Modern psychology has progressed enormously in word-games. It would seem that the more mysterious the terminology, the more `scientific' and correct it must be. Take the term `cognitive dissonance,' for example. What does it mean? How many people would recognize this pedantic prudery to mean that simple state of mind when we are confused? Why can't we just say `confused'? We become confused for one of two reasons.

The first reason for confusion is that we don't understand the terminology. We forget that the purpose of terms, or, words, is to convey in a concrete way an idea. It is the idea that represents reality and the word represents the idea.

When man abandons true religion, he necessarily abandons right reason. And, having abandoned right reason, he descends into the murky depths of false mysticism. Consistent with this plunge into mental darkness is a peculiar `blue light' of false mysticism.

`Mysticism' is that which has replaced sound belief. It is a state of mind and heart that substitutes true religious experience with the distorted subjective humors of an undisciplined imagination.

Pigs can fly! But only in one's imagination. Just as elephants can fly. The proof is that Walt Disney made it possible for Dumbo the little elephant to fly.

Avoiding a too technical analysis of this entire function that takes place in the complex structure of the human being, it will be enough for our purposes to speak of the effects of imagining. `Imagining' means `making images.' This, in turn, simply means `making pictures.'

These pictures represent things which we actually see, or, they are the recalled pictures when the object is absent.

There is another aspect of this wonderful tool of ours: The imagination.

It is just that: It is a tool. It is a very important and useful tool for our well being and progress. But, like all tools, it is subject to abuse. There is not a single tool that cannot be abused and converted to a purpose for which it was not originally intended.

This is true of our human nature: our bodies and our souls. It is also true of all material creation around us.

In psychology, `imagination' is called the `central sense.' People are so accustomed to speak of `imagination' that they become confused when confronted with the term `central sense.'

How important is imagination (central sense)? If our imagination did not function, we would not be able to be aware of any of the sensations coming to us through the external senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.

Picture that if you can: We would not be aware that we are seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling or touching. People with `poor memories' are people whose central sense has either been physically affected by drugs or other foreign elements, or has been neglected through lack of development.

The imagination is abused when people deliberately (willfully) use it for deceiving others. A classic example would be in attempting to defraud insurance companies by `visualizing' or `imagining' the objective components of an auto accident.

Among the many immoral TV programs to be found on every channel today, one such program promoted the idea that lying is all right. The suggestion was planted in the audience's imagination: "If you believe something is true, it's true." The idea here was to take a polygraph test without the nervous emotion involved in telling a lie. So, "If you believe it's true, it's true." How nice! Even though it's a lie, as long as you deceive yourself into believing it is true, suddenly it becomes true.

With moral teaching like this on the television, what chance does honesty have?

Today, the least guarded and controlled faculty is the imagination. The reason why abortion is acceptable is mainly because its promoters shut out of their imaginations the horrible dismemberment of a tiny human being.

The same is true for the frenzied need to attack Iraqui women and children while fixing the blame on someone else. Pilots think that their murderous attack on helpless people is O.K. because they don't have to picture _ imagine _ the consequences of their actions. Somehow, not seeing the effects of their deeds makes everything morally acceptable! With a morality like that, no one is safe. And the alarming fact is that such people imagine themselves to be descent human beings! Or, what is even worse: They are completely amoral.

The populace is conditioned to accept the pretext for attacking a sovereign nation that it has "weapons of mass destruction." This image is suggested to the people so they would react in a pre-determined manner. But, what country doesn't have "weapons of mass destruction"?

Remember when Americans were being conditioned to believe all sorts of grotesque lies about targeted victims, such as making soap out of people or lampshades out of human skin? The very image fills any descent person with utter revulsion. Yet, the morally sick minds that conjured up such wild images succeeded in convincing people that the thing was really true.

There are any number of deliberate lies promoted as truth simply by means of the imagination.

When it comes to a choice of right reason and uncontrolled imagination, it is usually the imagination that is going to win.

Just imagine the chaos that follows from such a choice! Concocted imagery takes the place of right reason and sound judgment. Emotions are misguided; reason gives way to mob rule and the rulers of the mob gain their evil purposes.

The classic example of this is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Truth was crucified because imagination overcame sound reason and judgment.

It works every time!

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