almost everyone, no matter what situation of life he or she is generally in, can imagine him- or herself to be rich, to live in luxury, or to be a ruler of an empire, or to travel the universe, or have even more fanciful, abstract or pleasurable fantasies. so why ever complain about your life situation or some trouble or worry? you can always have pleasure in your mind.
"but!", i hear people say, and they will voice complains. the most grave complaint would be that a fantasy is never as intense or real as something in the real world, and therefore can't give you as much pleasure and satisfaction as a 'real thing'. is this really the case? did you never have a dream that felt more intense emotionally than most things in real life? but, generally, yes, a real situation will feel more intensive, direct, have a bigger impact on most people than something that they imagine.
but this is similar to a child that learns to walk instead of crawling; at the first attempts it will fall down, and if i could reflect on its situation, might think, 'when i walk i get only a meter before falling down. if i continue to crawl i will get to farther places'. but, if it learns to walk, it is much faster than it could be with crawling.
likewise, a man who learns and trains to use his imagination and fantasy, for that man a fantasy will be a thousand times, a million times, infinite times more powerful than anything he can experience in the real world.
but it takes a lot of training and learning and patience, to really train your imagination, so don't give up too early. the result is worthy the effort.
the next complaint would be: someone who puts so much focus in spending time in a fantasy world will have lost contact to the real world and real life. nonsense! someone who is rooted in his imagination will have more energy, more power, more stability to face real life and live in the real world, than someone who lives in the 'real world' only. it is not without possibility that a weak mind *might* lose direction; just as a drunkard might lose control of his car and crash; but that doesn't mean the average man would not be able to drive a car safely.
so, yes, this is what i suggest to you. i'm sure have 30 minutes or 1 hour spare time a day, or likely even more. spent that time to create fantasies, imagined worlds, imagined lives, train your creativity and imagination. make your mind the center. if you do this often, you will reap the benefits, and you will see that the worries others have in real life will touch you less and less. of course, as said before, this is not a "all or nothing thing"; don't neglect your real life while doing so, focus on it and too and try to solve your problems. but don't forget about the purely fictional realms you can focus your fantasies on. it will give you great pleasure and will help to cope with real life better.
and i'm sure, if you do this, you will more and more realize the importance of the idea that this text is about.
it might seem odd to most people, to suggest to put so much focus on fantasy and imagination, than on "real world issues". but, consciously or unconsciously, partly or fully, it's what artists, visionaries, wise man, revolutionaries have done through all the ages of time. and it gave them strength to change the world.
you don't have to worry about a thing anymore again - when you have the ability of using your imagination.
once again, this text does not fully explain the main idea - it is a much larger thing, the background being the idea that rationality and intellect are the highest faculties of a human - and that fantasy and imagination are a subset of rationality and intellect - but it should be a good start.
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