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Deep Imagination
“Our imagination has actually two layers, probably more, but two that we should be able to distinguish. The topmost layer is a layer of imagination that we have learned to control, so that we can imagine things upon command…o
The second, and deeper layer, what I have come to call the deep imagination, is a realm that is not under our control. In fact it is a layer that is significantly alive, that has its own direction and relationship with who we are however much we might dispute this. It is also the layer that can guide us back into our wholeness, for that is its job, and throughout historical time it has tried to do this in various ways. We have usually interpreted its presence in either religious or magical ways. Interpretation is our problem. The deep imagination was never meant to be interpreted. It was meant to be met directly and engaged with as a living element, having its own intelligence and its own purpose. We have usually tried to second guess it in order to fit it into our everyday lives. In other words, our tendency is to attempt to manipulate it from the standpoint of our Ego or identity. We try to make it serve us rather than forming a companionship with it and allowing it to guide us.”
- Steve Gallegos
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“Deep imagery is a dimension with its own integrity, and although we may try to control it and manipulate it the way…
