Understanding Visualization
Visualization is vividly imagining in your mind, pictures or
images as these are the language of your sub-conscious mind. We
all know the saying a picture is worth a thousand words, and
this is true in the practice of visualization.
Visualization and meditation are very similar, if not the same,
as they both use the same techniques. You use images or pictures
to balance your brain. Our brain is divided into two sides the
left side, this is known as the logical side and the right side
known as the creative side. Throughout our life we mainly use
the "logical" left side of our brain. When you use visualization
you are using the "creative" right side of your brain. When you
use both sides of your brain it will place balance in the brain,
this then helps in aiding the natural healing processes of the
body and the mind.
Your imagination
Imagination is not limited to only seeing pictures in the mind.
It also includes all the five senses. This allows you to imagine
sound, taste, smell, physical sensation and feelings of emotion.
For some people it is easier to see mental pictures. However,
others may find it easier to imagine a feeling or they might be
comfortable imagining the sensation of one of the five senses.
If you have a strong imagination don't let people tell you that
you are a dreamer or impractical. Because having a strong
imagination strengthens your creative abilities and furthermore
is a good tool for recreating and remodeling your world and
life.
Imagination is a creative power that is necessary for inventing
an instrument, designing a dress or a building, painting a
picture or writing a book. The creative power of imagination has
an important role in the achievement of success in any field.
When you imagine with faith and feeling, it's the power beyond
creative visualization, positive thinking and affirmations.
If you do not understand or recognize the importance of the
power of your imagination and you let it run riot, your life may
not be as happy and successful as you would want it to be. When
you do not understand the power of your imagination it can cause
and be responsible for suffering, incompetence, difficulties,
failure and unhappiness.
For some reason more and more people are inclined to think in a
negative way. They do not expect success, they only expect and
look for the worst and then when they fail they then believe
that fate is against them
If you have this attitude you can change it. Your life will then
start to improve accordingly.
By understanding how to use your imagination correctly and
putting this knowledge into practice will benefit you on the
golden path to success, satisfaction and happiness. So if you
think in a positive manner about your desires you will have
success in life.
You are what you think! So Think Positive
It has been proven that negative emotions lower our immune
system and keep us bogged down mentally. Having negative
emotions delays and stops you from reaching your goals and
actually inhibits the brain in accomplishing what you want. A
positive emotion actually boosts the immune system and makes the
brain work in a balanced mode which is conducive to change.
Experience has shown that creative visualization works. It is
quite possible to prove that circumstances and events follow
thoughts. Take any situation or happening in your life, and go
back to find what kind of thoughts preceded the event. You will
find that a particular event followed particular thoughts.
Reasons why visualization produces results.
You are an inseparable part of the creative Universal Mind. Your
thoughts cause a tremendous power. You and the Universe are
partners in creating your life.
Everything in the universe is interconnected. Every thought,
action and event in the universe are connected, and also
influence each other. Each thought and action causes reactions
and repercussions.
Everything in the Universe is energy. You see differences
because each object has a different wavelength and density. You
live in an ocean of energy. Each wave in the ocean has
influences on the other waves. Thoughts are part of the body's
energy, and work with the creative Universal energy and you
interact with it.
Thoughts are like a magnet, they attract similar thoughts and
circumstances. Thinking one thought invites into the mind more
similar thoughts and ideas. These thoughts tend to attract
circumstances that are in accordance with them. A clear mental
image radiates from the mind of the one thinking it, and is
transmitted to other minds. Whoever is receptive to this kind of
thought may perceive and act on it, thus being the agent to
fulfill their desire.
By repeating the same thoughts day after day, the subconscious
mind is driven to act on them. In this way habits and behavior
are formed. The thoughts that sink into the subconscious mind
drive people into corresponding action.
Each thought you think arouses an associated emotion. If the
emotion is strong enough, it incites to action. Strong thoughts
energized by emotions cause more energetic and definite action
than weak thoughts. Such an action brings results in accordance
with the thought that prompted it.
Similar thoughts bring people together. When one person has a
need and the other can supply it, their thinking can bring them
together in a surprising manner. This is what is called a
coincidence.
So why not begin today.
Go and finds a quite place for 5 minutes and start your daily
mental training routine. Be patient and persistent and the
results will come, they always do. "The Mind controls the body
and the mind is unlimited".
Here are a few short exercises to get you on the started.
Exercise One
Turn your lights out in a room. Have a single candle burning in
front of you. Close your eyes and clear your mind. Now, picture
an apple. See the colour and texture. Turn it around in your
mind. Spin it, turn it upside down see it from every angle. Hold
it until you lose it. Keep on trying with different objects
until you can hold it in your mind for at least five minutes.
When you can do that, move on...
Exercise Two
Close your eyes again. This time picture yourself in a scene.
See yourself (or someone you know) driving a sports car. Feel
the wind, and see everything as though you are at a movie. For
example, visualize yourself on the sidewalk of a very busy
street. See the cars go by and other people on the street. See
it as though you are watching a television screen and all the
cars and people are the television show. When you can do this,
hold it for five minutes, move on...
Exercise Three
Picture the busy street again. This time picture it so that you
are "in" the scene.Feel the wind coming off the cars, and hear
the hustle and bustle of everything around.Walk around; explore
the street (or wherever you may be). When you can do this for 10
minutes, move on...
Exercise Four
This time, keep your eyes open. Picture your apple again, three
dimensional and right in front of you. Firstly, look at you
candle. Then, if you wish for a greater challenge, try picturing
it while you're looking at a busy street. Actually see it as if
it is really there and you can pick it up. Pick it up if you
want. If you do, visualize the feeling of it, actually smell it.
When you reach this point, when you can actually do this for an
extended period of time, you're finished. Your power of
visualization is in your control use it wisely.
Try to repeat these exercises as much as possible, to keep
yourself in practice.