As children, we made great use of our imaginations.

There were no limits. We could fly. We could become Cinderella or Superman at a moment's notice.

We could even imagine living in a Palace, maybe even a Palace of Possibilities (ahem!). What fun!

Whatever we imagined became our own creations.

Sooner or later, however, someone came along and squashed our imaginations by writing on our walls things like...

• "Quit spending your time in fantasy land and get real."
• "Get your head out of the clouds!"
• "Quit dreaming. You'll never be able to live out those things."

Most of us bought this "advice" and don't daydream much any more.

Too bad. Why? Because the purposeful use of daydreaming is one of the most powerful devices we have for moving freely through the Palace of Possibilities.

When combined with affirmations, goals and EFT, daydreams become a magnet which draws us ever forward into the excitement of our tomorrows.

We still have the use of our imaginations and can use them to create fabulous futures. We just need to dust them off.

Please note the ideas that...

1. The brain does not distinguish between what is real and what is vividly imagined.

This allows us to condition our minds with the purposeful use of daydreaming.

We can actually create experiences (as though they were real) that were not there before.

2. Dreams do not necessarily come true but they DO take us in directions.

Let's start with an exercise. Please take everything out of your hands and sit back in your chair.

Hold your hand out in front of you and imagine you are holding a lemon that has been cut in half.

Hold the lemon so you can see the exposed juicy part.

Use your imagination as vividly as you can and feel the texture of the lemon with your fingertips.

Notice the little indent marks on the outer peel as well as the oily feel. Can you feel that?

Now bring it up to your nose and smell it. [ inhales] Can you smell it?

Okay. Bring it back down.

Next, I'm going to have you bite into this lemon.

To do this correctly and get the true purpose behind this exercise, you must put your vivid imagination into it.

That means you must really chomp into this lemon.

Not a little nibble. I want you to really bite it. Ready?

One, two, three, bite...ah-hh and chew it, okay?

Do it like this, agh, agh.

Okay...take it out.

How many of you noticed that you salivated?

 Oh, most of you. That's because you really involved your imaginations. You vividly imagined it.

"The brain does NOT distinguish between what is real and what is vividly imagined."

We are going to make great use out of that idea because the whole daydreaming process relies on that one concept.

Do you want the new weight? Imagine it first.

Do you want to install the new health practice? Imagine it first.

Do you want the new Rolls Royce?

 Imagine yourself sitting behind the wheel and driving it and putting gas in it and paying the bills on it as though they were nothing to you.

Imagine the "new you"....vividly....and your own brain will start taking you in that direction.

After a while, you won't be satisfied with where you were.

You will reach the new vision of yourself and will behave in a manner to bring it about.