Wed, May 18, 2005
The Imagination Test
What shapes how you see things?
lee, your imagination is fueled by a subconscious desire for Intimacy.

The stories in the deepest recesses of your imagination suggest that close connections and intimate relationships are of great importance to you. They may also indicate that you have a fear of being alone. Your subconscious feeds your imagination. It is where your deepest thoughts and feelings are housed and it has great power over how you experience and interpret the world.

You can't control your subconscious, but you can learn from it. In fact, it's the fastest path to knowing what you really need and want.
Do you have needs that are going unfulfilled?
Are you puzzled by how you interpret events?
Do you have issues that you want to address, but you don't know where to begin?
It's possible your imagination is trying to tell you something.

The Da Vinci Code

Sat, May 07, 2005

~..."Meaning that history is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books - books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?' "... "By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account."...

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~"...every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Eygptians through modern Sunday school. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. the problems arise when we begin to believe literally in out own metaphors."...

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~..."The Bible represents a fundamental guidepost for millions of people on the planet, in much the same way the Koran, Torah, and Pali Canon offer guidance to people of other religions. If..."

Sophie looked skeptical. "My friends who are devout Christians definitely believe that Christ literally walked on water, literally turned waterinto wine, and was born of a literal virgin birth."

"My point exactly," Langdon said. "Religious allegory has become a part of the fabric of reality. And living in that reality helps millions of people cope and be better people ."

"But it appears their reality is false."

Langdon chuckled. "No more false than that of a mathematical cryptographer who believes in the imaginary number 'i' because it helps her break codes."...