Comments on: Getting Imaginal http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/21/getting-imaginal/ Positioning within the Imaginal Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:40:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ccseed http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/21/getting-imaginal/comment-page-1/#comment-7747 ccseed Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:53:04 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2689#comment-7747 Great question. There are many things that can be done to foster a<br />world view that includes the imaginal for children. The easiest is to<br />have casual discussions at the breakfast table revolving around the<br />previous nights dreams (if the content is appropriate that is). Such<br />conversations send the message that the images left by the unconscious<br />in the margins of consciousness have value and are to be honored.<br /><br />It's a great topic Jeb. I think I'll post on it. Great question. There are many things that can be done to foster a
world view that includes the imaginal for children. The easiest is to
have casual discussions at the breakfast table revolving around the
previous nights dreams (if the content is appropriate that is). Such
conversations send the message that the images left by the unconscious
in the margins of consciousness have value and are to be honored.

It's a great topic Jeb. I think I'll post on it.

]]> By: Jeb http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/21/getting-imaginal/comment-page-1/#comment-7746 Jeb Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:07:16 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2689#comment-7746 What do you do, Richard, to encourage the imaginal in your children? Is it just a matter of letting them think/feel/believe what their young minds naturally do? Without imposing the limits of society on them ("oh stop it, that's not possible, you can't do that, that's not realistic")? Or is there a more proactive approach? What do you do, Richard, to encourage the imaginal in your children? Is it just a matter of letting them think/feel/believe what their young minds naturally do? Without imposing the limits of society on them ("oh stop it, that's not possible, you can't do that, that's not realistic")? Or is there a more proactive approach?

]]> By: ccseed http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/21/getting-imaginal/comment-page-1/#comment-7745 ccseed Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:05 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2689#comment-7745 Another way society as a whole lessens the value of the imaginal is<br />through the mass consumption of drugs and alcohol, so that the<br />flirtation with altered states of consciousness gets attributed to the<br />substance alone, and not the imaginal which we are all heirs to... Another way society as a whole lessens the value of the imaginal is
through the mass consumption of drugs and alcohol, so that the
flirtation with altered states of consciousness gets attributed to the
substance alone, and not the imaginal which we are all heirs to…

]]> By: Douglas http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/21/getting-imaginal/comment-page-1/#comment-7744 Douglas Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:52:44 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2689#comment-7744 Good point about the imaginal! "While we exercise the faculty of imagination, it remains solely a tool of the ego to posit possibilities." Unfortunately this applies to me. I tend to get really stressed when using the imagination in any other way. I have some ideas as to why this is (a desire to shut down), but the implications of societies attitude towards the imaginal will no doubt have contributed. Interesting post, lots to think about :) Good point about the imaginal!

"While we exercise the faculty of imagination, it remains solely a tool of the ego to posit possibilities."

Unfortunately this applies to me. I tend to get really stressed when using the imagination in any other way. I have some ideas as to why this is (a desire to shut down), but the implications of societies attitude towards the imaginal will no doubt have contributed.

Interesting post, lots to think about :)

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