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/^t/In response to the argument that imagination does not help to struggle with life problems, one can say that in fact it is the only beneficent force capable of running up against a host of unpleasant troubles. On the whole the world economic situation today is traumatic: percentage of unemployment is on the steady increase and a lot of people live below the poverty line. These people are aware of their poor standards of living and bend over backwards to forget about complexities of everyday life. Certainly, the poor cannot lessen the pain of their miserable existence while watching all the technological inventions in the shop windows or on TV commercials. Therefore, they excite the imaginary visions of living far from modern technologically-dominated world somewhere on the beautiful island covered with evergreen plants and surrounded by deep blue ocean. They move themselves into quiet meditation so as to escape from the harsh reality where technology deepens their poverty. If they did not have any dreams, it would be extremely difficult for them to lead their lives.