The mind world could be seen as a sophisticated computer, where numberless programs are installed. These programs can either be downloaded at will, or they might flash by, unwillingly, at any time. Among the various thought-programs available, some can be considered from a logical point of view, whereas others require a deeper insight into the thinking world, because these proceed in attunement with the feeling heart.
Imagination, which is the secret of creative accomplishments, can be developed by visualizing imaginary sceneries with closed eyes. Details such as colors, sounds and moving objects visualized within sceneries can be largely diversified, thereby intensifying the creative nature of imagination. One either imagines oneself within those sceneries, or at various distances.
Observation is the process of receiving impressions through the five senses, which are like windows through which the consciousness is aware of all happenings. This explains why observation is so important, as a door opener to coordinated reasoning, there where the mind is confronted with the need of evaluating simultaneously multiple facts.
When grabbing impressions out of the storehouse of the memory they download in more or less clarity, and even long forgotten impressions - since many years - can also suddenly re-appear automatically on the screen of the mind for no logical reason, other than resulting indirectly from an association with similar circumstances.
Impressions made upon the mind can be so great that they condition one’s thoughts and feelings, whereas in dreams, one’s awareness is in a standby condition and the power of the will is slumbering. In this condition, the automatic regrouping of the many thought-pieces lacks complete coordination, which explains the absence of logic in dreams. During sleep the slumbering thoughts are called ‘dreams’, whereas in a wakened state, unrealistic mental images are called ‘imagination’.
Hidayat Inayat-Khan
