We have been taught at home, at school, and maybe even by our friends to not go overboard with imagination. After all, a person with too wild an imagination may be considered “out in left field” or “wild” or even “crazy”.

Society often nudges such a wildly imaginative person into the fringes of society to areas open to such imagination like art, music or even esoteric pursuits; areas where vivid imagination could fit right in. Not because it’s bad, but because too strong an imagination is uncomfortable for people to handle, unless of course it’s presented in the right way.

The film Avatar and its sequel, The Way of the Water, are No. 1 & 4 of the largest grossing films ever, with a combined $5 Billion box office revenue. In fact, of the top 10 grossing films only one film is not science fiction - Titanic. What does this tell us? We are drawn to great imaginative stories which transcend our limitations as human beings.Review the full list here.

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Who hasn’t thought of having a superpower, or owning a Lightsaber, or being able to bond with an animal like the Na'vi can bond with using their queue, in Avatar? These stories awaken our dormant intuition that yes, I too can do these things.

I too have a superpower.
I too am able to transcend evil and bring in good.
I too have the ability to bond deeply with animals, plants and human beings with just my thoughts.

Yes you do!
You have all this and more. It is just dormant. It is sleeping. It is untrained and therefore unreliable, and takes energy and learning to awaken it before being confident in using it reliably and consistently.
Your imagination is the key to awakening your inner Avatar.

Nikola Tesla was one of the great geniuses whose inventions have facilitated electricity in your home, the AC motors in your appliances and the HydroElectric Power at Niagara Falls. He was not only a great engineer but an “outside of the box” thinker, having developed inventions through imagination. This is how Tesla described his creative process in 1921:

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Here in brief is my own method: After experiencing a desire to invent a particular thing, I may go on for months or years with the idea in the back of my head. Whenever I feel like it, I roam around in my imagination and think about the problem without any deliberate concentration. This is a period of incubation.

Then follows a period of direct effort. I choose carefully the possible solutions of the problem I am considering, and gradually center my mind on a narrow field of investigation. From the book,
Tesla, Inventor of the Electric Age. W. Bernard Carlson

Everything starts with imagination. You can’t even make a cup of coffee without imagining it first. Yet that’s as far as you get. Imagining coffee, or maybe what you will have for lunch, or the colour of car you want to buy. It’s time to imagine bigger things.

Stretch your imagination. Instead of using your eyes to rewatch your favourite film, use your mind to imagine it and add some new twists to the plot. Imagine a new Avatar film or a new invention in as much detail as you can.

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Lying in bed tonight, let your imagination run wild and see where it takes you. Create a parallel universe or new company, or make a difference in the world in an area you are passionate about. Let it fuel your imagination and Let it Ride. Awaken your super power of imagination and experience the difference it makes in your life.

Wishing you abundance, joy, and ease,
Stephen Dobos