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Imagination
Can you remember a time when you were young?
The world seemed like a totally different place. It was full of energy, possibility, life.
Now how does that compare with your feelings of life today?
Imagine if... you didn't settle for that job, that partner, that life you didn't expect.
Imagine if... you fulfilled your dreams and desires that filled you with excitement.
Can you picture? Where would you be?
Let's not get too far into this vision. Where you are now could be exactly where you're supposed to be. Let this email be your portal into where you will go next beyond the bounds of your wildest imagination.
Because if you can't see yourself there in your Imagination. You won't get there.
When I was a child, I was raised in front of the television. I'm sure some of you can relate. I was different from my peers. I wanted to lead an exciting life like being a street racer, hit man, or crime lord. I saw this as the only other way from my deepest fears. The terror that inspired these desires... being stuck in a boring 9-5 hell, stuck in a cubicle under fluorescent lighting. This was my worst nightmare.
I couldn't conceive why anyone would do that to themselves. It disturbed me on a profound level. Deep down I feared becoming dispensable, forgotten or ineffective. I knew my life needed importance and impact. Adopting TV ideas, of course that would look like some thrilling action movie. I felt misunderstood for these fears, so I admired the vigilante archetype. The Anti-Hero.
My imagination always got away from me as a child. I wouldn't focus on anything I thought to be boring. I wandered into day dreamscapes all my own. Ones that lead me to be recognized for my worth. Where I could be free to be myself and admired for my imaginary accomplishments.
If you can relate on any level. This Letter's for you.
Active Imagination
“My soul, my soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak; I call you. Are you there? I have returned; I am here again.”
I’ve recorded my dreams for 14 years:
I always felt they meant something—but I never knew what. Then I spent 50+ hours studying my old journals... I found something I wasn’t supposed to see.
What Your Unconscious Does For You:
Every night, your mind clears space. You dream of intense moments—fear, sadness, loss—because your brain needs to process those emotions. But raw emotion is overwhelming… so your mind softens the blow.
It adds loved ones, silly scenarios, or absurd imagery to dilute the pain. That’s why nightmares shift into something bizarre… like a giant spider wearing a top hat. Fear meets humor. The charge is neutralized.
Why Dreams Repeat:
Ever had a dream that won’t let go? That’s a sign. Your mind replays emotions that haven’t been released. If the pain is too deep, the dream loops.
But eventually, you’ll notice shifts—small changes.
A familiar face appears. The setting softens. The fear fades. Your unconscious is working to release the imprint.
Clearing Space for a Sharper Mind:
Unprocessed pain clogs the system. It’s like a hard drive overloaded with old files… slowing everything down. Your mind does this clearing naturally, but you can assist the process.
Before sleep, set the intention: "I release what no longer serves me. My mind reboots. My emotions reset." With time, dreams stop repeating. The system runs smoother. And you wake up lighter.
Engaging With Dreams After Waking:
Don’t let the dream end when you open your eyes. Enter a light trance, like Jung’s Active Imagination. Step back into the dream. Ask the spider why it wears a top hat. Walk through the landscape. Let the symbols speak.
Dreams aren’t random. They’re messages in disguise. Engage with them, and they’ll reveal what your waking mind won’t.
“When a man can say of his states and actions, ‘As I am, so I act,’ he can be at one with himself, even though it will be difficult.”
Rewrite Your Unconscious
Every thought, every image, every belief—your mind is recording it all. And here’s the catch: It doesn’t filter.
It OBEYS.
This is what Dr. Joseph Murphy uncovered in 1963. A hidden "switch" in the mind that controls reality. Most ignore it. But those who use it? Their lives change forever.
Who is Dr. Joseph Murphy?
Born in 1898 in Ireland, he was raised in faith but questioned its meaning. As a young man, he faced poverty and felt lost. But he dared to ask:
"Why do some thrive while others struggle?"
This question became his life’s mission. Murphy moved to the U.S. in search of truth:
He studied religion, philosophy, and psychology.
He learned from spiritual leaders and scientists.
He fused ancient wisdom with modern science.
In the process, he uncovered a simple truth that changes everything:
1953: Murphy released a book that shook the world —
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.
More than a book, it was a manual for unlocking human potential. And it revealed one shocking realization…
The subconscious isn’t a memory bank.
It’s the command center of your reality.
It controls:
Your health
Your wealth
Your relationships
(3 biggest markets for the online space).
But here’s the warning:
It believes whatever you tell it.
Here’s what that means:
“Whatever you impress upon your subconscious Mind becomes your reality.”
The evidence was undeniable. Murphy told the story of a man given weeks to live. Doctors had no hope. But instead of accepting it, he saw himself healthy every day.
Against all odds, he made a full recovery.
Scientists call it the placebo effect. Murphy called it proof of the Mind’s power.
But here’s the real secret:
Your subconscious doesn’t just heal—it creates.
Every thought is a seed. Every image is an instruction.
Imagination is the tool that rewrites the unconscious.
One of Murphy’s key principles was visualization. He taught that picturing your goals as already achieved rewires your brain to make them real.
Sound like Magick?
It was until it became backed by science.
A Harvard study tested this with piano players:
Group 1 practiced daily.
Group 2 only imagined practicing.
Brain scans showed identical neural growth in both. The Mind can’t tell the difference between reality and vivid imagination. Murphy’s teachings came with a warning:
Your subconscious doesn’t filter.
Feed it fear, doubt, and negativity—and it will make those real too.
“As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your life.”
Positive or negative, it doesn’t care.
Murphy’s methods were simple but life-changing:
Affirmations – Repeat positive beliefs daily.
Visualization – See your success vividly.
Gratitude – Feel thankful as if it’s already yours.
These are the “switches” to unlock the Mind’s power. Critics called him a dreamer.
But decades later, neuroscience proved him right. Studies on neuroplasticity showed the brain physically changes based on thoughts.
Murphy was years ahead of his time.
One mind-blowing study in the 2000s took Murphy’s ideas further. Researchers found that simply imagining exercising muscles increased their strength by 13.5%.
The Mind wasn’t just influencing the body—it was rewiring it.
Murphy also used this power to create wealth. One woman lost everything in the Great Depression. She had just $5—nowhere near enough to survive. But through belief alone, she turned it into abundance.
Murphy’s teachings didn’t just inspire self-help—
They paved the way for:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Mindfulness practices
Modern manifestation techniques
He was a pioneer of human potential. Murphy’s ideas shaped today’s biggest minds:
Tony Robbins on state and beliefs.
Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret.
Joe Dispenza’s Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.
Through engaging the Imagination your entire reality changes.
Imagination & Myth
“Ancestral Healing is the process of relating and remembering. It is making wise and heartfelt relations with the deceased and the old ones.”
I sat down with the Witch across from me. Her hair long and dark, her skin inked in sigils. Her eyes, knowing.
"Now lie down and close your eyes." She was an Ancestral Healing practitioner.
Trained by Daniel Foor in Peru, South America. This was our second session visiting my Ancestors.
We chose the Mother's Fathers’ line. My Grandfather passed away 3 years ago. He was 85. A quiet man but always held a slight smile while he watched others interact.
We traced his line back in my Mind's Eye. Had to go very far back. The world looked different. The continents were closer together. FAR BACK. On the continent that would turn into Africa, a father and son stood, looking aboriginal. Short stature and sun darkened skin.
The three questions I ask them:
1. Are you a blood ancestor of this line?
2. Are you able and willing to assist with the healing of the lineage?
3. Are you in a state of wellness with all those before you?
The first two questions were a resounding YES. But the third had a complicated tone around it. They showed me what they could see of those that came before. There was an ocean. Nothing but intense waves crashing.
Something happened before the father. Displacement or disaster. A great forgetting. Beyond them was ice and water and they didn't seem to know where they came from.
The son of the two men invited me forward. He felt rooted, primordial like petrified wood and rich soil. A world that was alive lived within him.
The world they inhabited and the world we inhabit might be the same. But it is not because of modern human's inability to make stories. To make connections between this matrix of existence. Our sense of life has atrophied.
This phenomenon has destroyed our connections and lines to family and humanity itself. He showed me these stories of the stars and animals and fire and smoke. It gave me a warmth, a belonging. Everyone feels like they belong.
Today we try to find that in one another, craving romance and care from other people. We forget we're living in a Universe that's alive. Our world is alive.
The practitioner dropped her pen on the floor as she took notes of my experience. In that moment my Ancestor handed me a staff. The noise timed perfectly with the staff entering my hand.
The world can be wondrous, my Ancestor told me. To truly evolve and survive we needed to realize our world is more than what we see. We take resources and make them into something functional but not alive. Life is a dance of relationships.
My Ancestors (father and son) created a cocoon, a form of mummification like divine linen. It glowed gold, the threads interwoven with stories. Each thread, a new story for the line of those that came after them and before ME.
Part of my ancestral line is trying to get out. My ancient Ancestors spoke to the line. "In this process allow love to be with you." I could feel in the line that love was used divisively. So, they couldn't understand the unconditional love of the healing.
They didn't understand what the reality of Love is. Interconnectedness.
I told them, "Trust what is unfamiliar. I see your pain."
"For the love of God, trust this process..."
That seemed to calm everyone down.
I could feel a sense of "Getting By." Getting through life by endurance.
My Grandfather tried to speak to me, feeling the familiarity. He was confused.
I reassured him that everything was going to be okay, that he needed to trust me.
My Grandfather went silent and returned to the cocoon of new stories.
I could feel the healing in my own body, especially the diaphragm.
Almost done...
They looked like people again and not the impressions they once had. I could see from a distance the dress of different eras. The world was much different but at its core it shouldn't lose its inherent value. If we lose the heart of its changes - we lose direction.
I asked my Ancestors, "why does the world sometimes feel so dead and other times so full of life out of nowhere?"
My ancient Ancestors said it's our inability to see what we're doing and why. No one in our modern era does anything for its own sake anymore. We have a motive, and the motive takes us away from the heart.
They asked me to let them see through my eyes so they can witness the line carried on into the present.
I laughed. "I will."
Visions of the Future
The world is shaped by those who dare to see beyond it.
Every great shift began in the unseen—a vision so clear it pulled the future toward it. Not with force. Not with struggle. But with the quiet power of certainty.
Imagination is the key.
Before anything is built, before any movement begins, before any change takes root—someone must see it first. The future is not waiting to be found. It is waiting to be imagined.
Alchemy is not turning lead to gold. It is turning vision into form. Every invention, every movement, every great creation was first imagined. It was real in the Mind before it was real in the world.
Magick is not control. It is alignment. A river does not force its way to the ocean—it moves with gravity, with time, with the shape of the land. To create is not to demand—it is to align. To step into the flow and become a part of something greater.
Transformation is not an escape. It is becoming. Becoming what you were always meant to be. The oak is already within the acorn. The fire is already within the spark. The vision of your life, your work, your purpose—it already lives within you.
But will you give it space to grow?
Imagination rewrites the unconscious.
It speaks to the hidden parts of you—the ones shaping your reality when you aren’t looking. It plants new seeds, new stories, new possibilities.
Dr. Joseph Murphy knew this.
Your subconscious takes in whatever you feed it.
It does not argue. It does not filter.
It simply obeys.
The myths of our ancestors were not stories. They were maps. Maps for reshaping the world from the inside out. They practiced animism not as belief, but as recognition. The Earth listens. The sky responds.
Your thoughts, your dreams, your words—they are offerings. They shape what comes next.
What image do you hold?
What future do you see?
A New Earth is not given. It is made. Your business, your work, your path—these are not separate from this. They are expressions of Creation.
Every action, every choice, every vision brought to life shifts the whole.
Will you shape it with intention?
Will you imagine what does not yet exist?
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The world is waiting.
Your Guide,
Benji Faun