The Importance of Being Imaginal
The Primacy of Consciousness: Imagination as Ultimate Reality
When Einstein declared, “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” he touched upon a fundamental truth humanity had not yet created the technological capacity to prove. Even so, I would go further.
I would amend the statement, in all humility, to say, “Imagination IS Knowledge.”
Our understanding of quantum mechanics and consciousness is rapidly evolving due to mind-blowing experiments questioning the building blocks of reality as we currently conceive of them.
We're discovering that imagination isn't merely more important than knowledge—imagination is the fundamental substance of reality itself, with space-time emerging as its shadow play. What does that even mean?
Great question.
Consider for a moment how we experience beauty.
When we encounter something beautiful—a mathematical equation, a piece of music, or a sunset—we don't feel like we're creating that beauty. Instead, we experience ourselves discovering something that feels eternal,…
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