Awakening Your IMAGINATION How to Tap Into the Limitless Power Within You to Manifest Your Wildest Dreams By Paul Bauer and Susan Castle Awakening Your IMAGINATION BY PAUL BAUER AND SUSAN CASTLE Dreams Alive Publishing 1755 Partridge Lane Suite #2 Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Copyright © 2009 By Paul Bauer and Susan Castle All rights reserved. This book is dedicated to the Inspired Dreamer in all of us. May you dare to soar to heights beyond your Imagination… THE MISSION OF AWAKENING YOUR IMAGINATION Our vision is to awaken the infinite power of your imagination to inspire you to create the life your Heart desires and, in doing so, to serve the planet and mankind. It is our intent, our mission, to help you reconnect to Source, remember your Soul’s Essence, and find the inspiration to fully and completely express your authentic self and your unique gifts. When you tap into your pure Heart, you are tapping into The Awakened Imagination State. It is the state of unconditional love and complete self acceptance. In the Awakened Imagination State, you have stepped into the flow of life… there are no needs or desires because this powerful state of being holds everything all at the same time… in a state of pure peacefulness, pure manifestation. The Awakened Imagination State is free from any conditions, judgments, or critical mind dialogue. It’s a profound feeling of deep inner peace. It is a state of absolute acceptance, and unconditional love—a love that is infinite, a love you can trust, a love that is eternal. The Awakened Imagination State gives us the most exquisite experience of Oneness, you and your Creator as One. In this heavenly state, there is no separation, there is no pain, no suffering. There is only Love through the Oneness. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 1 The Gift of Imagination 6 2 Essential Breathing 17 3 Clarity 24 4 Manifesting Your Intent 37 5 Gratitude 57 6 The Key to Awakening the Power 67 of Your Imagination 7 The Infinite Power of Your 80 Imagination 8 The New Understanding of 93 Imagination 9 “Everyday Imagination” 99 10 The Power of Intent 107 Chapter 1 THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION ”Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception” Samuel Taylor Coleridge If you've received this kit, I imagine we may know a little about you... You long for a simpler way to create what you want. You've already studied and read courses of many different kinds to help you clear fear, uncertainty or doubt and attract what you want. You're tired of materialism and you know that getting more "stuff" won’t bring you the happiness you truly desire. And maybe—just maybe—you long to remember what it’s like to feel the magic of a child. Carefree... Inspired, playful, full of wonder and awe… Living in the moment, connected to your Spirit. If that captures at least some of who you are, then this book (and kit) will help you break free of old conditioned thoughts and step into a whole new way of being. This Kit will remind you of your Essence, who you really are. Awakening Your Imagination 7 If I could share one thing with you that has helped me transform my entire life (as well as the lives of every person I admire and have learned from), that one thing - that critical ingredient is... Pure Imagination… Not the kind that you were told when you were a kid when you heard "Oh that's just your imagination!" or "You're just imagining that." What I'm talking about is the single greatest creative force in your life. And that creative force is Imagination. The dictionary defines imagination as: Im*ag`i*na"tion\, n. 1. The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental images. 2. The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy. ...which is getting close to the way we’re about to share with you in the rest of this book. But there's more... Much more. 8 Awakening Your Imagination The kind of Imagination that I’m referring to is the Force that Yoda refers to in Star Wars. It's what the great sages like Rumi spoke about when they told stories of "The Field". It’s the kind of magic that Walt Disney tapped into and Charles Schultz to create Snoopy. In the words of one of the greatest teachers of the true meaning of Imagination, Neville says: "…the power which makes the forgiveness of sins, the achievement of our goals inevitable" Imagination has no boundaries. That's the kind of Imagination that we’re referring to. It's not limited to what you think is possible. If you have a challenge or problem in your life, the only way you can stop it from being solved is to fail to imagine it in a different way. For you see, the solution to every life problem lies within your imagination. But what if you've already dreamed of a better life and it hasn't shown up yet? We’ll address that issue in this book. As you continue on in the Awakened Imagination Membership Program, you will learn ever more powerful ways of transforming even what you might consider your most impossible dreams into reality. To be honest, what you want may not happen as fast as you'd like (or it may happen faster than you thought), but with the “Imagination Formula" that we’ll share with you in this book, you'll gain two significant benefits just by using it: 1) You'll feel empowered and inspired right now - the moment you use it Awakening Your Imagination 9 2) You'll instantly tap into new ideas, possibilities, and solutions that may never have come to you In the process, you'll feel more alive, passionate, and energized than you have in years. Too big a promise perhaps? Not when you put your Heart and Soul into what you love. That’s a KEY part of the magic within you. Did you catch it? Three key words: • Heart • Soul • LOVE So many of us have lost that feeling of passion and LOVE for what we do. But it's that energy of LOVE that people are drawn to, like a beacon in the night. When your whole Heart is in your work or your play - time seems to stand still. You've captured the essence of what the sages and the poets have been saying for years. When you do what you love, your life has a rich meaning and you come to know why you're here... To help humanity and to make this world a better place. Why We Wrote This Book Years ago, when I worked for "Corporate America", I longed for a better way—a simpler way. I knew down deep that I was never meant to be in an office, working like a lemming—waiting for the next project and for the next drip of recognition and praise. 10 Awakening Your Imagination Even when I was at my peak—when I sold a six-figure contract to a major trading company in Chicago—I remember the feeling I had that night before I went to sleep... I felt incomplete... And I couldn’t figure out why. If you remember that old song by Peggy Lee called "Is That All There Is", that's how I felt. Do you know what I mean? Have you ever felt that way? It was as if something was missing but I couldn't figure out what "it" was. I continued on with the same approach (suspecting that something still wasn't quite right). So, I studied more, read books of all kinds, listened to tapes (this is before CD's hit it big), attended seminars and even had personal sessions with different kinds of coaches and therapists. Something in me slowly began to shift... A "Perception Into The Deception" As the old sage Vernon Howard calls it, I began to have a "perception into the deception." The deception that he's referring to is the one the mind plays on us for as long as we choose to play by its rules. The Rules of the “Matrix” If you've ever seen the movie "The Matrix", the character named Neo struggles with the concept that he has been hypnotized for so long and not even known it. He realizes that's the "Matrix". The world of illusion that we believe is reality, but we forget it’s just a replay of what we lived yesterday. We forget it’s an illusion.