Elsewhere

Elsewhere

Neuroscience of imaginations

At this moment

With all the adjectives

you are just yourself

with your physical state

easy to see and locate

But where and who are you inside your head?

You have got the Power to be here and Elsewhere.

Here is your reality

In this knowable universe, on planet Earth

In this place you state as your world.

But do you have many worlds?

What is that different world of yours?

A different planet, different universe or a next Cosmos?

A written world, a visual world or a wonderland, perhaps?

A real world or fiction?

Exactly! You have got the power of Imagination.

This gives you a taste

Of the desired alternate perspect

You can flee

Away from current time and place

From your emotions and may be from yourself

It gives you a Power to Escape.

Is it a process or an art, in fact?

The prefrontal cortex masters the act

It shifts your ‘reference point’

Projects ‘self’ to ‘someone else’

From ‘now’ to ‘then’

And turns ‘here’ to ‘there’

A Power of changing reality to Elsewhere.

With every shift you make

A different neural network you create

You build up your mental workspace

New ideas are born

Resulting in setting new plans, goals and actions

Hence, “Intelligence isn’t knowledge

But the Power of Imaginations”

It also has a way through

The medial temporal lobe

That which can ‘remember’

And retrieve long term memories

A keeper of hope

A center of navigation

A part that gives you direction

A Power of well-directed Imagination

You can imagine whatever you desire

And for a moment you let go your fear

Thanks to oxytoxin that gets released

It calms you down, makes you happy

And you feel at ease.

So, when at times, in this overwhelming place

You feel helpless, depressed or powerless

I hope you don’t forget yourself entirely

You must remember this act of Infinity.

You may escape, create, wander or navigate

With your perfect imperfections

All you have is the

POWER OF IMAGINATIONS!