Visualization Meditation

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." Michael Jordan

Do you know that you can tap into the power of your mind through simple techniques using meditation?

I'm not talking about someone sitting yoga style with a long white beard and a turban on his head. I am not talking about something that is easy to learn, and can change your life in fantastic ways.

Here is a special report from Bryan Kumar on “Visualization” which is added to this book with his permission. 

Visualization 

Visualization has been given a bad name by many who tried it and didn't get the results they wanted. 

The problem is not with visualization; it's the lack of understanding of the term, and the process, that is the problem. 

Visualization works amazingly well when you do it right, and it can be used to create just about anything that you want in your life. 

After researching, studying and experimenting with visualization for many years, I have found the following process to produce the best results:

1. Find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed for at least 5 to 15 minutes. Your bedroom would be ideal. You may want to unplug the phone and lock the door so there are absolutely no interruptions. Pull the curtains to keep direct sunlight out and dim the lights if possible. 

2. Lie down on your back and get comfortable. (Have loose, comfortable clothing on - nothing restrictive.) 

3. Close your eyes. While keeping them closed, roll your eyes upward as if you're focusing on your forehead. Don't strain your eyes. Just roll them up as far as they can comfortably go. 

4. Inhale deeply and slowly through your nose and then exhale slowly through your mouth. With your eyes still rolled up, begin to focus on your breathing.

5. Continue to take deep breaths in and out for up to a minute (or more if needed) until you notice your body becoming very relaxed and settled. 

(Breathing in this way, with your eyes rolled up, will quickly put you into the "alpha state" of consciousness - a state that is ideal for creative visualization.) 

6. Next, think of a time/incident from your past where you were extremely happy. It could be a time when your peers praised you, when you received an award of some sort, or even a time when you fell in love. Next, relive this memory as vividly as you can, using all your senses. Try to get in touch with that feeling again. Hear what you heard. See what you saw. FEEL what you felt. Remember the voices that were around you and what they were saying. Recall anything else that your senses were taking in - the smell, touch, etc. Make your vision as clear, vivid, crisp as possible. (If you're not able to do it very clearly at first, it's all right. Each time you relive that memory it will become easier, and clearer and more alive.) 

NOTE: It is extremely important that you DO NOT pull out a memory that will trigger a negative emotion. If you can't think of a happy memory, you may want to skip this step. Although I strongly recommend that you try really hard to find a happy memory to recall. Here's why...

The point of Step 6 is to get your mind and your body into a 'happy' state. Because, once you're in a truly happy place in your mind, we are going to "link" your visualization to that emotion. This will energize your visualization beyond belief and cause it to manifest more powerfully and quickly. The more strongly you can relive your past happy memory, the more energized your vision will become. 

7. Once you're in touch with that happy experience from the past and are able to strongly feel joy and happiness, now is the time to start creating the vision of what you want to happen in the future. Something you would like to have, do, or be in the future. 

This is where most people lose it because they have not been taught how to visualize correctly. Please pay attention to the following... 

When you're visualizing your future, you have to see it as being real "right now" - in the "present," as if you already have it right now. Imagine that your vision is real and that it has already happened. See yourself enjoying whatever it is that you want created. 

The next important aspect of visualization that most people do incorrectly is...they don't put themselves "in the picture." Instead, they see themselves doing/enjoying the vision as if they're watching a movie of themselves. This is not the best way to visualize. Instead of watching a 'movie' of yourself enjoying what you want, put yourself in the picture. You're not an outsider or an observer anymore. Instead, you're experiencing the vision with your whole body and your senses.

For example, if you want a new car, don't visualize a movie of yourself in the new car. Instead, put yourself "inside" the car so that you can see the steering wheel in front of you and feel the seat on your back. Be in the picture! Breathe in the "new car smell." Feel the grip of the steering wheel in your hands. 

If it's a new house that you want, imagine that you're inside that new house right now. See yourself lying in the new bed of your new house instead of where you're laying right now. Really get in touch with the feeling and imagine what it would be like to actually have it "right now." Be in the moment. Live it right now, as if it has already happened. 

If it's money that you want, imagine piles and piles of currency all over the bed, all over your body, maybe even falling to the ground from the edges of the bed. Imagine the weight of the money on top of your body. Remember to get all of your senses involved. Imagine yourself touching the money with your hands and feeling how it feels against your fingers. Smell what that newly printed money smells like

And, remember to feel really happy and grateful - just as you would feel if you really had this money in your hands right now. 

That's the key to effective visualization. See it in the present, as if it has already happened. And be in the picture - involve all your senses as vividly as you can. 

8. This next step may seem a little weird to some people, especially if they haven't studied success and mind power before. But, do it anyway since it is a very important step and should not be missed.

After you have enjoyed being in the vision that you want to create, open your eyes and say the following words... 

"I now allow myself to have (fill in what you want here)! It is done! And so it is."

This may seem silly at first but is VERY important, because it allows you to "release" your vision out to the universe to get created. 

If you don't release your vision as outlined above, you'll be attached to it and that will interfere with the creative process. As you say those words, let go of all worry, fear, doubt, disbelief, and concern. Don't worry about when or how it will get created. Just trust in the creative force of the universe and release your vision to it. And then, go on about your daily activities and don't think about your vision much.

Be sure to end your visualization each time with this step.