Consider “Mind Power”
Imagination,
which can also be called inner vision, is a gift that has many positive
applications, but more than often it is not well-developed or correctly used.
Few people possess the ability to control what enters their minds. They let
their minds and imaginations do as they please, and let any stray thought or
mental image appear on the screen of their inner vision. This lack of control
leads to lack of control over their lives.
Let
your imagination run riot, and your life will be a mess. Control it and
visualize only what you
intentionally decide to visualize, and you change your life in accordance with
your will.
What is the imagination - the inner vision?
It
is the ability to see in one's mind mental images of something that exists, and
also the ability to imagine objects, situations or circumstances that do not
exist, at least now. Imagination is not only visualizing mental images. It is
possible to visualize using all the five senses. You can visualize a sound,
taste, smell or a sensation.
If
you watch your mind, you will find out that you are constantly using your imagination
in various ways. You use it while thinking about the past or
future, planning, painting, writing, and describing something. You use it when
you describe how to get to a certain street, when you read and when you
daydream.
Do
you write, paint or engage in any creative activity? Do you cook, decorate or
love to do new things? If you do, then you are using your imagination.
When
you worry or feel fear you use it too. At such times you automatically
visualize unhappy or unfortunate situations. If you keep visualizing these
negative mental images you may eventually attract them into your life.
If
you see in your inner vision how you want your life to be, and continue
watching this mental scene every day with faith, concentration and love, one
day your life will look exactly as you imagine.
There
are some people who say they have no imagination. There is no such thing. It
may be weak, but they certainly possess it. It might also happen that their
visual imagination is not strong, but they can visualize using their other five
senses, as mentioned earlier.
The
ability to visualize clearly can be developed, and this can be fun. Exercises for developing
this ability will at the same time also improve your ability to concentrate,
and as a bonus, you might find that you gain a power which you can use to shape
and improve your life.
Developing the
imagination, the power of your inner vision:
1. Find some fifteen minutes every day for the exercises.
2. Visualize something simple that you can believe you can get done
or accomplished, such as going to a movie with your girl/boy friend or with
your husband/wife, eating at a certain restaurant, or doing something else you
would like to do.
3. Visualize your desire clearly, and include in the visualization
all the five senses. If it is watching a movie together with another person,
imagine the two of you entering the cinema and sitting down. Listen to the
people around you, use your sense of smell and feel the coldness or warmth in
the cinema hall. Visualize eating popcorn or drinking some soft drink, and
enjoy the taste and smell.
4. You might find out it is easier to imagine with some of the
senses, and a little difficult to imagine with the others. Go on with the
exercises and you will strengthen your ability to imagine with all the senses.
5. Do the same exercise every day, and you will find that it
gradually becomes easier.
6. Sometimes you may find that your mind starts to verbalize about
what you are imagining. Be careful not to replace the imagination with words.
The aim is to use the imagination, not words.
If you
follow these suggestions you will develop your imagination, the power of the inner vision,
which will be useful to you in many situations. You might also be surprised to discover
that what you see in your mind, in your inner vision, comes true in real life.
You may recall the old story of the
little train who could! “I think I
can.” “I think I can.” And he got things done. We can be the same way. You younger folks may recall Jedi Master
Yoda’s conversation with Luke Skywalker when he lifted his fighter plane from
the swamp.
Luke said: “I don’t believe it!”
Yoda’s reply: “And THAT
is why you failed!”
The fact of the matter is, whether
you’re consciously aware of it or not, or ready to accept it or not, you’re
already using your mind power every second of every minute of every day.
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"If you're getting up on the wrong side of the bed every day,
turn your bed around."
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