Dictionary.com says that imagination is the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses. For our purposes here it is basically just that except with great passion. God says of man: “And the LORD said, behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
You know there is a scripture in the bible that goes; “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled” 2Co 10:4-6.
Okay, so here we go six things:
- God says we can do anything we imagine.
2 .Our imagination is as an image; a picture of something we want or somewhere we would like to go.
3. Our imagination in birthed in a thought and is the bridge from that thought to the manifestation (negatively “strong hold”) of the thing desired. The above scripture while describing the principle in reverse i.e. manifestations-imaginations-thoughts clearly give the concept a biblical foundation and shows that thoughts should be gate checked to keep the imagination “picture” and spirit man (also called the heart of man) in the desired state.
4. The Material manifestation of the desired thing or action is brought into reality by the human spirit (the so called subconscious mind) for he has received a clear and concise mandate from the imagination and has involuntarily accomplished the task.
5. The imagination is fashioned by the spirit of man (subconscious mind) and will reflect that which is the essence of his heart (spirit) be it evil or good.
6. Napoleon Hill says there are two kinds of imagination; synthetic, that draws from old concepts and ideas and creative. He refers to Infinite Intelligence and capitalizes it (Him). I think he is speaking again about that Sixth Sense Fellow, you know, The Holy Spirit. As I work on this series; He, the Holy Spirit is literally flooding me with thoughts and ideas. I am writing several a day.