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Imagination: An Integral Aspect of Liberating the Heart

With Jill Satterfield recorded on May 21, 2023.

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Our heart/mind is naturally creative; it foresees, remembers, dreams, and perceives.

The products of our imagination shape our intentions, expanding the realm of possibilities beyond what we’ve learned, seen, or experienced thus far.

We can give ourselves permission to imagine and co-create our lives. And once this is cultivated and the doors of perception are more opened, our imaginal and liminal states can become the skillful means to be with what is and what is yet to become.

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