Daily visualization to attain your goals
Daily Visualization Meditation
In Daily Visualization, there are two steps for proper visualization. Step one is receptive. You are relaxed and allow images and thoughts to come to your mind without picking and choosing. You are accepting them at face value. Step two is active mode. In this step, you consciously pick and choose which images you would like to see. Both, receptive and active modes are important because they create imagination and after awhile, they will come and go without your knowledge.
Special Problems with Visualizations:
Some people unknowingly create a fear that results in the inability to visualize anything. This fear is frequently caused by the concern of what may be encountered while visualizing. Once you reach this stage, this fear creates a type of mental block. The best way to conquer this fear is to visualize at a slower pace and to think of a relaxing, calm place that you have been or a far away place that you would like to visit. Imagine every detail including colors, smells, and the air around you. The main thing to remember is that your fears only surface when you are afraid to confront something head on. Once you face your fear, you will realize that it is not bad at all and that you were afraid for no reason.
Process of Visualization
1. Set Your Goal
Choose a goal that you believe in and feel is possible to achieve in the near future. You will not have to deal with negative thoughts and can increase your feelings of success as you learn about visualization. Choose something you would like to have, work toward, realize or create. Your goal can be a job, new home, relationship, physical condition, etc. When you have more experience you can confront more difficult or challenging problems.
2. Create a Clear Idea or Picture
Envision an idea or mental image of the object or situation as you would like it to be. Think in the present tense and include as many details as possible such as colors, sounds and feelings. Try to use all five of your senses to make it as real as possible. You may want to draw a picture of what you imagine so that you can look at it later to return to that relaxed, comforting state.
3. Give it Positive Energy
Keep a positive outlook on your goal. Use positive affirmations to remove negative feelings and as encouragement to assure yourself that your goal can be achieved. Remember that as we change, we grow. You may find that your current goal is not important anymore. If this is the case, don’t get down on yourself, change your goal and don’t waste time on something that is no longer important to you. Remember when you were a child and the big question was what you want to be when you grow up? Since childhood, you have grown and changed. If growing and changing were not a part of life, we would still be striving to become that fireman or ballerina we wanted to be as a child. Keep in mind, as you grow and change, your goals and dreams will too. Most importantly, when you reach the goal you have been trying so hard to achieve, make a big deal of it. You have worked hard mentally and physically, congratulate yourself and enjoy.
Once you have your goal set, think of it often, not only during meditation or visualization. Thinking about your goal is a great way to pass the time while washing dishes or doing yard work. Eventually, thinking of your goals will become part of your everyday routine which makes your goals seem more real, not so unreachable. However, try not to obsess too much. This will result in added stress and may produce complete opposite results. In addition, if for some reason you cannot achieve your goal, it will become emotionally and physically draining and hard on your body.
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