Note from guest author, Pavla: I’m very excited to share my first article with you! I live in the Czech Republic, completed Level 5 this year, and love exploring the intersection of consciousness, imagination, and the mechanics of spiritual tools — often through the lens of technology.
Stop Making Things Up
If you’ve spent some time in Mastering Alchemy, you’ve probably heard it said: “Your imagination was stolen from you at a very early age.”
– “Stop making things up!”
– “Fairies don’t exist!”
– “Don’t lie.”
And so we stopped. We stopped pretending, stopped making up stories, stopped seeing invisible friends, or believing we could talk to the stars. We put all of that into a little box labeled “childish nonsense,” and we tried to be “normal” and fit in. We even started to believe that imagination was something only artists had, people like Mozart or Michelangelo.
You know the thoughts:
– “I can’t draw.”
– “I can’t sing.”
– “I’m not creative.”
And just like that, imagination became a luxury for the gifted — definitely not a natural part of who we are.
Maybe, imagination isn’t what I think it is.
As we walk the path of Mastering Alchemy, we’re often invited to ask: “What do you want?” But most of us begin this process by realizing what we don’t want. It takes time to clear out part of the backpack, to slow down enough and genuinely ask: “Gosh… what do I truly want?”
Eventually, we reach a place where we realize that in order to choose something new, we must re-engage our imagination. But how? Where is it? Was it ever really gone?
Here’s the shift that came to me over the past few days:
It’s not imagination that was stolen — it was my free will to use it.
What if imagination has always been there, running quietly in the background, like an operating system? Just like your smartphone needs iOS or Android to function, our reality imagination needs to operate.
For many of us, it became programmed by others — by parents, teachers, ministers, the collective field — until we no longer recognize it. We believed we’d lost our imagination. But in truth, we had probably just stopped seeing it and steering it.
Imagination as Empowerment
Bios of your consciousness
In computer terms, think of imagination as the BIOS of your consciousness — the foundational layer. Without it, nothing in the world can exist. Literally, nothing. Every choice, every action, every creation starts with an imagined version. Even something as simple as brushing your teeth in the morning: you imagine the movement, the outcome, the feeling. And then — it happens. We imagine everything before it becomes real, either:
– Unconsciously, through programs running in the background,
or
– Consciously, through present-moment awareness and intention.
Even the Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word…” But before the Word could be spoken, it had to be imagined. And every other thing — every form, pattern, and expression — had to be imagined before it could come into being. And right now, it still is. In every… single… moment.
In a recent conversation with a friend, we discussed how the imagination acts like a feedback loop with the ‘Universe’ or ‘All that Is’. Every time you imagine something, you’re sending a signal into the field of all possibilities from your inner world to be created in the outer one. This acts like a signal which harmonizes, collapses, and begins to shape form.
Imagination is not a toy, it’s not a fantasy, it is an interface between you and Creation. And when children are told “stop imagining,” they are not merely discouraged from fantasy, they are not just being corrected. They are being:
– disconnected from the field of possibilities
– instructed to mistrust their potential — to doubt their own inner vision
– trained to outsource imagination to cultural scripts — reducing free will to conformity
This is not the theft of imagination — it is the collapse of sovereignty.
What can we do now?
First, we give ourselves permission to reframe what imagination means.
We don’t need to find it, it has always been with us. Just like we can’t find our glasses when they’re already sitting on our nose — we can’t find imagination by looking outside ourselves.
We simply need to turn inward:
– To observe our own internal processes.
– To be quiet, present, and aware of how we function in our ordinary, day-to-day reality.
Second, what can really help this process is simply beginning to pretend.
Start with something small. Practice when it doesn’t count.
So let’s play.
Here are a few small things to try:
Place sticky notes with the word “Imagination” around your home. Whenever you see one, pause. Take a moment to imagine a fun thought, purely just to make you smile. Play!
Gently disrupt your usual routines:
– Try changing the order of your morning ritual. Take your shower first. Brush your teeth after.
– Delay or buy your coffee in a new café. Just shift the pattern, even a little.
– Or choose a different path to work or to the store. Or discover new paths.
Play with the energy tools from Mastering Alchemy:
– Feel the Rose at the edge of your aura
– Sense being contained in the shape of the octahedron
– Speak words into your field and experience them
– Play with changing the colors of your crown chakra with gold… or blue… or green.
Become your own inner scientist — explore which tools work best, in which spaces, and in which states of being.
Ask yourself often:
– “How do I want to feel today?”
– “What version of me would love to live this moment?”
– ”What do I want to create?”
– And — be prepared for miracles.
In Closing:
The Question That Creates
Maybe imagination is not what you think it is.
Maybe imagination is not only how we dream — it’s how reality is selected.
Maybe it’s something that is “thinking you into being”.
Here’s my invitation:
– Pause.
– Take a breath.
– Don’t try to “do” imagination
– There is nothing to force.
– Nothing to fix.
– Nothing to figure out.
– Just allow it to flow… to rise… to move through you.
Then ask gently — “Hmmm” — “What do I want?” — “What do I truly desire?”