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Let us not be misunderstood. We are not decrying either the worth or the utility of imagination properly used. We are decrying its degeneration into wild fancy, its caricature by foolish hallucination, its misuse and abuse. On the Quest, as in other fields, it is a valuable faculty which can help the aspirant actualize his ideal in everyday living. By its use in intensive meditation it enables him to put into pictorial form what he wants to become. This literally creates his ideal.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 15 : Illuminations > # 4