Imagination becomes reality. Liang coined this phrase to encourage students to activate their imaginations. My teacher hated it. As far as he was concerned, the imagination is an ego construct. He would always say beyond the imagination. Whilst I agree with him, I still feel that the reality we endeavour to gain access to in Taiji – the subtle world of energy – can only be approached successfully through the imagination. The imagination is one step removed from the coarse version of reality perceived by the senses, and the subtle reality of energy is one step further removed from the world of the imagination. Think of the imagination as a necessary stepping stone to the real thing.