Power of Visualization – Part 2

If we practice this technique of visualization for some time, we will realize that this is nothing but a form of meditation where we are able to concentrate on a situation that we want to actualize. We will soon realize that this has other benefits other than the reason for our visualization. We tend to concentrate better in our daily activities, are able to retain what we have read a while ago in a way that could be termed photographic. We might actually be able to see the pages of a book that we read a while ago when we try to remember something from that book.

Coming back to the subject of visualization, as I said earlier, our object of desire should be in the realms of possibility and something that is good for us, but not at the cost of somebody else’s happiness. Desires that can cause harm to others seldom materialize and can actually be detrimental to us as the thought energy released could actually boomerang. Be aware that everybody is visualizing, consciously or unconsciously. So any visualization that is intended to bring grief to somebody else is likely to be countered by the the other person's thought energies.

While, virtually anything is possible through visualization, we should be realistic in our expectations. We could visualize that we are on the moon, but to expect that to happen in two weeks will be an  impossibility. We could visualize that we get lot of money. However visualization of such as these  are unlikely to succeed because the thought is rather abstract. Rather, we could visualize the state we would like to be in if we had the money we desire. We could for example think of owning a big bungalow with a garden and swimming pool. We could visualize a party on the poolside lawn and see all our friends in that party. Such visualization would be very concrete and can succeed in due course. When our visualization actually materializes, we might feel a sense of déjà vu, since we had actually seen it happen in our visualizations.  We all have felt this at one time or the other and are often at loss to explain why we are feeling this sense of déjà vu. It is because we would have visualized something similar in the past unconsciously.

Every man and women alive is endowed with the ability to create on the material plane. But in order to do so we must be able to use the tools we have been given. The first is ability to visualize and the second is the faculty of imagination. It is vital that these two work together. To most people the technique outlined above appear too simple. Some don’t believe it will work and so kill all chances of success before even starting. We must believe that what we visualize will come about. This is very important, so I will say this again. We must believe that what we visualize will come about. Some are willing to give a half hearted try . This is almost like baking a cake without all the proper ingredients mixed in the right proportion. The result is usually a sorry mess. It is a fact that what we visualize becomes material reality. All it requires is the ability to believe, imagine and concentrate. With regular practice, visualization can get us practically anything we want.

The oldest story on what visualization can achieve comes from the Bible. It is said that Jacob was asked to produce spotted cattle to be allowed to marry Rachel. In those days there was no strain of spotted cattle, only brown , black or white cattle. So Jacob cut little round pieces of bark from trees and spread them on the bed of a clear steam from which the cattle drank water. Every time the cattle looked into the water, they would unconsciously visualize the spots.. and their offsprings brought Jacob his longed-for spotted cattle !

 Part 1

http://sundar-krishnamachari.blogspot.in/2012/12/power-of-visualization-part-1.html

Part 3

http://sundar-krishnamachari.blogspot.in/2012/12/power-of-visualization-part-3.html