WHAT IFS 2

Horrors or delights we dream of or dread.

Called potentials, that we envision; we may even manifest, some say.

Little creative beans

with our building blocks of fear or desire.

It is but the survival tricks of the mind!

Our reptilian back-brain needs Hows and Whens to survive;

to work out the dangers and where safety lurks -

where the next meal comes from.

We have shadows behind us

and underneath, within -

pits of darkness, 

whether personal or archetypal, 

where we store stuff we don’t like to acknowledge -

hidden in our genes and lineage.

Whilst our shadows are fully visible,

  see-through - if we look behind us;

albeit not projections or copies

but follow-on reflections, inanimate echoes.

What and where is Imagination, then?

A capacity to invent and feed on these fears

as well as hopes?

an ability to project unreality,

a makeshift phantasmagoria or staged scenario

to terrorise, allure or even distract.

See our games for fun or war,

playing fields of competition

 or drama for egos!

It is also truly creative,

being a living fractal of the Whole, 

imbued with boundless finity -

propelled by almighty Love.