Creative Visualization Part 4
In my earlier Creative Visualization posts I described how you should go about creating a positive and inspiring blueprint for your future. Getting your vision to ‘take root’ in your subconscious mind and start attracting the corresponding conditions into your life involves one final step. However, unlike the previous steps, this one should be repeated daily.
Step 4 – Hypnagogic Focusing
As the human body falls asleep, the brain first goes through something called the hypnagogic state. This is a state of awareness which lies between waking and sleeping, and it is during this particular state that the subconscious mind is most impressionable. By regularly focusing on the vision you have created during the hypnagogic state, your subconscious mind will begin adapting to the idea of experiencing this fundamentally positive future. The nature of your day to day thoughts will change – albeit gradually at first – and as a consequence so will the conditions that are attracted into your life.
Of course, such hypnagogic focusing is not the only technique that you can use to harness the power of the Law of Attraction and create good things in your life, but it is extremely effective and can be used in conjunction with most other methods as you see fit.
That said, every night for the next month or so, as you close your eyes to sleep, bring the vision you have created to the forefront of your mind. Don’t force yourself to concentrate or remember every detail, but just enjoy imagining the kind of life you have defined. Allow yourself to fall asleep with this positive scenario in your consciousness, and as you do so, know that you have already begun making it a reality in your life.
Creative Visualization Notes
There are a few other optional ideas you can employ to support the main Creative Visualization process that I have outlined in this short series. If any of them appeal to you, feel free to use them:
- Using full-colour pictures from magazines, catalogues or other sources, create a collage which represents your vision in a graphic way. Simply choose one or two images for each of your fifteen goals and mount them all onto one large notice board or piece of card. Then hang this collage in a place where you will see it on a regular basis, such as in your office or bedroom. A modern alternative is to employ computer software designed specifically for such a purpose, such as Mind Movies, which I personally find to be extremely effective.
- Whenever you think about the future, deliberately think about the new vision of the future that you have created, rather than simply projecting your past experiences.
- If thinking about this positive future feels unrealistic or overly optimistic, remind yourself that this is only because of your past conditioning. The chances are that other people are looking forward to futures that are even more ambitious, so don’t hold yourself back with false limitations. The fact is that we are only ever limited in life by the size of the vision that we hold as our aim, so dream big and aim high!
