Friday, May 31, 2013

the capaciousness of the imaginary

We see what is visible to us. We do not see what is not visible to us. Some things (a vastness) are not visible to us.

We may intuit the invisible. This intuition is a form of seeing. What is intuitive to some is clearly visible to others. What is intuitive to or clearly visible to some may be completely unknown to others. What is visible may be invisible. One can see only what one has the capacity to see.

Capaciousness is a gift from the invisible. The invisible wants to be known. As we disclose ourselves to the invisible, the invisible discloses itself to us. Reciprocity. Mutual disclosure. The visible yearns to know the invisible. The invisible yearns to be known.

The eye for seeing the invisible is the soul. The body provides the base; the intellect provides conceptual birth and manipulation; the soul provides the imagination, the eye-magi-nation.

The realm of the imaginary is the place of mutual disclosure between the visible and the invisible. The realm of the imaginary is the place of mutual encounter. The invisible becomes visible.

Contemplation means to reside in the temple (con-templ-ation). The temple is the sacred space, the mutual meeting ground of the visible and the invisible.

Fantasy occurs when we are outside the temple (pro-fanum). Fantasy is self-generated imagery. The imaginary is the realm of mutual encounter within the temple, the meeting place of the visible and the invisible. Fantasy is cotton candy poofery. The imaginary is solid and powerful, life-changing.

Our capaciousness is expanded by our dwelling in the templum. Mutual disclosure with the invisible expands our soul. We are heartened, deepened, transformed.

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