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                           %IMAGINATION AND FANTASY 731005

     Imagination and fantasy are dangerous  in  a  society
which  seeks  to  maintain full control of the behavior of
its  citizens.   That  which  the  self  attends   to   in
essentially  private  states  of consciousness may through
imagination and fantasy express itself in overt  behavior.
Through  visions the  self  may  transcend  the prevailing
dominant  states   of  consciousness;   self  may   become
conscious  of the presence of taboos,  and thereby deprive
taboos of their alienative powers;  self may become  aware
of  collusions in which it participates,  and try  to stop
playing those games;  the self  may  gain a vision of  the
nature of reality which undermines the myths which are the
technocratic foundations of false hope and meaning in  the
society.   In self-defense the society will seek overt and
covert methods  of  discouraging  imagination and fantasy,
and so discourage meditation and prayer.

     Technocrats  have  not yet developed  techniques  for
reading minds,  so that the direct policing of imagination
and  fantasy is not yet possible.  In practice imagination
and fantasy are  controlled by the emotional responses  of
others---when  a self reveals essentially private thoughts
which  have  been defined to be  offensive  or  dangerous.
Another  technique  which  is  effective  is  to  organize
educational  courses on a full control  basis---so  as  to
keep  real  students so busy with required activities that
there is little time left for meditation and prayer.   The
act  of failing to encourage  imagination  and  fantasy---
coupled  with  other inhibitory  decisions and  actions---
constitute the use of yet another channel of communication
to convey the message  that  indulging  in imagination and
fantasy is not  good. Those who engage in evil actions are
defined-out  of  the  community.    While  yet  physically
present, they cease to live.  They become but parts of the
machine which is the technocratic  society.  In 'It'  they
lose their soul.  Estrangement may become total. Cause and
effect then rules totally.   Miracles do not  occur.   The
nature  of reality is dependent upon  the participants  in
and of reality.

     Through  imagination and fantasy that which is not---
will come to be,  and that which is,  will no longer be as
it  is---that all may be renewed.   The new which  invades
reality is perceived as dangerous---by the old which seeks
to maintain full control.   The old has come  to pass, and
the new will be. Such is the miraculous nature of reality.

                         (c) 1999 by Paul A. Smith in
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