what is the meaning of imagination???
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·mag·i·na·tion (ĭ-măj′ə-nāshən)\n n. \n\n\n1. \n\na. The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.\n b. The mental image so formed.\n c. The ability or tendency to form such images.\n\n 2. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the problems with great imagination. \n3. A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.\n 4. Archaic \n\na. An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.\n b. A plan or scheme.\n\n\n\n\ni·mag′i·nation·al adj. \n\nSynonyms: imagination, fancy, fantasy\n These nouns refer to the power of the mind to form images, especially of what is not present to the senses. Imagination is the most broadly applicable: "In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature" (Wallace Stevens). Fancy especially suggests mental invention that is whimsical, capricious, or playful and that is characteristically well removed from reality: "All power of fancy over reason is a degree of insanity" (Samuel Johnson). Fantasy is applied principally to elaborate or extravagant fancy as a product of the imagination given free rein: "The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy" (Lionel Trilling).
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Read books, take drawing lessons, cook, day dream....just keep your brain active and use your imagination more!!
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if a person has never seen anything before, they're perception of things is quite different than ours. even by touch, they still cannot form images like we do. our dreams consist of everything we've ever encountered, so our imagination cannot be limited.by not having that sense of image your brain relies on other stimuli to interpret their\nenviroment.
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Feelings of desire for someone based on fantasy as to what could be or might be, but not what actually is.
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they say the imagination is the greatist sex stimulator. enjoy your selfs to the boundry of you comfort level!!!
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Firstly, in honour of the late C E M Joad, it may depend on what exactly you mean by the various terms you use.\nThat's not a trivial opening for miscommunication.\n\nIs an ethereal plane a given, capable of definition, or is that a hypothetical construct too?\n\nTaking reality and non-reality in a popular sense, the nature of reality will be a question for anyone delving into philosophy and the mind.  Simple visual illusions are all that are required to distinguish between "perception" and "reality".\nThere is discussion that self-awareness may only be an illusion of identity (following Libets' and others' experiments on brain potential and subjective experience) \n\nAnd a url is given for the discussion that an individual's subjective existence is more likely to be a computer simulation than "real life", which may be closer to what you had in mind.
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I hadn't heard that before. If they are then it is your own personal truth. I don't think I do believe this statement. Dreams are the minds way of assisting you to sort throught a puzzle or dilemma or problem. Something you might not have even realised consciously that you were pondering. I am talking about the subconscious mind and the unconscious mind. If a dream is not precognitive ie. a vision of a future event (most dreams are not precognitive), then it is a dramatisation by the mind using expressions, images, words etc that are known to yourself. The mind generates a play if you like and you the sleeper are the only audience. So you are the only one who can recognise the images/expressions used in the play to understand what if any underlying message is there. Knowing this then saying dreams are the invention of truth is quite a sweeping generalisation which in fact, does not really tell you anything at all. Sounds like pretentious rubbish to me.
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dreams do not always mean what they are about. they are more of subconcious memorys. \nwhat do you do?  what can you do?
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It means you are doing something that is traditionally believed to be possible only by God. Like creating and taking life, for example.\n\nHope this helps.
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i think dreams do have meanings/. here is a website on what some dreams mean:\nhttp://www.dreamsleep.net/
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YES, its way normal to have an imagination. I do that often as well. What I would do to be able to grab the back of my coworkers ratted hair and slam her head on the desk a few times......
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strange fantasy....\nits a name,  that doesn't vary much from language to language. its just the accent that varies.  but good luck, i guess.
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It means that you have not yet "let him go." Or, you could just have a vivid imagination.
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A little bit of imagination
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Your question assumes that dreams have a meaning. Personally, I see them as random biproducts of our brain's biochemistry. It's true that most dreams can be interpreted to have some kind of meaning; with a little creativity, pretty much every story, song, or work of art can be given an infinite amount of meanings. The reason dreams are hard to understand is that they weren't really meant to have a message in the first place.
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I just learned this... When people have worries or anticipations their unconcious mind comes alive during their sleep. Every dream has a meaning. If it's a nightmare, evaluate the dream there may be something in the dream that you need to recognize. Dreams are always telling you something!
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A figment of my imagination, right?