How Creative Visualization Works

One of the best ways to get what we want in life and be truly happy is through the power of creative visualization.  And while creative visualization may sound very similar to day dreaming, creative visualization is much more powerful and effective.  When you daydream your thoughts bounce around and are unspecific.  With creative visualization, however, you get your imagination to work by believing that you already have something and while feeling all of the happy emotions that go along with it.

Creative visualization is something that almost everyone uses in their life at some time or another, whether they are aware of it or not. Many of the most successful people in life have used the power of creative visualization to reach their goals of success and happiness.  The classic book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill has many examples of successful people using creative visualization to manifest exactly what they want.  Click here to learn more about Think and Grow Rich.

The power of visualization involves three major principles: 1. BE, 2. DO, and 3. HAVE

Let’s use a new dream job as an example. First, really believe that you can get the job.  Second, see yourself doing the job and doing it well.  See yourself doing different aspects of the job, getting praise and advancing in your career because of your success at the job.  Use your emotions to feel the deep joy that you have each evening when you come home from work having had a great day.  Through the power of creative visualization, you’ve given yourself the confidence to do what it takes to get the job, whether this is more education, requesting job interviews, new location, etc.  Without the power of creative visualization, all you’ll do in life is day dream about what could have been and wish things could have been different. Be passionate, and your dream will become a reality.

We’ve all heard about our conscious and subconscious minds. Our conscious mind tells us the obvious and deals with the mundane but essential day to day running of our lives, whereas our subconscious mind allows us to think of things often without us being aware of them. With the power of visualization, we use powerful thoughts to get what we want. If these thoughts are powerful enough, our subconscious minds will accept these thoughts and turn them into conscious thoughts and beliefs. When our thoughts are very powerful, others pick up on them and strange coincidences start to happen to help us achieve our goals.

The power of visualization can help us to change our thoughts into reality.  Here’s an example of how the power of visualization can help you obtain your goal of home ownership.

• Believe you can buy a home for your family. Believe you CAN find a job to save more money. Believe you CAN find a home within your budget.
• Visualize and See yourself and your family in the home of your dreams. See how happy this home is making you and how easily you can afford it.
• Start looking at properties similar to the house that you want.
• Start a scrap book with pictures of all of the things you want in your new home and look at that book at least twice a day until in the end you can see the contents just by closing your eyes.
• Be grateful when eventually your new home materializes.

Creative visualization is a powerful tool to help you attract what you want in life.  We suggest that you have a regular creative visualization meditation period for fifteen minutes or so each morning when you wake up, and each evening before sleeping (these are the times when it is most effective), as well as the middle of the day if you can manage that. Always start your meditation periods with deep relaxation, then follow with any visualizations or affirmations you wish.  When you visualize something strong enough and long enough, it will become a reality for you.

Don’t feel discouraged if you don’t immediately feel totally successful with your creative visualization. Remember that most of us have years of negative thought patterns to overcome. It takes time to change some of these lifelong habits. And many of us have some underlying feelings and attitudes that can slow us down in our efforts to live more consciously. Good luck.

Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain Book Review

192 pages

When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote the book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. In a straight-talking narrative, Gawain uses the first part to cover the basics, with chapters such as “How to Visualize,” “Affirmations,” and “Creative Visualization Only Works for the Good.” Once she shows readers how visualization actually works, Gawain moves on to loftier discussions, such as “Contacting Your Higher Self,” “Meeting Your Guide,” “Setting Goals,” and “Treasure Maps.”

Fear not; this isn’t a spiritual-lightweight book for people with a severe case of the “gimmes.” Gawain has her priorities in the right place, and she cautions readers that creative visualization will not serve greed or shallow-minded thinking. For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier. “The way it actually works is the reverse,” she explains. “You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.” Yet she also writes an excellent chapter on letting go of the misguided guilt that inhibits readers from becoming truly prosperous.

TESTIMONIALS

“I bought this book sometime in the mid-80s, not long after Bantam published it. I was looking to take control of my life, to actively direct it, rather than swimming with the tide. This book allowed me to do just that. Gawain gives a number of excellent techniques to use to actively direct the course of your own life. From spoken and written affirmations, to “treasure maps”, all the information given is powerful, and works! I still have a treasure map I drew about fifteen years ago, and everything I visualized then has come to pass over the years. This stuff is real, pure, simple magic that anyone can do. Don’t hesitate, take yourself in hand and go for it!”

Laura Haggarty

“I cannot emphasize enough the impact this book will make on your life. I read it about 5 years ago and have bought it for at least 20 people since. The information is simple and logical. If you adopt these simple ideas of thoughts, your life will transform in a way that seems like magic but is not because you control these transformations. This opinion comes from experience. I have adopted these ideologies into my life approximately 5 years ago after spending 8 years as a waitress and a constant feeling of defeat, fear of the future and confusion. I was constantly living from paycheck to paycheck and had high dreams that I just could not make happen. After reading the book I used some techniques to visualize what I wanted in my life. My life and my attitude had changed quickly and the path that I needed to follow started to unfold. I tought myself computers and used my art talents to become a web designer. I now work for a large reputable firm and am highly respected and rewarded for my talents. My first office job at the age of 30 and I am soaring. I also met the man of my dreams and am married. We have the kind of relationship that everyone dreams about. He has the qualities that I had imagined for myself over 2 years of living alone and I would not settle for anything less. Enough said-do yourself a favor, read this book and pass it around. ”

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