Eunice Newart
Nov 3 · 1 min read

Hi Jack,

I also experience reading like this. The active imagination is a form of hypnosis. Like you, I also learned to read before I was six. It felt like magic when it all clicked and I could spell words. There was a deep desire to read, which is what helped me become a reader with the kind of superpower you describe.

Writing is a step up into another 4-dimensional place. So, you probably just got habituated to reading and need to be the creator.

Unlike you, I resist changing states (even when I’m watching movies). I don’t like to feel jarred when switching focus too abruptly. That’s a shamanic super power; to be able to navigate different states of mind quickly. However, I have gotten better at it this year. Now when I’m get interrupted, I remember that relationships and people must come before my preoccupation.

If you’re interested in studying the neurology aspect of this, check out Dobrowski’s hyperactive imagination. He worked with gifted children.

Also, look up Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and temporal lobe epilepsy.

This was an exciting read. Non-fiction captures my immagination’s attention as well as fiction. If the writer is in the active imagination, I can join in otherwise I don’t get fully immersed.

Jane Goodall writes in a way so I can lose myself to her expand my awareness in her world. I really love her world.

You can write like this too!

There are worlds within worlds.

What is your Myers Briggs personality type btw?

I’m INFP

Eunice Newart

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