Potential

I have looked at my potential before in other posts.
This is a fresh current perspective.
We are bombarded by the physical plane to keep our attention external. We have TV to get lost in, the radio, or any form of music; now have the internet and other forms of media. All of these attention grabbers defocus us from our potential and engage us with the past. Everything about the physical plane is "historic light"....that is thoughts that have already been explored, developed and experienced. We as individuals may well not have experienced all options, but any options we delve in at a material physical level is no different from consuming dead matter.
Our potential is our life source. Even at the most basic level you can intuitively recognize this. We are inspired by our potential. We are motivated by it and we have a sense of worth when we pursue it.
What then is it that we are doing when we focus our mind on our potential?
I believe the imagination aspect of our mind is the doorway to our true potential. Those that wish to keep us grounded in the material physical plane where like zombies we follow their every command in the constant cycle of work, buy, consume, work some more so we can buy more and consume more, until we die and are replaced by the next set of cogs in the money making machine; tell us that our imagination is false. That we should grow up and stop using our imagination.
There is more to it than wishful imaginative thinking. I believe this part of our mind has been incorrectly used for 1000s of years. It has become a weak muscle and needs to be retrained. Jesus once said to get into the kingdom of heaven we needed to be like a child. What do children do so well? They use their imagination.
The problem with a child's imagination is that it is like a power wand without any instructions on how to use it.
The key is to bring your attention to bear on one idea.
Another key is to connect to the "other side of your mind" rather than your conscious material human vehicle side. Here is where your "intuition" is and where your capacity to create in the material world starts from. The down side is that without the knowledge you look back into the material world each time you manifest a thought from your potential and then you stay there and get lost to your potential again. Seeing the material potential of an idea rather than the next step in your new potential.
This is worth some serious thought.
Another key is to make sure that your potential is for a greater good beyond your vehicle's persona. This way more power comes into play and you cannot be corrupted by your own personality taking over that potential once it surfaces in the physical plane. With your mind on a greater than yourself objective, the potential will keep your focus rather than it's manifesting effects and outcomes.