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In this series you will create a new self-image through the process of using a series of carefully designed mental images. The process isn’t complex, but it will take some time on your part. The rewards, however, are well worth the effort you put in. Before we start presenting the process itself (which we will do over several days) we should first spend a few moments discussing how using the process will benefit you in your personal life.

We have said that the self-image often works to sabotage the efforts you make to change your life in any positive way, be this financially, physically, emotionally or spiritually. This is because your current self-image was programmed during childhood in an almost slip-shod manner, based on the input of parents, peers, educators, leaders and other influential people.

The process we provide in this series enables you to go back beyond this ‘accidental’ self-image and start creating a new one from scratch. This new self-image will be deliberately created by you to help you achieve your goals and desires faster than you ever thought possible.

Although this series of articles is presented in modern language, the act of redesigning the self-image is not new. In many ancient scriptures, people were encouraged to be ‘born again’ and to ‘cast off the clothes of the old man, and put on the clothes of the new man’. Both of these terms, and many others like them, were simply ways of saying, ‘Forget your past programming and re-create your self image. Doing this will change your entire life, from the way you perceive the world to the results you get from your involvement with the world.’

As anyone who goes through this process properly will testify, when you re-create your self-image, you are in fact re-creating your entire life. And it all starts in the very next part of this series…

Creative visualization is one of the most popular metaphysical techniques in the world. If you have been reading the articles here at Create Good Things for a while you will certainly be familiar with the concept: If you want to manifest something or some quality in your life, you should sit down on a regular basis and visualize yourself as already having that thing or quality.

Unfortunately, some people find that they can’t seem to make visualization work for them. It doesn’t matter how hard they try, the results just don’t come. It’s as if something is actually preventing the manifestation from taking place.

In most cases, something really is preventing the process, and that ‘something’ is the self-image of the individual.

Your self-image is the mental representation of who you truly believe you are. In most cases it consists of one or a series of mental images which represent, as far as your subconscious mind is concerned, the ‘real you’.

Now here is the vital point: Your subconscious mind will never allow you to experience anything in life which is in conflict with your self-image. No matter how hard you work, visualize, affirm or meditate, your self-image will always dictate what can and what cannot be manifested in your life.

Since this is the case, you should now be able to understand why visualization and other similar metaphysical techniques don’t work for some people. In almost all such instances, the self-image of the individual over-rides all metaphysical efforts in an effort to preserve the ‘status quo’. Let us give you an example of how this often takes place.

Jane, a young lady in her mid-twenties, had learned about creative visualization and decided to begin using it to increase her level of career and financial success. Every day for several months, Jane sat down and visualized the things she wanted in her life – a fine home, a smart automobile, a rewarding career and financial independence.

Now during the course of this visualization programme, several opportunities arose which could have enabled Jane to realise her ambitions. Yet when she came to take advantage of these various opportunities, every one of them vanished. Job offers were withdrawn for no reason, help which she had been offered from friends and acquaintances was not forthcoming and so on.

After several months of such let-downs, Jane lost her faith in visualization altogether. ‘It just doesn’t work,’ she would tell her friends. ‘I’ve tried as hard as I can, but even when things start looking up, something happens to take me right back to square one.’

The problem in this case wasn’t creative visualization at all. As many thousands of people can testify, visualization is one of the most effective metaphysical techniques there is.

So what was the problem?

The problem was that Jane’s self-image was in direct opposition to the things she was visualizing. Far from seeing herself as a person worthy of success, Jane always felt inferior. She viewed successful people as though they were automatically better and more deserving than she was.

In other words, Jane’s visualization efforts failed simply because she was trying to achieve something which would actually jeopardize her own self-image, and because of this her subconscious mind set to work – acting to prevent her visualized goals from ever becoming a reality.

Now the idea of one aspect of an individual working against another aspect of the same individual may sound strange, but in fact it happens all the time.

Consider a person who wants to quit smoking. He tries once, twice, three times, but he always ends up lighting another cigarette.

Or consider the person who wants to succeed financially. He tries once, twice, three times, but he always seems to end up right back where he started.

In both of these situations – and in a very many others – all that is happening is that the subconscious mind works to ensure that the individual fails. Why? Because the man who smokes has a self-image of himself as a smoker, and the man who wants to succeed financially actually has a self-image of failure and poverty. In both cases, the subconscious mind simply must ensure that they do not reach their goals, because if they did their respective self-images would be shattered.

In the world of metaphysics, the self-image can be likened to the ‘homing device’ on a powerful missile. The homing device is pre-programmed with a definite destination. When the missile is launched it always looks to its homing device for directions. Of course, the wind may blow the missile off track on occasion, but in these cases it simply refers once again to its homing device and corrects its own path so that it finally reaches the destination that has been pre-programmed.

If you are not progressing as quickly as you think you ought to be, in whatever area of life, then the chances are that your self-image is pulling you in a different direction.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can deliberately re-programme your subconscious mind with a brand new set of instructions which are automatically geared towards helping you to manifest prosperity, happiness and success in all areas of life, and this is where creating a new self-image comes into play.

After all of this talking about Entering the Zone, the next question which arises is: How do I know when I am in the Zone?

First of all, you should not think that carrying out either method just the once will result in you entering the Zone. It may happen, but it probably won’t. Whichever method you choose to use, you must use it on a regular – preferably daily – basis. By doing this you will be regularly programming your mind to a different wavelength by combining the metaphysical power of breath, creative visualization and rhythm.

After as little as a week of using either method daily, you may get your first experience of the Zone. This first experience may last just a minute or two, but you will know it when it occurs. For now, here are some of the things you can expect to experience:

- A feeling of being ‘in tune’ with everything around you.

- A strong realization that you are a spiritual being with infinite power.

- A feeling of great physical strength or energy.

So much for the intuitive side of the Zone. As for the external effects which being in the Zone will have, these are impossible to define because they will vary according to the individual. They can, however, be described as ‘answers’ to questions and ‘fulfilments’ of desires.

For example, if you desire a new job then you may find that you enter the Zone during your job interview. You may answer each question you are asked perfectly, yet without really thinking. It may feel as if something ‘bigger’ than you is leading you to success. And it is!

Or you may desire a greater level of abundance and enter the Zone when taking part in a competition or lottery. You may know before the competition even takes place that you are a winner. It will seem as if you are destined to be a winner. And you are!

However entering the Zone affects your life, you can be sure that the effects will be nothing but positive. One cannot fail when in the Zone. Everything goes smoothly, automatically and without hitch. When you are in the Zone you will not question your true identity – you will know that you are a being of infinite spiritual power!

The more you continue using either of the two methods we have presented in this series, the more often you will enter the Zone. Even better, the longer your time in the Zone will be. Eventually you will come to the point where you live in the Zone ninety per cent of the time! Of course, we don’t want you to simply take our word for any of this. Rather, we want you to experience the fact yourself. So use one of the methods provided – starting today – and find out what life in the Zone is really like. Then decide to live in that higher state as much as possible and create good things!

Entering The Zone – Method Two

This method of entering the Zone is one which some experts believe is subconsciously carried out by top athletes. Whether or not this is the case, what is a matter of fact is that it is a method sometimes used by native Americans and Shamans to alter their states of awareness. It is an extremely powerful method because it fuses the power of rhythmic breathing with aerobic exercise and deliberate visualization.

Because this method involves aerobic exercise, we would suggest that any reader who is worried about his or her health or who has not taken regular exercise for some time might be wise to consult a doctor before following the instructions below…

Equip yourself with a pair of jogging shoes and suitable jogging attire.

Jog gently for around three minutes. During this period your breathing will develop a rhythm of its own. Normally your footsteps will automatically be in tune with this rhythm, but if they are not, try to correct the situation.

When the rhythm is firmly established, continue jogging and start imagining the loud beat of a drum with every inhalation and exhalation. Feel the vibrations of this drum course through your body, empowering you.

Part two of this method is exactly the same as part two of the previous method. Proceed as follows:

Imagine yourself going about your daily business, but being in perfect and total control. Imagine feeling totally connected to the universe and everything in it. Imagine everything going well for you. Imagine having a desire and then having that desire met almost immediately. The more emotion you can pack into this creative visualization, the better.

Now think of one of your major desires – it may be for a new job, greater abundance or a new romantic partner, etc. – and imagine that you already have it. Deliberately tell yourself and the universe that your desire has been fulfilled, then detach yourself from this desire and leave it alone.

You can jog for as long as you wish whilst using this method, but obviously your physical stamina will take time to build up. A beginner may only feel able to jog for a few minutes, whilst a person who has used this method for a few weeks may well be able to jog for half an hour to an hour, or even more.

Your aim is simply to start using this method on a regular basis, jog for however long you can and build up from there.