More on Visualization

A lot has been written about visualization. I find most people over complicate this practice and some people spend way too much time in this practice. The thing is you only need to visualize seven minutes a day! Did I say seven? Yes, seven to ten minutes a day! You can do this while you're in the shower. You can visualize while on a commuter train - please don't do this while driving. You can visualize just before you fall asleep. If you're like most people, you need about twenty minutes to drift off to sleep, so that's twenty minutes of visualizing!

Another point I want to bring up, is most people visualize as if they are watching a movie. They are seeing themselves on the silver screen with all their friends and family members as their co stars! Where did so many people get the idea to "see themselves on the big screen"? One thing that comes to mind is the many Law of Attraction materials that likens our future experience as something from a movie. They even throw in phrases such as "write your own life script" and "you are the director of your own movie". The reason for this, is most people can relate to movies. Everyday we are watching some sort of pre-recorded action. Many people cannot imagine being in a mansion or walking along the beaches of the French Riviera, but they have seen it on screen. So the authors of such materials feel they are doing folks a favor by helping to bridge the gap. They're not. They are only helping the visualizer to keep the lifestyle they want "out there" or in the future. 

You want to visualize from "behind your own eyes". You want to walk through that mansion as though it were your own, passing one brilliantly decorated room after another. Sitting on a plush sofa, while watching your favorite show or movie on a giant flat screen T.V. See your loved ones sitting in front of the T.V. with you. Smell the popcorn that someone decided to pop. See a couple of your guests challenge one another to a game of pool on that regulation sized pool table in the next room. Hear the pool balls click and the light banter from your guests. Take in the sights, the sounds and smells from the activity around you. Do this everyday and you will eventually "feel" like you're in each situation. Remember, pretending this is your reality, will help you align yourself with the reality you want and eventually bring these things to you.