... roleplaying games can be understood as 'playing roles' - getting into a character, imagining situations while considering character played, trying to feel as character played, describing reactions to situations, environment, interactions etc ...
... many say that roleplaying - especially Quality LARPs / LARP is short for 'Live Action Role Playing', events with more or less people, with proper clothing, outfit, requisites, played often in rural/forest/hill/castle/lake/stream environment, not only with words - but also by walking, travelling, gesticulating, and far more / - are a form of improvised theatre ... and when real actors hear this, take seriously, and give them more challenging lessons - they start to regret 'thought/feeling beating' they receive.
... imagination can be either passive or active, one can try to understand thoughts of character one plays, or actively visualize - try to 'see' images in his or hers mind's eye.
... getting in character can be trying to feel as character one knows and understands, considering current environment and conditions.
... i think feelings are great source of power, often too great - and result in worsening of one's karma when used unwisely, unskilfully.
... i think imagination - especially visualization - can give focus and direction to power awakened by one's feelings.
... while combining active visualization with feeling-work can be powerful, it can be very dangerous because of the power of these methods. one can even lose contact with reality, be disoriented, defocused and/or go insane, i think.
... Vajrayana Meditation can use these methods, but one should be careful, prepared and cautious when advancing that way. Once one is prepared and ready, there's still caution advised, because often too much of power - and/or too much of 'focus in a certain direction', and/or too much of 'focus on a certain aspect of one's way' - can be unwise, unworthwhile, and dangerous. Not always too much power and/or focus is better - usually 'minimum force approach' and 'withholding from overstretching in a certain direction' is best, i think.
... driving a car or piloting an airplane requires far more caution, wisdom and skill than just accelerating in a single direction to maximum, i think.
... the Way to Enlightenment is not so straight and danger-less as one would like - so one has to drive in 'Mahayana Vessel', or in 'Vajrayana Vessel' by himself or herself - if one wants to reach Liberation and Enlightenment.
... every being has different way as well, i do not trust those who try to 'show the straight way to enlightenment', i think Master can 'show the way', 'point finger at moon', but it's student who has to travel the way by himself or herself ... looking at finger pointing at moon is not the same as 'going to moon', 'experiencing the moon'.
... which master(s) one can trust? everyone should check and decide by himself or herself, i think.
... i think it's wise to trust wiser, on condition that they do not abuse too much.
See also, if You wish:
- Tools for Inner Development - Imagination and Visualization,
- Kalachakra, Deity Yoga, Imagination & Visualization,
- Creative Visualization, Reality Changing Tool,
- Roleplaying Theory.
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