By Mental Floss Content Team
Our imagination allows us to do more than just daydream. It sparks new ideas and helps us visualize ourselves achieving that next great goal in life.
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There is nothing human-made that came into being without forming as an image in the mind. It is basically impossible to create something without imagining it beforehand.
The daily practice of visualizing your dreams as already complete can rapidly accelerate your achievement of those dreams, goals, and ambitions.
Sometimes people who have studied Eastern philosophy or are on a certain spiritual path feel a hesitation about using creative visualization when they first hear of it.
For a struggling young New York actress longing for a life partner and career success, stumbling upon Creative Visualization was like finding the keys to a magic door.
I was reading metaphysical books and going to workshops, and one of the ones I attended was on creative visualization—learning to use your natural creative imagination in a more conscious way to create what you really want.
Have you ever heard someone say they were using visualization and affirmations to “manifest” things in their life? What does that even mean?
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Think of the subconscious mind as a second, hidden mind that exists within you— its goal is to attract circumstances and situations that match the images you hold within.
Creative visualization goes by a number of names: creative imagination, visualization, visual imaging. Whatever the name, the process involves calling up images, sounds and/or feelings that calm the mind and body, and focus the attention on a specific task.
Visualization allows us to conceptualize our goals and enables us to invite the energy it'll take to reach them. It's one of the most powerful superpowers we have — but it's also one of the most overlooked.