IMAGINATION

The main cog in the wheels of the human mind is imagination 1. Were we to limit its potential, either by allowing it to be dominated by the masculine rational side of thinking, or hinder its development with a lack of exercise, our level of comprehension will be impaired.

All thought receives a basic ephemeral form from the outpouring of the human imagination, hence, the basis for a thought to become a "thing" in the mental process 2. The imagination becomes the medium between the vast unknown and the reality of the physical world. The messenger of this communicative flow is the sub-conscious aspect of the mind, which expresses this ability through the feminine side of the soul (that which is born of spirit and gives rise to the mind of a human being) unto the rational observer, the masculine conscious counterpart within a soul.

The scientific method, an extreme masculine limitation toward productive proofs based on physical reality, succeeds in dominating the feminine attribute of the human mind. The mind of a human being cannot utilize its full potential when forced to succumb to the rational thinking of a system based in its attachment to the physical world. In this prevailing attitude of science, meditation is diminished to mere contemplation.

The goal of a progressing human spirit, through the mind of an evolving soul, is wisdom. Invention, hypothesis, and theory are by-products of this mental process.

- Zoharo DeTafalla - 171 B.E.

1. Chapter #56 of Some Answered Questions by 'Abdu'l - Baha
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