how to imagine realistically

Do you believe in the multiverse?

Do you know the theory of the multiverse?

As per this theory, our universe is just one place in the void. There can be an infinite number of other universes.

This means that there can be infinite chances that other planets in other planetary ecosystems have life like our earth has.

There are conspiracy theories that if you travel through black holes, you can reach other parallel worlds.

Want to try it? Maybe Elon Musk will be ecstatic to help you.

Do you believe in Déjà vu?

Research says that Deja Vu incidents are the proof of the existence of parallel worlds.

You might have felt like some random non-deliberate incidents have happened already in the past and the same things are happening again. Deja Vu incidents usually stay for very short time periods, maybe a few seconds. You feel like the surroundings, incidents and happenings are all very familiar as if they happened before; though they have not happened.

It is said that such events happen when ‘YOU’ in this world and another version of ‘YOU’ in a parallel universe are doing the same thing at the same time at the same place. So, both of you are SYNCHRONISED.

Now the chance for both ‘YOU’s to live a similar life is statistically very minimal, but it still happens. – This is one explanation of Deja Vu.

Anyway, the point of telling all these is that, whatever you can think of, is possible in the multiverse.

But not in this world.

There are some limits to imagine in our world.

Some people only believe in hard facts. Some are always blind to acknowledge the facts and both types are idiots.

Why is realistic imagination helpful?

There should be a healthy balance between reality and imagination to have good mental peace.

Because, when you are always checking the facts, then you are actually confining yourself and limiting your thoughts and when you do that, you are always reluctant to be open to new thinking.

So called scientific facts are much inferior to the secrets of the Universe. This is because science is very limited to prove everything and even if it proves something, it often hides it due to political reasons.

As an example, some of you never believe in the existence of ghosts. You either say that it’s rubbish in the 21st century or you say that you don’t believe it as you have never seen one. Who might say, maybe someone (or something) is watching you from behind while you read this book.

On the other hand, when you are always reluctant to accept general scientific knowledge, you stay ignorant.

Hinduism and idolatry (worshipping idols)

When I was in school, there was a story in our textbook. It was about how a bunch of superstitious people started to worship a random stone found on the road. It was a Bengali story called ‘Birth of a New God’ [translation from Bengali- Debotar Jonmo] by a famous author Shibram Chakraborty.

Author saw how one day a random pedestrian saw a stone lying beside the road and that pedestrian took that stone and put it under a clean basement under a tree. The next day, the author saw that some people had applied vermilion (Sindoor in Indian language) and put some flowers in front. Then after a few days the author was shocked to see how one priest had set up his tools and literally worshipped the stone. People were gathering, praying and donating money.

In Hinduism, people pray to idols and stones and the rest of the world criticises Hinduism for that and accuses them of inferior spirituality.

IN ACTUAL, the Hindus don’t pray to just any random objects. Whatever object it is, be it a stone or an idol, it is an icon for them to represent a higher energy which is infinite.

And the objects they worship have specific significance. As an example, in Hinduism, people worship banyan [Ficus benghalensis] trees. Do you know the reason?

The reason is- all trees emit oxygen (O2) at day and carbon-di-oxide (CO2) at night. So, people have risks of inhaling CO2 and dying if they sleep under trees at night. The only exception is banyan trees, which emit O2 at night as well and thus is a safe place to rest for humans.

Hindus worship Banyan trees to show respect and gratitude towards such greatness.

In similar ways, Tulsi/Basil [Ocimum tenuiflorum] is a cure for 100s of diseases and thus it is valued. It is symbolised as God Narayana but it is not totally baseless.

In maths, when we represent Infinite, we use the symbol ‘∞’.

The concept of infinite says that something is bigger than the biggest thing you can think of. So, you can’t actually think of anything infinite (duh!!). it is untouchable and incomprehensible.

But the symbol ‘∞’ is quite finite. You can see it, write it or even utter the word ‘infinite’. Here we are representing something superior with a mere icon.

Why should you not trust only science or only imagination?

When you are relying on only science or only imagination, you remain ignorant.

But when you understand the science behind imagination, you attain higher mental peace. I have explained this in the chapter of Manifestation in detail.

However, it is not easy to attain. Being able to separate reality from imagination tends to require maturity.

How to imagine realistically?

The first step to accept realistic imagination is to understand that you don’t know much and then start keeping an open mind.

This is why sometimes; prayers can cause miracles sometimes. We will discuss this too at some time.

Imagination and realism are two different poles and both do not need each other to exist. But if they do, the combination may be infinitely powerful.

The more you know facts, the more conscious you become and the more you imagine based on those facts. It actually hurts your brain and this is the curse of knowledge.

But some of you will choose this. One way to be conscious is to ask with ‘why’.

‘Why do you actually do what we do?’

‘Why does it actually happen as it happens?’

WHY-WHY-WHY

‘WHY’ is a powerful word. But unfortunately, or fortunately, science does not have a large majority of answers and surprisingly, sometimes, imagination will let you find that answer.

The level of facts and imagination also vary based on time, place and people.

When you were born, you had no idea of worshipping or religion.

Then your parents teach you to pray and make it a habit when you are a kid.

And then you grow up, reach teenage and face some hardships of life. You choose to stop praying as your prayers are not answered.

Later when you become old and sick, you plead to a higher entity to give your relief.

Then you lose your memory.

Back to square one.

Honestly, it does not matter if you don’t pray to God or pray to God.

It’s a personal choice. Just don’t force others to follow your views.

Don’t try to find evidence with biasedness at all times- modern science does not have all answers.

And …

Don’t try to imagine with biasedness all the time- it keeps you ignorant.

What you should try to do is to explore different verticals to establish a better fate than what you have faith in now.

Finding spirituality in realistic imagination

Life is almost always about self-exploration. So, explore yourself rather than negating others.

Whenever someone tells me that he or she is an atheist, I smile. Because at some point of their lives, they will 100% start believing in the presence of a higher entity.

It does not mean that they will throw flowers at God’s idols. But deep down, they will have faith in the superior force to attain mental peace.

On the other hand, actually I haven’t personally met anyone who only relies on imagination.

Modern day radical feminists might have a high-level imagination. They never see the facts that go in favour of women. This induces toxicity and they fail.

The bottom line is, when you have a realistic imagination, you are more open minded and you know more secrets.