One benefit of having an active imagination that you honor and hold space for is you get to see things before they happen. And the more vividly you see things before they happen, the more real the feelings about these happenings can be. And the more real the feelings are, the more you stand to learn from the experience… before it ever happens.
…Which allows you to apply these visualized learnings to your life minus all the painful trial and error.
Some examples where this is particularly useful:
- Vividly imagining a presentation so that you can experience the feelings and flow and make the necessary adjustments before the actual one.
- Vividly imagining how various life paths might unfold so you can better navigate your day-to-day decision making before “life happens.”
- Vividly imagining death so the reality of how fleeting and short life is can once again come to life in your being.
Do you have a space that you honor that’s for your imagination to roam and explore the possibilities of the future? If not… you might be experiencing more error from your trials than you need to.