Visualization of What I Want

Effective Visualization

Effective visualization is a 6-step process that you can learn in detail in the Silva Method:
1. Know what you want. Be very specific about what you want. Seeing something vague isn’t going to set the wheels in motion for something specific. For example, you can visualize yourself as being “thin” but unless you visualize your ideal body, you could easily end up anorexic-looking! In other words, “define thin!” Define what you want. Your visualization is a command to your subconscious mind. You set your intention by declaring, “this is what I want” and then your mind will start looking for ways to make it happen.
2. Visualize in the present. Don’t imagine what you want as something that ‘might be’ someday… picture it as already accomplished. You want your realities to match up and if your desires live in the future and you live now, you’ll never achieve them.
3. Be in love with what you want. FEEL the image. Emotions are essential. If you’re so-so about a dream, is it worth pursuing? No. If you’re not IN LOVE with your goal, why bother?
4. Focus ONLY on what you want. Do not give any mental power to wondering how you’ll achieve it. Do not give any emotional power to potential obstacles. Remember, what you focus on expands. Focus on the potential struggle – and that’s what you will create. Focus on the potential obstacles – and they will appear. You have to force yourself to focus only on the desired outcome. Things will fall into place for you as your mind becomes attuned to the people, resources and situations that will make your dreams happen.
5. Daily practice: consistency and persistence. Just as you may be conditioned to expect the worst, you must condition yourself to expect the best. Just as you may be conditioned to stop yourself from taking action on anything that scares you, you must condition yourself to take action despite your fears. The more time, mental and emotional energy you spend visualizing yourself achieving (no matter the odds); taking action (no matter your fears); the more power you will give your goals. In scientific terms, what you’re doing with visualization is creating new neural connections that make it easier and easier to think the thoughts you want (thoughts of successful achievement of your dreams); and at the same time, allowing the neural connections that make it easy to think thoughts of failure and fear. You are creating new habits of thought.
6. Believe. This is the hard one. Our logical minds want to know who, what, when, where and how. Once we entertain those questions, doubt creeps in and the struggle begins. Doubt is the beginning of the end. Quickly and deliberately bring your focus back to what you want. It’s not your job to figure out how. That will come on its own. You’ll have a flash of inspiration; the right people will cross your path; you’ll acquire a key skill at just the right time. It really doesn’t matter HOW you achieve. Just have unwavering faith THAT you will achieve.
Don’t worry if you can’t ‘see’ an actual image in your mind. Many people don’t see pictures. They feel emotions, and have specific sensory ideas in mind (visuals, taste, touch, etc.) without actually experiencing the visualization in any physical representation. That’s okay! What is important is the level of intention and emotion you put into it.
Imagination is not just for children and artists. We all imagine… many, many thousands of images/thoughts/feelings every day. How many of these are taking you in the direction of your dreams? Build on those and teach yourself to create the neural connections of success.