Creative visualization is a Law of Attraction tool that is based on the observation that the conditions of our lives are created moment by moment according to the way we think about the future. If we think about the future in a positive light then we are likely to attract positive experiences. If we think about the future in a negative light then we are likely to attract negative experiences. The problem for most people is that what they think about the future – consciously and subconsciously – is generally determined by their past experiences.
For example, a man who has always had a problem with feeling inferior in the past will normally think about future situations and see himself as feeling inferior in the future also. And, because our thoughts are attractive, inferiority is what he will ultimately experience.
This pattern of the future repeating the past isn’t restricted to internal qualities or attitudes such as inferiority, but applies equally to external conditions such as our finances, our careers, our relationships with others and so on.
Another example: a woman has always worked for around $20,000 per year. When she thinks about working in the future, she will tend to think about working in jobs which pay a similar level financially. Yes, she may allow herself to stretch to thinking about having a job which pays a little more – perhaps $22,000 per year – but she will not think about having a job which pays much more than that. And once again, because her thoughts are attractive, she is likely to experience what she expects.
None of this is to say that individuals don’t hope for better things. The man with feelings of inferiority may hope that he will be confident in the future. And the woman with the $20,000 job may hope to land a $50,000 job in the future. But hope is not a powerful form of thought, because it tends to be fleeting and inconsistent. In both cases, the underlying thoughts of the future bringing ‘more of the same’ will over-ride all fleeting hopes of it bringing anything better.
Of course, the same principle also works in a positive way. If a man has been able to double his income every year for the past five years, he will tend to expect to double his income again in the coming year. And, because his visualization in this case is creative, the chances of him doing so are extremely good.
So we can see that a big problem for most people is the fact that their visualizations (that is, their imagined expectations of the future) are almost wholly based on their past experiences. This means that if their past experiences haven’t been great, under normal circumstances they aren’t likely to experience great things in the future.
But this doesn’t have to be the case. Anyone who discovers the power of creative visualization can change their future in a number of ways, and the purpose of this short series on creative visualization is to explain how you can do just that.
