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This-essay is a7310051.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %IMAGINATION AND FANTASY 731005 Imagination and fantasy are dangerous in a society which seeks to maintain full control of the behavior of its citizens. That which the self attends to in essentially private states of consciousness may through imagination and fantasy express itself in overt behavior. Through visions the self may transcend the prevailing dominant states of consciousness; self may become conscious of the presence of taboos, and thereby deprive taboos of their alienative powers; self may become aware of collusions in which it participates, and try to stop playing those games; the self may gain a vision of the nature of reality which undermines the myths which are the technocratic foundations of false hope and meaning in the society. In self-defense the society will seek overt and covert methods of discouraging imagination and fantasy, and so discourage meditation and prayer. Technocrats have not yet developed techniques for reading minds, so that the direct policing of imagination and fantasy is not yet possible. In practice imagination and fantasy are controlled by the emotional responses of others---when a self reveals essentially private thoughts which have been defined to be offensive or dangerous. Another technique which is effective is to organize educational courses on a full control basis---so as to keep real students so busy with required activities that there is little time left for meditation and prayer. The act of failing to encourage imagination and fantasy--- coupled with other inhibitory decisions and actions--- constitute the use of yet another channel of communication to convey the message that indulging in imagination and fantasy is not good. Those who engage in evil actions are defined-out of the community. While yet physically present, they cease to live. They become but parts of the machine which is the technocratic society. In 'It' they lose their soul. Estrangement may become total. Cause and effect then rules totally. Miracles do not occur. The nature of reality is dependent upon the participants in and of reality. Through imagination and fantasy that which is not--- will come to be, and that which is, will no longer be as it is---that all may be renewed. The new which invades reality is perceived as dangerous---by the old which seeks to maintain full control. The old has come to pass, and the new will be. Such is the miraculous nature of reality. (c) 1999 by Paul A. Smith in GO: essayz.com "Search for Integrity and Honesty" (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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