, install the Imagination App to your brain and hit play!

Maybe I should say "reinstall" the app, because when you were young, you used your imagination freely and often. It's how you learned to deal with the world around you, how you configured the craziness into a whole life. And I don't mean craziness in a negative way, but in a way that reflects the innocence of childhood, when everything is new and needs to be sorted and even labeled.

Let your imagination take you over the rainbow!

As adults, we think we have everything figured out, and daydreaming is relegated to those few moments when we accidentally zone out when bored. Let's bring back the daydream! It's fun and it can be inspiring, can jumpstart creativity, and can fill those dull moments with pleasure.

Now you are ready to begin daydreaming! Go ahead and step into that land of the daydream, where you can create your dream life, execute a marvelous event, walk with confidence and live in abundance! As you practice daydreaming, it will get easier to slip in and out, and you'll develop some control -- you don't want to be caught out in a meeting slipping away and coming back with an obvious jolt! Time and place, people!

I like to start a daydream when I'm snuggled in bed waiting for sleep. I think of a beautiful scenario and let it play out as I drift off. The next morning, I try to spend a minute there again before I open my eyes.

You can use your meditation time to daydream, too! That whole "stilling the mind" thing does not mean you actually don't think about anything; that's pretty much impossible for folks who live out in the world and not on a deserted island. Begin your meditation by seeing yourself step onto a path, and see where it takes you! Go ahead and guide it if you want, or just let it play itself out.

I like to daydream about things I want to happen in real life, and I use exaggeration, smell, sound, and touch to make it more than real. This makes things fun and helps set the emotion, which teaches your body how you want to feel and eventually may lead you to discovering that emotion in the "real" world!

Keep it fun, keep it positive, and keep it going! Change it up or create a serial novel in your head. Spend your downtime wisely; let your imagination run free.