Concept of Fantasy

people have a weird habit, which is rarely acknowledged but often used - imagining things

we are all creative beings by our very nature. our basic self is ego-less, creative and peace loving. we desire happiness more than dullness and peace more than anger sprints. this desire of ours to look away from the regular mundane things and rise above the routine dullness gives rise to yet another human phenomenon-FANTASY

fantasy can be termed as an organized way of imagining objects and conceptualizing them into a framework of interconnected relations which may or may not exist.

fantasies have a very broad spectrum - from delusions to bare truths - all set in the same frame: the human mind

Delusional Fantasies: these are the ones which people come to believe even if they don't exist in reality. these occur to people who have either gotten an overdose of information from the physical world and are unable to digest it all at once, or are on a self inflicted dose of drugs and depression. these are false works of fiction and have no relation to reality. any similarity hence spotted shall be mere coincidences.

Reductionist Fantasies: these come from pure logic. they are still highly acceptable, but mostly false. some may prove to be true, but that happens very rarely, as in case of Galileo and Newton.

Imaginative Fantasies: well... these are the hardest to define, and detect too. people can keep imagining 24x7. so this fantasy has a wide scope of application and huge spectrum of sources. these are used by everyone, ranging from children with their fairies up to criminals with their obsessions. virtually it has no limits. but then there is a final level of fantasy which may prove to be our ultimate truth one day.

Spiritual Fantasies: these are our deep rooted, super conscious, ultimate seeds of prosperous living. they begin by either religious exposures or exaggerated tales of super human powers, and end by the final light of enlightenment. these serve as our basic steps towards achieving our higher self, and play the key role in our entrance to the cosmic reality. they are real, but still seem too far off to believe in. and they take time to sink in our minds. these are the most beautiful realizations one can fantasize about.

all about it folks. too large a subject to cover for in a single article. more coming up.

i still remember how once my mind came up with a thoughtful realization - the entire entertainment industry is based upon fantasies of people we barely know, still they make us laugh or cry... weird, but true...



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