Why is it important to understand and utilize our imagination? Imagination is a powerful tool we have that can drive us forward to act in specific ways. Imagination can turn our emotions around and have us feeling differently so that we may act differently. The imagination can be an automatic, subconscious function that can wield our emotions and drive us to behavior that we would not necessarily want. When we continue in a behavior that is detrimental to our health, we are a

A young boy found pornography while on the internet while surfing around from one site to the next. Not knowing what it was, he quickly turned it off, feeling a burst of emotion in his chest and stomach, followed by thoughts of shame and guilt. He tried to get it out of his head, but the feeling kept coming back, bringing with it the image in his imagination. Continuing to avoid the thoughts, he finds himself wondering when the feeling will hit again. Then it comes back, but

Mind control or gentle nudge?

A famous scripture goes, "Men are that they might have joy" (2 Nephi 2:25). But how can we truly posses joy? In the Webster dictionary...