"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
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I'm a strong advocate for science -- so, don't try to convince me that UFO's, telekinesis, fairies, or anything like that is real; There's just no point.
Speak, instead, to me about imagination -- about Love, about the Heart, about new ways of living and thinking. Tell me about your ideals, and your dreams for the future. Paint worlds with image and sound.
For all their struggles with the religious, the superstitious, I have yet to hear a scientist say, "There is no such thing as the human heart."
When we envision that our society is "realistic," we should question that. How we interact, and how we think, -- what we value: These are imaginary things.
The thing is, our imagination is vitally important. When we say "these are imaginary things," we need to understand that our values and ideals are imaginary. That doesn't mean that they don't matter, because everything that matters to us is imaginary. Meaning is imaginary. Love is imaginary. It's all "that which happens in the neurons in the head."
This is where science and spirituality really unite. Not in bulldozing science, but in realizing that the imaginary is real, and we need to reassess how we think about what is imaginary.
