fantasy

What is the difference between fantasy and visualization? Tonight I'd swear they are one and the same. I read about an elaborate Buddhist tantric visualization and the doubts began to arise: "I could never visualize in such detail!" And yet later as I relaxed and let my mind wander I began fantasizing my partner as Vajrasattva and I as his consort. I imagined a bliss so intense that neither of our personalities remained--only the pure light of awareness, wisdom and compassion perfectly aligned. Before I knew it I had a full-blown visualization in progress. All my years of wearing rose-colored glasses has prepared me to follow a new and promising path and it is happening effortlessly. I have all the tools that I need--others call them "character defects." Why not reframe my violent childhood and ackowledge that the fantasy life that protected me and allowed me to survive with my self-esteem intact also provided me with the perfect training ground. Fantasize my way to enlightment? Why not?