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b. Place and environment. Will you be in school? In the office? At the park?
In your car? Determine the location where your visual image is bound to
happen. Put various items in place and imagine them too, like the size of
the place, where people may be staying, fixtures in the location, equipment
you will be using, and so on. Yes, this means that you will include that
familiar tree or that elegant desk in your mental image. Why, even the pen
you’re supposed to use should be in your visualization, too. These things
will make it easier for you to relive the actual scenario once you come to
face it in real life.
c. Statements to be said and heard. What words or statements do you
imagine to hear in the process of accomplishing your goal? Do you hear
your boss saying “Congratulations” as you say “Thank you” for that big
promotion? Do you hear your dream woman saying “Yes” when you
propose? Then, include such statements in your creative visualization
exercise. You can record these as messages of affirmation or speak them
out as you meditate on your visual image.
d. Specific actions or activities to be engaged in. Movement is part of your
creative visualization process, especially if your goal has something to do
with a physical activity like sports or exercise. In your mental image,
determine the times when you are likely to stand up, walk, run, or in the
context of say, basketball – dribble, make a steal, pass the ball, do a
successful jump shot or an immaculate three-pointer.
6. Have a full experience. When you are engaged in creative visualization, you do
not tell yourself that you are just imagining things. Instead, you let yourself be led
to the mental image that you are creating, making that image your very reality at
that very moment. It’s like at night, when you’re dreaming – you don’t really
know that you are in a dream, do you? You only find out once you wake up. So,
no, you are not supposed to see yourself in your room or in your sofa when you
visualize mental images: as you progress with your visualization, you see your
physical body being present in the actual scenario you have created for yourself.
These can be done through the following:
a. Use all your senses. Remember how you’re supposed to make a
remarkably detailed mental image? This is only possible if you get to use
all your senses. You identify what you see around you – you know the
colors, the shapes, the brightness of the things that surround you, as if
you’ve went inside a movie. You hear what you’re supposed to hear –
whether it be laughter, cheering, another person’s voice or the sound of
your footsteps. If it’s all about the woman of your dreams, then by all
means, feel free to smell her perfume and touch your hand. Remember,
you are taking out all the limits and your mental image can be as real as it
can be.
b. Involve your faith and emotions. Allow yourself to express your faith and
confidence. Verbalize your beliefs and be in touch with your emotions. Do
you feel happiness? Then you must be smiling. Do you see success