Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It's inside us al, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that reins in fantasy as something not to be trusted, something to be purged. But it's in there, deep inside, a spark waiting to set a touch-paper alight.

Tahir Shah
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When you've closed your senses, the imagination is alive. It's deep within us, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that reins in fantasy as something not to be trusted, something to be purged. But it's in there, deep within, a spark waiting to set a touch-paper alight. And if you are lucky enough to have that spark, then the wonders of the world are yours for the taking.

Source: In Arabian Nights: A Caravan Of Moroccan Dreams

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