How Does Visualization Work?

Visualization goes beyond imagination. That is a hardto correct answers. You have a "yes" and a "no"
concept for some to grasp. Suppose for a momentinside of you. We feel them in different ways.
that we knew for a fact that when we "imagine" anSometimes it's impossible to describe but we know
inner healing center, we aren't just imagining it but wewhat a "gut feeling is" and how it feels in our bodies.
are actually visiting a place that exists on anotherAfter answers come or suggestions are made to
plane of existence.check something out or ask a particular person for
Imagine that some of the dreams that you havehelp, the rest is up to you. Nothing gets handed to us
when you sleep are real. Perhaps you had awithout at least some foot work on our part. We
conversation with a friend in a dream, and thecan look back at various outcomes in our life and say
content was fuzzy but the location was clear. Lets"I was led to that place or person or job".
suppose for now, that that conversation had reallyFollow your intuition and inner guidance in order to go
occurred on some level other than "here". What ifin the right direction. Going in the right direction is
your friend then told you that they had spoken withmore satisfying than getting to the destination. One
you in a dream and as you put the pieces togetherexample is wondering what foods you can and
you found out that your dreams matched.cannot eat. This changes over our lifetime. The way
If certain places or themes keep showing up in youryou ate 10 years ago doesn't work for you anymore
dreams, what do you think they are telling you? Youand you might want to know how you should be
might be the best interpreter of your own dreams. Ieating now. Listen inwardly and also integrate all of
have a recurring dream that I am riding a bicyclethe information that you are getting outside. These
throughout the city and have forgotten to bring atwo things combined will give you your answers. You
lock. I arrive at places where I need to bring my bikemight not follow them all the time, but you will
inside so it won't be stolen. My interpretation of thisprobably make some improvements that will help
is that I am being warned of leaving myself wideyour health and vitality.
open and vulnerable. The dream crops up every nowPictures are being shown to us all the time. Become
and then. Sometimes years will pass between themore aware of them when they appear.
dreams but they come back when they are relevantVisualizations are the gifts from the inner worlds
to certain events that are going on right now.helping us to bring them out here into the open. Many
If you continue with these concepts and take thembuildings and paintings were created based on an
a step further, think of how you could apply this toimage that was seen by the person unconsciously.
your own life in order to create a life that is better,We want to make the unconscious, conscious. We
more successful and more fulfilling. There is so muchwant to become conscious beings instead of hiding
inner help available to us that we don't access. Wefrom the truth. That takes a lot of courage. It means
hear stories of help coming at just the right momentalways walking against or ahead of the pack. It
and miraculous occurrences but unless youmeans not being a blind follower or taking everything
experience that first hand, you might continue to beat face value. It requires analyzing the facts and
skeptical. It doesn't matter if you believe any of thismaking decisions on your own, not the kinds of
but it would be useful to proceed as though it weredecisions everyone makes because everyone makes
all true.them. Being your own person is one of the hardest
The inner guidance that we all have access to is aways to exist in this world. Caring how others react
pot of gold. If you sit or lie still and ask for anto your ideas will slow you down. You have to know
answer to a question such as "what doctor should Iwhat's right for you and no one else can tell you
go to for this medical problem?" Or "how do I dealwithout polluting their advice with their own
with this issue my child is having?" Or, "how will Iperspectives on life.
know when I find the home that I will like and beYou have a private world between the outer you
happy in and where is it?"and the inner you. No one else can go there. Use
These are everyday, ordinary questions that all of usthese techniques for good. Use them to help yourself
have in some form. Imagine now that you ask aand not to change the course of another person's
question and then close your eyes and wait. Don'tlife. Use them to get the answers to your problems.
create the answer yourself but allow yourself to beYou will feel less despair and you won't ever get lost.
led to it. Become familiar with your body's responses