When my children were young, I wanted very much to share a vacation abroad with my wife, but it seemed to be a difficult task. Who would take care of my two young children for a whole week?
 
We decided to visualize and affirm that we have a wonderful vacation abroad together, and that our children are happy and very well taken care of. We had a strong belief that a solution will somehow come up.

Some time later, we met a very good friend, whose kids were about the same age as ours. He said to us:

“I have a proposition for you. My place of work has offered us an attractive vacation abroad, but we have no place where we can leave our children for a week. Would you agree to take care of our children for a week, and then you could travel, and we will take care of yours?”

My wife and I didn’t even have to think for a second about this wonderful proposition, and we immediately agreed.

And so it happened that we were able to go on a lovely vacation to Europe, while our good friends were taking good care of our children.

This experience shows how visualization can produce results in a natural, yet unexpected manner. Visualization, faith and desire, work together to make dreams come true.

- This is an excerpt from the book Visualize and Achieve, the practical guide for utilizing the power of creative visualization and the powers of your mind for improving your life and achieving success.

Some people can visualize easily and others find it hard to do, but regular training of the imagination can change this. One can learn to visualize. Imagination can be developed like any other skill, through appropriate exercises.

Don’t worry if you can’t visualize, because even if you can’t, you can still use the law of attraction. If you know clearly what you want, and you have no doubts about it, and your desire is very strong, you can still attract success into your life, even if visualization is difficult for you. Feelings and desire play an important role in manifestation, not only visualization.

Suppose two people wish to manifest a particular event or object in their life, one just visualize, without any emotion or desire, and without really believing that he can manifest his dream. The other person does not visualize, but he focuses his mind on his desire, and believes and feels strongly that he has already manifested it. Who will eventually achieve his desire? The one who feels and believes.

Actually, the combination of visualization, feelings and desire is recommended, and that is why it is worthwhile to train the faculty of imagination. It can be developed gradually, through various exercises. One such exercise is to look at a small object, such as a spoon, match, or even a fruit for a few minutes, then close the eyes and try to see it mentally. If the mental image is blurred, open your eyes, look at the object for a few seconds, and again close your eyes and try to visualize it.

Don’t get discouraged if you don’t see immediate results. Developing the ability to visualize is not different from learning a new language, learning to drive a car or bodybuilding. Training and developing the ability to visualize takes time.

I have included a whole chapter on developing visualization and imagination in my book Visualize and Achieve, with instructions, advice, and exercises.

Some time ago I asked visitors to SuccessConsciousness.com forum about their experiences with creative visualization and the law attraction. There weren’t many responses, but the post was viewed by over 800 visitors. You are invited to join the forum and share your knowledge and experience.

Here is the address of this post, entitled “Your experiences with creative visualization and the law of attraction”:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/cgi-bin/forum/sc/Blah.pl?b-3/m-1198407491/

Here is what I wrote:

We all learn from other people experiences, from good experiences and from not so good ones. It will therefore be a good idea, if you share here your experiences with creative visualization and the law attraction. In this way you can help others and help yourself. You will motivate others and get motivated. You will get wiser and help other people get wiser. By sharing your experiences you help other people, and benefit from other people’s experiences.

Please write about:

# What did you manifest and what did you do?

# How long did it take you to manifest your goal?

# What did you visualize?

# How many times a day did you visualize, and for how long?

# Did you visualize clear or hazy mental images?

# Did you use affirmations too?

# What steps did you take to manifest your desire?

# How did your desire or goal manifest?

The more people share their experiences the more success everyone would attain.

Some people are afraid to fly. Can visualization help overcome the fear of flying? It might.

Visualize yourself at the airport, feeling happy and joyous that you are
going to fly. Then see yourself going aboard, sitting in your seat and
see the other passengers, stewards and stewardesses.

There is no need to worry or feel stressed while visualizing, as this
is all in your imagination.

Visualize the plane taking off and you on board. Focus on feeling safe, confident and happy. Look through the window and enjoy the view, enjoy the food served, and you may also visualize talking with the other passengers. Also visualize how happy you are, expecting a
great time at your destination.

Repeat this visualization 2-3 times a day, every day, always feeling this is all true and real, and happening right now. Don’t let worries and fears of flying enter your mind, and
don’t express any doubts about what you are doing. Gradually, these mental images and scenes will seep into your subconscious mind and replace your fear of flying.

I am not guaranteeing that this will help every one who tries this method, but it does not cost money to try. Give it a test for one or two weeks, and tell me if this has helped you.

Imagine yourself watching the same movie many times a day, day after day. After a while you know it by heart and it becomes boring. There are no surprises anymore. Watching it becomes a habit, and you accept it as a way of life. You cannot stop watching it. It becomes a part of your life. You forget that you can watch other movies.

Real life is like this. It is like a movie that we keep watching nonstop. We may not like the whole movie, or only some parts of it, but we keep watching it because it is in front of our eyes.

If we accept the premise that our thoughts are responsible for the kind of life we live, and what we call reality is the replica or projection of our thoughts, we discover a mighty secret.

Why limit our thinking? Why let circumstances dictate what we think? If we constantly think about our existing circumstances, we limit ourselves to experiencing these circumstances and situations over and over again in a variety of forms. We limit our life by not thinking beyond our circumferences. If we keep recreating in our minds the same kind of life, how can anything new happen?

Each person lives within a circle with a limited circumference. Small thoughts limit this circumference.

To widen the circumference of your life, think bigger thoughts. To widen the scope of your life, dare to think beyond your immediate circumstances. Dare to think big. You can think beyond the boundaries of your reality.

This is an excerpt from the book Visualize and Achieve.