Expert: Bodhicitta - 4/10/2006

Question
I'm using Lee's account right now.

I have 1 doubt. I like having fantasies. I like having fantasies a lot about game worlds. For example, imagining myself as a character  in some game. But my exam results are satiisfying. Is it okay to have fantasies like that? Will it lead me to damnation? Because Buddhist meditation is all about forgetting fantasies.

Answer
Hi Ng
According to Buddhism we all live in a fantasy at all times. Through a path of meditation - we can clear the dust
from our eyes and see through the fantasy to the real
story. There is nothing wrong with imagination and fantasy. There are forms of practice that use working
with stories. You
could have an inspiring fantasy that would link you into
a different world which could help you to learn something.

The mind is an extrordinary thing. If fantasy and story
inspires you looking at it, meditate on it and find
the true nature of mind that conjures up fantasy.Enter
a fantasy and see how it differs from reality.

steve