The basics of Creative visualization
Your Thoughts Can Change Your Life
The thoughts that occupy our mind and attention most of the time tend toattract similar conditions into our life. Try to remember your state of mindprior to any success or failure you had in the past, and you will oftendiscover that you repeated certain thoughts over and again in your mind.These thoughts led you to behave and act in a certain manner, and attractedcertain corresponding events and circumstances into your life.
Thoughts, though invisible and subtle, can bring great changes into our lives,as the following real story shows.
John, an average guy, had a good and secure job for many years, but yet, hewas not satisfied with what he was doing. As time passed by, he experienceda growing sense of discontent, and the conviction that he was wasting histime and energy doing something he didn't like doing. He wished he hadenough money to enable him an early retirement, so he could devote all ofhis time to the things he loved doing.
In time, the thoughts of early retirement increased in strength, occupying hismind quite often, and becoming a sort of a pastime for him. He wasconvinced that he could do better things than his current, not so interestingjob, and wanted to be free to pursue the subjects he loved.
When he had some free time, on the way to his office and back home, and atother times during the day, he enjoyed visualizing himself telling his bossand colleagues that he was quitting his job. Most importantly, he repeatedlyvisualized being offered a good monetary compensation for his earlyretirement. He also repetitively imagined the joy of being free at last, feelingconfident that this was going to turn into reality.
Though he wanted to quit his job, John didn’t dare to do anything about it.To think and dream was one thing, but to make this dream come true wasanother thing, and was a bit frightening. He wanted very much to quit his
job, but it seemed quite insane to leave a secure job, especially since he had
a wife and children to support.His common sense and intuition told him that early retirement was the right
thing to do. When he looked deeply into the matter, and thought about all
possible scenarios that could come up if you quit his job, he always arrived
at the same conclusion, yet the fear was there.
At a certain point, John decided to share his thoughts with his wife.
Surprisingly, she welcomed the idea. She knew he did not enjoy his work,
and was aware of the tension it brought into his life. She also knew where
his heart was, and that he could do better things.
With her support, he gathered enough courage to call up the manager of the
personnel department, in order to discuss the retirement terms. After
reviewing the matter, a nice amount was suggested.
After some more negotiations, amazingly, but not surprisingly, since John's
mind was set on a successful outcome, a larger and satisfactory amount was
agreed upon.
John's thoughts about money and early retirement finally materialized. He
had now the freedom to devote his time and energy to the subjects he has
always loved doing, and to pursue his long-standing goals.
You too, can realize your dreams, be it a more satisfying and lucrative job,
money, love, a house or travel. You might have a hobby you wish you could
turn into a source of income, or maybe you are gifted with a talent you wish
you could develop and use.
Everything starts in the mind, before becoming a reality, as you can see from
this story. Your mind and your thoughts can transform your life and attract
success into your life, when you know how to use them correctly.
There are certain mental laws and techniques that can help you achieve your
dreams and goals. In the following chapters, you learn about creative
visualization – the technique that can turn your thoughts and mental images
into reality. You will be provided with the necessary information, guidance
and instructions for using this technique to make your dreams and desires
come true.
What is Creative Visualization?
Creative visualization is a mental technique that uses the powers of the mind
and the imagination to create what we want in our life. With the help of this
technique, we can shape our life, character and circumstances, and attract
opportunities, people and the things we desire.
Some of the main principles of creative visualization are:
1. Our most repeated thoughts tend to come true.
2. Repeated thoughts affect and shape the subconscious mind, which
controls our behavior, desires, actions and reactions.
3. Thoughts attract corresponding circumstances.
4. The thinking process is a creative process.
Creative visualization is similar to another well-known activity,
daydreaming. In creative visualization and daydreaming, we use the
imagination to create imaginary mental scenarios of events and situations,
just like a movie, but with the difference that with creative visualization, we
implement certain rules and techniques in order to make these mental
scenarios and events come true.
Through this process, our thoughts and mental images get impressed on our
subconscious mind, and also affect the creative powers of the universe,
which in turn create and attract what we have visualized into our life.
Everyone uses this technique, albeit unknowingly, in a greater or smaller
degree.
To a large extent, your life is the product of your habitual thoughts and
mental images. If you have been often thinking positive thoughts and
visualizing happiness, health and success, then it is most likely that your
present circumstances reflect these thoughts and mental images. If your
thoughts and imagination have been mostly dwelling on difficulties,
problems and failure, it is most probable that this is what you attracting into
your life.
When you focus on the same thoughts repeatedly, they get stronger and
spread around you, just like waves from a radio or TV broadcasting station.
A weak broadcast signal does not travel far, and is hardly perceived. A weak
thought is the same. It hardly produces any visible results. On the other
hand, strong, clear and concentrated thoughts energized by feelings, create
definite, perceivable results, and can attract people, objects and possessions,
into your life.
Thoughts are like waves moving toward the shore. Weak and small waves
hardly reach the shoreline, but strong and big waves come rushing, going far
beyond the shoreline, and in time, affect its shape in a dramatic way. In the
same way, like the waves, strong and repeated thoughts can make changes
and transform one’s life.
One of the most important and powerful tools of creative visualization is the
imagination. It is a most useful tool, and even the most practical, down to
earth people use it frequently. Without it, nothing on earth would have been
created.
The results of the use of the imagination are all around us in the shape of all
kinds of inventions, the car you drive, the radio, the TV set, and all electrical
appliances, as well as airplanes, computers or houses.
We use the imagination for cooking a dinner, narrating a story, painting a picture,
decorating a house, building a bridge, managing a hotel or running a
company.
Among the other tools that creative visualization uses, and which will be
discussed in the following chapters are positive thinking, positive attitude,
feelings, faith and affirmations.
Why Creative Visualization Works
Why does creative visualization work? Here a few explanations:
•Repeating the same thought day after day programs the subconscious
mind to act on it and to bring it into reality.
•Thoughts and mental images lead to action, and action leads to results,
fulfillment and achievement.
•Thoughts often arouse associated emotions. If the emotions are strong
enough, they cause us to act in accordance with the thoughts that initiated
them.
•Thoughts act like a magnet, attracting to the thinker similar thoughts and
corresponding events and circumstances.
•A strong and definite thought or mental image tends to create its
counterpart in the physical world.
•A clear and strong thought spreads out from the mind of the one thinking
it, and is often perceived by other minds receptive to this kind of thought,
who might act on it, and in one way or another, bring it into
manifestation.
•Our mind and thoughts exist within the creative Universal Mind – the
power that has created and is recreating the Universe, and which is present everywhere. This being so, our mind and thoughts participate in
the creative power of the Universe.
•All thoughts, actions and events are interconnected in one way or
another, and therefore, affect one another.
•Everything that exists in the Universe is a form of energy, vibrating in
different wavelengths and in various densities. We live in an ocean of
energy, where every wave affects the other waves. Thoughts are part of
this body of energy, and can therefore be deliberately used to affect other
thoughts, minds, people and situations.
•When there is a strong need, thoughts can bring people together in a
surprising way. Here is an example:
A
certain woman, who was a graphic designer, has been searching for a new
job.
One day, while going to her car, she found out that she had a flat tire.
Reluctantly,
she took the spare tire out, and prepared herself for the
unpleasant
task of changing it.
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As
she was trying to loosen the screws, a car stopped by, and the driver
asked
her if she needed any assistance. She gladly accepted his help, and
while
changing the tire they started to talk.
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It
turned out that he owned a graphic designing company, and desperately
needed
a qualified and experienced graphic designer. She was overwhelmed
by
this “coincidence”, and told him that she was a graphic designer and was
looking
for a job. To her surprise and joy, he requested her to come to his
office
with her credentials and certificates, for an interview.
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She
did not have to wait for the interview, as she always carried her
certificates
and letters of recommendation with her. When he saw and read
them,
he was deeply impressed and hired her on the spot.
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This
was not a coincidence. One was looking for a job, and the other was in
need
of a good graphic designer. They needed each other, and their thoughts
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The Three Worlds
We all live at the same time in three different worlds, the mental world, the
astral world and the physical world. These are not three separate worlds,
since they occupy the same space, intermingle with each other and affect one
another.
The mental world is the world of thoughts, ideas and mental images. The
astral world is the world of feelings, emotions and desires, and the physical
world is the world of matter. Our thinking takes place in the mental world;
our feelings, emotions and desires take place in the astral world, while our
actions take place in the physical world.
Everything in the physical world has been first created in the mental world
of thoughts. Every building, bridge, car, invention or business has started as
a thought or mental image, and then brought into being by a strong desire.
This means that the external, physical world mirrors and duplicates the inner
worlds of thoughts and desires.
Thoughts and desires, build a subtle reality in the mental and astral worlds,
and if the thoughts and desires are repeated often, they gather enough
strength to attract opportunities and create the required conditions for
duplicating the subtle reality in the physical world.
Thoughts supply the intention and direction, and desire adds the energy.
Their united action creates currents of energy in the astral and mental
worlds, which tend to create a new reality on the physical plane. Creative
visualization starts in the mental and astral worlds, but its results are
observable in the physical world.
The mind
The mind is a wonderful and powerful tool, which governs almost every
aspect of our life. We use it in every situation and in everything we do, but
we can improve our use of it, train and strengthen it. We can also improve
many of its functions, such as the power of concentration and imagination,
which are vital for the effective use of creative visualization.
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