The Rev. Elizabeth Rowley is a pastor at the United Church of Christ in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been preaching for more than 25 years and is the author of “Sparking Imagination: A Guide to Creative Living.”
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Everything we do, think about, and create is influenced by our capacity to envision things. In all fields, from academics to engineering and the arts, it leads to complex ideas, dreams, and creations.
Imagination strengthens the brain by forcing us to think in unconventional ways, or “outside the box,” as it were. As a consequence, we are able to come up with novel ideas and develop situations that successfully address issues.
Seeking out places with which you are unfamiliar is a wonderful method to stimulate your creativity. When we have enough experiences with something, our brain gets more skilled at processing it, the neuron connections become more efficient, and the brain does not have to work as hard.
Reading a book allows you to imagine, dream, and picture all of the people, situations, and events you’re reading about. When you see a movie based on a book, though, you don’t have to use your imagination since all of the characters and narrative elements are given to you in a certain manner.
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The invisible, according to photographer Om Malik, is what feeds the imagination. He took a series of pictures of a horse, and the one that stood out to him was the one where the animal’s eyes were hidden by the window frames of a barn. Imagine.
Wabi, sabi, and yugen are only a few of the old Japanese aesthetic principles. Wabi is defined as a fleeting, harsh beauty. Sabi is a Japanese term that refers to the beauty of natural aging. They create wabi-sabi, a worldview based on the acceptance of impermanence and transience.
Yugen is a profound sense of the world that elicits unexpectedly deep emotions that are too enigmatic or profound to be expressed in words. The event elicits a strong emotional reaction. Moonlight and its reflection on water, birds soaring high in the twilight sky, and the sun rising over the ocean are all examples of yugen. I love watching flocks of birds flying together in a beautiful vee or crowding around. Every time I hear it, it moves me to my core.
“I am led by the same intellect and inspired by the same imagination that spreads moonbeams over the seas and holds the powers of nature in its grasp,” Ernest Holmes wrote. He was open at the top, and he utilized his intellect to weave the words of great thinkers into a Divine tapestry that illuminated Spirit in wonderful and mind-expanding ways.
Allow us carve out time each day in our hectic schedules to get quiet, still, peaceful, and rejuvenated so that we may let our imaginations run free and boldly ahead toward our highest and greatest good. Life is a wonderful journey, and if we fan the Divine flame with trust and conviction, our desires will come true.
Remember to set aside enough time each day to develop a peaceful and open awareness so that your imagination is inspired to go toward your greatest good rather than prompted to run away from it. Stay poised, connected, rejuvenated, and in the flow of Spirit by being quiet and knowing.
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