"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Your imagination os your preview of life's coming attractions" -Albert Einstein.

What do the great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the legendary inventors like Thomas Edison, Madam Curie, the trendy writers like Chetan Bhagat, Arundhati Roy and the elite industrialists like Dheerubhai Ambani, Ratan Tata or every other successful person had in common apart from the will and devotion to turn their dreams into reality. 

They had the power of Imagination! The ability to think and visualize themselves at their dream position. They had the power through which they got constant motivation and strength to craft a niche for themselves. As oxford defines creativity as "the ability of the mind to be creative and resourceful." It is where the resources generate and take a shape that give directions to your life.

Understanding the Power of Imagination 

Spread out your palms at equal levels before you. Now imagine that you have a heavy book kept on your right palm and a light feather on your left palm. Now for the next five minutes close your eyes and try feeling the heaviness of the imaginary book kept on your right palm and the softness of the light feather on your left palm. When you open your eyes after the five minutes you will notice that your right palm is a bit lower than your left one. This is the power of Imagination that gives you the ability to feel the non existing things and picturise the non happening events. You can go places without travelling and also feel a moment that you have yet not achieved but aspire to. 

How to build a strong Imagination Power

The habit of imagining a scene when one is being dictated or taught a lesson during school or preliminary education should be inculcated in children from the very first days of learning. Teach your little toddlers 'A' is for 'Apple', B is for 'Boy;... and 'I' is for 'Imagination'. While you read be it a newspaper, a magazine or a novel try imagining the events in your mind. For example if a line says "A fat man climbing on a tree"; try drawing a picture of a fat man in your thoughts who is trying to climb a tree. Reading further keep adding images to your thought process. 

Add the power of imagination to your thinking. Whatever you wish to achieve, whichever position you wish to be at, imagine yourself already there, imagine how would it feel to be at the level you aspire to be at. You will feel motivated and more enthusiastic. Yoga gurus across the world have stressed on the importance of meditation that helps sharpen the mind and your ability of thought and imagination. Take out some time from your schedule for yourself and indulge in meditation in a sound environment. Relax your mind and let go off your worries out of your body for some moments. 

And do not forget you should imagine about all the good things in life that you want to achieve. Negative thoughts will only lead to depression and a lowdown on your confidence. 

Imagination gives birth to creativity

Questions often asked in many job or selection interviews are of the type where the interview panel gives you a situation to imagine and then asks you to give the steps or your approach to handle it. You have to start a thought cycle in your mind and come with answers that would impress the interviewers. Imagining one self as the role player under a situation can help to ponder over the solutions more effectively. In the fiercely competitive world of today organisations are always on the look out for individuals who can bring in innovations and creativity to add to their profits. To stand out in the market one requires to be distinct and develop a Unique Selling Point for its services and products. 

Every painting that is made, every film that is produced, every novel that is written came into being through the very first thought and the very first picture in the minds of the artist, the producer and the writer respectively. It all started with imagination, a virtual image in the mind. 

Achieve your Goals

Every successful person whosoever had once imagined themselves at the position they wished and struggled for. It all starts with an imagination. Medical research has shown that a person who might be suffering from a dreadful disease if has faith and imagines himself being fit and fine sooner or later will recover faster. 

Its said that you attract your wishes and desires through imagination. It is the most powerful tool that gave birth to all the mind bogging inventions of all time. The history of the world is full of great people who used their imagination to their best of ability and reached heights. Every invention that has become an inevitable part of our lives now was born out of the imagination in some one's mind that took shape through hard-work and devotion.  So friends equip your mind with the unique gift God has bestowed on mankind..The power to Imagine!