Showing posts with label The Power of Visualization. Show all posts
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Sunday, 6 September 2020

The Power of Visualization (Part Eight): Creating A New World

Got My Brains Switched On
We create new realms of possibilities and make our being comfortable with it. We, as it were, create a belief in the impossible becoming possible. "To visualize is to direct unseen energy into an orderly vibration and that is what is needed to manifest desires of the inner self. Desires must first be created in thoughts and then they are created in ‘real-life’. Humans are the sum of what they think about and focus on most." (John Assaraf)

Visualization brings us to the place of believing in our self, our dreams, our goals, and our vision. We can say, “It is possible. We are possible.” We can face our fears and our pains with an answer, rather than running, or seeking shelter, hiding our tail between our legs. It is our way of facing life and all it brings head-on. And, the good thing is, we can do it without having to shed blood. All it cost is the sweat of daring, the sweat of asking more of life. 

Visualization is our mental preparation for the fight of life, the fight for/of our destiny. It awakens all that is in us to the occasion. It is our way of negotiating with our own very self. It is our way of ensuring there is no enemy within standing in our own way. Like the old African Proverb says, “If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.” Such is the power generated by visualization. It causes our being to be comfortable with our new, desired normal. 

We are able to fine-tune the plan, working out the kinks before going on stage for the real "drama of life." "I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared." (Allyson Felix) "I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop." (Jack Youngblood) We get what we expect out of life. That which we focus our attention on we attract. That which we set our attention on becomes our reality. 

We draw things into our life by the attention we give to them. This is irrespective of who we are and/or what we think we want. Our attention determines our true expectations. And, guess what? It will not be cut off. It will come to pass. Our attention is the activating force. The onus is on us to focus on the things we want (faith), and not the things we do not want (fear). That ought to be pretty straight forward. Don’t you think? Let us get about creating the future we want.

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." (George Bernard Shaw) Life has a way of yielding to the one who truly wants it. A whole lot of lazy, unmotivated people are quick to conclude life is not fair; thinking they finally hit on some deep revelation - Eureka. Huh? Unknown to them, they are simply stating the obvious. Life is not fair. It was never meant to be fair. 

Life does not give its bounty according to needs. It gives according to one’s demand and an appreciation of its value. Your situation is not going to get better just because you are in pain, or you are in need. It is not going to get better by chance. It will only get better if your pain gets you off your butt to do something about it. You got to want life to get it. You got to place demands on life to get it. You got to really want it with the whole of your being for it to open its treasure chest to you. 

That is what we do when we visualize – create/draw the mental picture of that which we desire. "Nothing great happens in life without a dream." (John Smith) It is time to start creating the future you want. I see you on the other side and you look glorious. 

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The Power of Visualization (Part Seven): Our Mind, Our Leverage for Life

Turning my Brains On
We are each endowed with a mind. 

Our mind is our leverage for winning and conquering. It marks us out as human beings. It does this as we engage and take charge of the pictures drawn by and on it. It is neither our circumstances nor our environment that determines our destiny. Rather, it is our interpretation, relationship, and engagement with these. Our mental pictures are the ways we interpret our environment and circumstances. They are the ways we allow things happening outside of us to affect our internal constitution and our destiny. 

As Eric Butterworth puts it, “Things may happen around you, and things may happen to you, but the only things that matter are the things that happen in you.” "Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." (Jamie Paolinetti) "Worrying and focusing on what you don’t want takes just as much energy and time as focusing on what you do want – and it works! If your energy is largely negative, that’s what you’ll get back." (Bob Proctor) 

The War of the Ages:

The war of the ages has always been a contention for the mind of men. What finds its way into your head has the power to control you. The question is, “Who is in your head? Do you know? Do you know why you do what you do? Do you know why you react the way you do? Do you know why you are comfortable with some things, and not with others? As James Allen so rightly said, “Circumstances do not make the man; it reveals him to himself.” 

The answers to the above questions only reveal who you are. They reveal to us the things that have been stored away in our subconscious mind either knowingly or unknowingly.  They represent our present state and reality. They, however, do not have to define our future. We can do something about them. The question is, “Are we willing?” Will we? "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct our life and you will call it fate." (Carl G. Jung) 

Our mental pictures are not necessarily reality. 

Our mental pictures are our interpretation of what reality is, which might be just as far away from reality as far can be.  The monster holding us captive might just be a figment of our own imagination. Hence, the need to take charge of our mental pictures in such a way that they empower rather than limit us. The process by which we do this, and use it in propelling our self towards our goals, dreams, and vision is known as visualization. 

Visualization is a kind of first creation, rehearsal, or planning process. Norman Vincent Pearl calls it picturizing or positive mental imaging. It works for several benefits. For one it helps us push against that which we hitherto considered the limits of possibility.  Possibility thinking is the secret of greatness, wealth and immortality. Only those who see the imvisible, can have the impossible.
"If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance." ― Napoleon Hill.
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Saturday, 11 July 2020

The Power of Visualization (Part Six): You Can Have What See

Everything you can imagine is real (Pablo Picasso)
Nothing is truly impossible. It is only impossible to the person who has refused to open up his/her mind to conquer it. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” (Nikos Kazantzakis) Visualization is the process of affirming our belief and ensuring there is no enemy within. As the old African proverb goes, "If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside has no power over you."

Visualization helps awaken our "En-theos" (God within, enthusiasm) to cooperate with our endeavor. As it were, we are advertising to our own self what we desire. The onus is on each of us to rightly frame our experience of life in a way that empowers us today and in the tomorrows. As Sean Stephenson so rightly put it, “Never believe a prediction that does not empower you.” And, it does not matter who is making the prediction. Be it your pastor, your imam, your own very self, or whosoever.

Refuse to believe it, unless it empowers you. Even if you have a 1% chance of success, what do you stand to lose by going for it, anyway? You are already on the ground. It is time to come back up. Go for it! Life has a way of favoring the bold and the brave. The modus operandi of champions, which you are, is, “Be strong. Stand tall like a man, or you will become a slave. Be a man, and fight!” (The Bible) It is your life! You have to define it in a way that makes you win.

If you can see it, you can have it.
If you don’t have a reference to base your desired success, you can create (synthesize) one. You can stand on the shoulders of others who have made it. If they did, you can. Keep their picture before you. Your subconscious mind will not know the difference. Keep your heart fixed on the success stories of those giants, like Ben Cooper did, for you are a giant in the waking, yourself. Awaken the giant in you. "Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true." (Ralph Marston)

When you focus on the same things the giants focused on, it will create the same state - confidence, and disposition in you. The ball is in your court. Your limit is not determined by your history or your biology. It is only determined by your aspiration. What are you aspiring to? Who do you want to be? Can you see it? You can raise your limit to a limitless status. You can ride on the experience of others. You can climb to whatever height in life you choose.

You can climb and sit on the shoulders of the giants who have gone ahead of you. You can key into their mental imagery. You can create the same state and disposition. You can synthesize their experience. You can win. And, not just win. You can re-write the history of your generations yet unborn.

What are you waiting for?

© 2016 Akin Akinbodunse

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The Power of Visualization (Part Five): A Shoulder To Stand.

What do you see?

Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone, in their book “Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude,” relate the story of Irving Ben Cooper, who became one of America's most respected judges. As a boy, Ben lived in a permanent state of fear and self-despising. This was occasioned by a gang of boys who found great pleasure ambushing, beating, and tormenting him. Then, one winter, something happened. He came across an adventure book series about a youngster who faced great odds and overcame them with courage and moral strength. 

A Shoulder to Stand On.

Ben found here his hero. He found his giant on whose shoulders he could stand. And, stand He did. He spent the entire winter reading as many of the book series as he could. As he read, he lived the part of the hero, in his mind’s eyes. He visualized himself in the hero's stead. Like Napoleon Hill rightly says, "Great self-esteem comes from simply taking the successes of the past, focusing on them, and projecting them into the future."

When the gang ambushed him again, run some months later, his first thought was to turn. However, he had found a new resolve. He marched straight ahead as if he were one of the heroes in the book series. It was a brutal fight, but Ben was able to overcome the three boys. It was worth it! It was a great day in Ben's life. At that moment, he overcame fear. Ben Cooper wasn't much stronger than he had been a year earlier. His attackers were no less tough. 

The difference was in Ben's mental attitude (drawing, picture, image, visualization). He had faced danger despite fear. The secret was, he identified himself with a successful image. Like William S. Gilbert rightly said, "Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success." Ben had focused his mind on the rewards of success, looking through the lenses of the heroes he had read about, all winter. That which he spent his time focusing on became alive inside of him. 

Which Story Are You Carrying?

Ben could see in the eye of his mind that which he hitherto thought impossible as possible. "Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And, by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible." (Cherie Carter Scott). Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), as a small boy, imagined a vast land of continents to be conquered. 

It was then just a mere visual imagination that he created and nurtured in his mind through his boyhood days. This gave him the energy and confidence to lead an army at eighteen to conquer the world. What are you creating and nurturing in your own mind? Before May 6, 1954, the experts believed the human body was incapable of a 4-minute mile. They said it was not just dangerous, but it was impossible. Roger Bannister set out to break this barrier. 

As part of his training, he relentlessly visualized the achievement to create a sense of certainty in his mind and body. The result: he did break the barrier, and others have since followed in his footsteps. "Visualize the most amazing life imaginable to you. Close your eyes and see it clearly. Then hold the vision for as long as you can. Now place the vision in God’s hands…and consider it done." (Marianne Williamson)

Will you?

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Thursday, 3 August 2017

The Power of Visualization (Part Four): Harnessing the Subconscious Mind

My Imagination, My Leverage.

Anxiety Disarms Our Conscious Mind:

Herein are the danger and stupidity of anxiety. 
“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.” (Arthur S. Roche) 
Anxiety sells our subconscious mind “baloney,” and it buys it, helplessly, hook, line, and sinker. Why? It's defense, our conscious mind, let it down. Our subconscious mind buys whatever gets to it. Again, to reiterate, it cannot differentiate between fiction and reality. It depends on our conscious mind to make that distinction (differentiation). It assumes everything that gets to it has been duly checked and passed on.

Anxiety erodes away the only defense our subconscious mind has. We are left at the mercy of our imagination, our negative conceptualization of the things we fear. All those negative creativity are fed into our subconscious mind as actual occurrences. When you dwell long enough on it, the subconscious mind will give the command to secrete the very same hormones into your bloodstream as it would have secreted in an actual fight or flight mode.

Have you had a "déjà vu" before? Are there things in your mind that seem like they happened but you know never really did? Look back at a time of anxiety, or intentionality of thought in your life. That was when those memory cells were created. You thought so much about these that your subconscious mind recorded them as an actual occurrence. 

Herein is the power and core of brainwashing, behavioral conditioning (programming), and the likes.

Harnessing the Subconscious Mind:

When you think about a thing long enough you take ownership of it. As far as your subconsciousness is concerned it is an actual experience in your past, irrespective of its reality. It might be virtual, it might be fiction, but to your subconscious mind, it is real. The essence of visualization, positive mental attitude, and the like, is to positively harness the power of the subconscious mind for our own success. You can dream up a place called, "There,". You can widen your horizon. You can imagine. You can create new empowering experiences.

You are "Invictus." You are unlimited because you can think. You are unlimited because you can imagine. You are unlimited because you can create. You are unlimited because you can visualize. A person who can think is never limited, nor lost. Your mind holds the keys to bringing you back home. It holds the keys to your wealthy place. It holds the keys to your fulfillment. "Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true." (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Fate Does Not Exist:

In fact, what we popularly refer to as fate, is no fate at all. There truly is no fate. Nothing is destined to happen. Everything occurs or does not according to the Law of Cause and Effect. Some we understand and some we do not. Irrespective though, it is always in our power as to what we do with them, how we allow them to affect us, and who we become in spite of (or with) them. What we know as and call fate is the refusal to take charge and direct the course of our life. It is our refusal to take charge of our own destiny. It is our refusal to come up with our own goals, and press for their fulfillment. "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." (Carl Gustav Jung) 

Fate is the alibi of the lazy of hands, mind, and spirit. It is the submission to life's downward and negative pull, which is the destiny of those who will do nothing, i.e. not take charge of their own course. A ship does not get to its destination by simply subjecting itself to the mercy of the winds and waves. No! No!! No!!! It knows its course and sets its sail aright to utilize the wind to its advantage, in reaching its predetermined destination. It is no prisoner to the winds and the waves. Rather, it uses them to its full advantage in achieving its set goals. It does not get to its destination by fate. No! No!! No!!! 

It is a predetermined outcome, ensured by the action it takes. It is an active process, not a passive one. Fate is for the passive, no future ambition folks, not you. Your life and success are for the taking. You either take hold of and ensure it, or it will be taken from you. If you are going to be happy in life and fulfilled, it is not going to happen by chance. Nothing good happens by chance. All that is good comes from active involvement in the issues of life. You have to swim upstream, not allow life to sweep you downstream.

You Get What You Sow:

That is the same life expects of us. You don't have to be a prisoner of your environment and history. You were born to rule. You were born to reign. You were not born to be a prisoner. You were not born to be a captive. We were born to be victors, overcomers in this life. We were born to obliterate our history with our present and our future. "With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice." (Oprah Winfrey) "Destiny is a process, not a birthright." (Darren Wilson)



We don’t have to be limited by our lineage. We can break the circle. We can cancel the generational curses. We can break the boundaries of limitation in our lineage. We can start a new line of generational blessings. We can be the agent of change. That is who we were born to be. It has not been done before is no excuse. There is no harm in being the first. You have all it takes. All you need do is rise to the occasion. Rise to the occasion of life. Will you?

You Are Not A Prisoner:

So, you truly need not have had any success before. That is no showstopper. You can synthesize from the experiences of other people. You can see further. You can think. You can imagine. You can dream. You can stand on the shoulders of giants who have gone ahead. Why not? You can create your own new future. That is the whole essence of imagination. You can learn how the giants who have gone before overcame. You can learn about what it took. A person can NEVER rise above their thought (that which they fill themselves with). That is the true limit of a person. And, we each determine our limitations by how much we choose to exercise our mind - our imagination, our ability to think, visualize, and create. 

Imagination is Limitless:

"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth." (Napoleon Hill) This is a power harnessed by peak performers in various fields. They perform a mental rehearsal before the actual performance. Hence, the whole of their being is awakened, alert, and ready to produce the result they seek. The mental rehearsal is a kind of first creation. Here things are fine-tuned and perfected with sweat rather than blood.

"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly." (Lauren Bacali) The mental pictures can be pictures of past real successes, and/or the creation of that which is desired in the present, or future. The key thing is the creation of the desired result, including the state, confidence, and disposition towards its execution. It is taking charge and control of one’s mental pictures to one’s defined end. “Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated worlds of potential that lie within us.” (Dr. Stephen R. Covey)

Remember, the subconscious mind cannot differentiate between what is real and what is fictional. It does not segregate between that which is constructive and that which is destructive. It will work with whatever raw material you feed it. It will either produce life or death. The onus is on you to feed it according to your desired end. "Thinking is the father of creation" (Earl Nightingale) You can create the world you desire. You can create the world you want. Never ever forget, you are a creator.
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Friday, 14 July 2017

The Power of Visualization (Part Three): The Subconscious Mind

I Am the Captain of My Fate

Experiences Can Be Synthesized:

A lady, from Northeastern Nigeria, once asked me, 
“What if everything about me has been a pain all my life? Does that condemn me to failure?” 
Of course not. The clear answer is, No! No!! No!!! Your own experience does not have to be your limit unless you so choose. You hold the power in your hands. You hold the keys. You can read. You can listen. You can watch it. You can learn. You can grow. You can create. You can re-create. You can imagine. As Isaac Newton puts it, 
“If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”
You can assess other people’s experiences and victories. You can stand “on the shoulders of giants” who have gone ahead. You can use their experiences, as a base, to synthesize your own. You can make their experiences, along with the driving energy behind them, yours. You can even have a better result than they did, for you can synthesize experiences from more than one person on a particular issue. You can take all the strengths, and drop their weaknesses. 
“You have strength over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” (Marcus Aurelius)
You can develop a “Frankenstein” experience that meets your desired end game. 
“A powerful combination to ensure success is having the vision of an eagle and the heart of a lion.” (Robert G. Allen) 
All you need do is imagine yourself walking in their shoes. How will it have been, or will it be? By the time you meditate on this long enough and allow it to soak deep into your being, it becomes your own. You take ownership. Your subconscious mind accepts it as your own experience of life. It assumes it actually happened to you. And, provides you with the same adrenaline support and agility, someone who went through the real occurrence gets.

Subconscious Mind's Shortfall:

Herein is the beauty, strength, power, weakness, menace, and bane of the subconscious mind,

“It cannot distinguish between fiction and reality.”

Understood and harnessed appropriately, it will make you work wonders. You become practically unstoppable. Taken for granted and allowed to be used against you, and you might as well regret the very day you were born. Such is the power of the subconscious mind. It is the determinant of what our life turns out to be, and what it runs on - fear or faith. It is the storehouse of all our habits, both the apparent, obviously visible ones and the not too obvious, insidious ones.

“The key to success is to focus the conscious mind on the things we desire not on the things we fear.” (Usman Mahmood)

This helps in understanding the pandemic of mental illnesses in our world today. Our subconscious mind is simply giving back the harvest of all we have sowed and are sowing into it. Jim Rohn captures this so aptly. he said, 
“The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.” 
We are reaping what we have sown and are sowing. The challenge is not our mind, but how we put it to proper use.

We Need to Recognise Our Weakness:

We think too highly of ourselves. We think we are rational beings who make clearly thought-out decisions and follow through with the same. How so full of it and ignorant we are. Unknown to us, we are helpless captives, who are simply following pre-established program codes, written in our subconsciousness.
“Greatness is the ability to recognize the power of your mind, embracing and using it.” (Napoleon Hill)

Ever wonder why one from a broken home is predisposed to having one? Why one from an abusive home is predisposed to marrying into one, or why it is difficult for him or her to cut the cord? There are powers pulling the strings. Such has been bewitched, hypnotized, under a spell.

Habits:

“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” (Norman Vincent Peale) 

In the spiritual palace, we would attribute this to "familiar spirits.” True or false, that is not our intent here. The clear fact is we all are drawn to things that feed something inside of us, irrespective of our awareness, or not of it. Something in our subconsciousness always seeks to draw us to “familiar” territories. In neurological terms, we would call these pre-established neurological pathways.


Faith is the Way:

As one gains an understanding of the potency of our subconsciousness, one begins to appreciate why the bible is so strong in telling us not to fear and not to be anxious. When we fear or are anxious something is acting on our subconscious mind to hold us captives. When we act in faith we are engaging our subconscious mind in lifting ourselves up to a higher level of life, being, and living. 

"Many of our thoughts are unconscious and by making them conscious we can decrease the power they have over both our emotions and our behaviors." - Dr. Gail Saltz, MD. 
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Gustav Jung.

Visualization is one of the primary ways by which we do this.

© 2016 Akin Akinbodunse

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Tuesday, 4 July 2017

The Power of Visualization (Part Two): We Take Charge

Framing My Future Self

The Mind is the Battlefield :

So, if we want to take over the reins of life and stir it where we choose. The battle of life is not with another human being. It is with our own self. Our doubts, negative history, and preprogramming. "Our choices decide our direction and carve a path for our personal lives and our careers." (Michael Thomas Sunnarborg) The battle is in our own mind. The question is, "what is programmed in our subconscious mind?" For, our subconscious mind is the silent worker, shaping and molding our lives according to its programming.

The beauty, however, is, "It can be reprogrammed." That is the underlining principle behind "brainwashing, advertisement, etc." This is a well-studied principle and continues to fascinate powers that be as each seeks to gain dominance. Visualization is the act of using the same principle to our own advantage. "Your ability to visualize your success is tied to your ability to actually achieve success." (Dr. Magdalena Battles)

The Picture is the Message:

The more we place a picture before us, believing in its possibility, the more it begins to sink into our subconscious mind gearing it up to action. The subconscious mind goes to work generating ideas, means, and ways of bringing that which we seek to pass. It begins to make us more comfortable with the actions along our desired path. This works regardless of the picture we put in front of us. It can either make us or mar us. That is why true living is taking charge of this to the end we desire.

"No one chooses his parent or childhood, but you can choose your own direction. Everyone has problems and obstacles to overcome." (Anonymous) The key thing is taking charge. That is telling ourselves the stories that enable us - stories of success; stories of a better tomorrow. We have to create the right mental models for our future. We create the life we want. We create the future we want. We create the outcome we want. We call on the entire latent potential resident on the inside of us to rise to the occasion of life.
Killing the Enemy Within:

We give the charge to our subconscious mind to rise. We condition it to be our ally, not our foe on the journey of life. "You can do anything in life you set your mind to, provided it is powered by your heart." (Doug Firebaugh) Remember, if you can see the invisible, you can have the impossible. Visualization is the way by which you consciously look into that which is yet invisible, in a bid to bring it into the visible realm. It is a way to close the gap between where you presently are and where you want to be.
It is a way of creating in one's self the state, disposition, and feelings required to be that which you seek. 

It is the way of telling yourself it is possible. You are possible. Arundhati Roy says, "The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead." The power of visualization helps us kill every doubt and negative notion standing in our way to success. We begin to see ourselves, as we will be if and when we overcome our fear, or whatever else we might want to overcome in life. 

Positive Self Direction:

How do we want to look? What will we want to do? How will we want to feel? How will we want others to perceive and relate with us? What kind of interaction will we want to be taking place in us? How will we want to feel about ourselves when our dream comes to pass? We can envisage all these and more. Then place the picture before our eyes and allow it to motivate us. That is called "Positive Self Direction." "Positive self-direction is the action plan that all winners in life use to turn imagination into reality, fantasy into fact, and dreams into actual goals." (Denis Waitley)

We keep the "locus of control" in our own being, and not elsewhere. We take responsibility for the results we desire. We take responsibility for the harvest by planting the appropriate seeds today.

© 2016 Akin Akinbodunse

 
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Saturday, 1 July 2017

The Power of Visualization (Part One): Break The Inertia

I See Me At The Finish Line

Introduction:

Ever wondered why it is easier for one who has tasted success to succeed again and again? Such a person has built momentum. Such has been able to break past the speed (success) barrier. Such a person can, more easily, draw and keep the picture of success in his or her mind. There is a mental connection to it. There is a reference point. Success has been felt, smelled, and tasted. 

Hence, it is easier to replicate in the individual's subconscious mind (the silent miracle worker in each of us). The power of inertia keeps the train moving. Donna Levine puts it this way, 
"Imagine yourself as you would like to be, doing what you want to do, and each day, take one step towards your dream. And though at times it may seem too difficult to continue, hold down to your dream. One morning you will awake to find that you are the person you dreamed of doing what you want to do."
It's War:

When we focus on the picture of success repeatedly, with intent and the right emotions, it kills our Automatic Negative Self-Talks, that is, our doubts. As it were, we kill the enemy within. Remember the African proverb, “When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.” The picture we focus on then sips into our subconscious mind, creating neurological pathways supporting our endeavor. 

This creates a sense of certainty, state, and disposition for success. The truth is “everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not. Visualizing is the great secret of success.” (Genevieve Behrend, 1881-1960) That is if you harness it intentionally. Note the opposite is just as true. "Visualization is the great secret of failure." That is, if you allow it to run riot on you. 

Just as success begets success, so does failure beget failure, for as long as you don't shake it off. If the individual cannot get past the failure and get back to the old winning way, they might just be doomed to a tunnel vision of failure. The power of inertia works just the same. It knows no difference between that which is positive or negative. It is like the wind. 

It will blow us in the direction of our sail, irrespective of what that direction might be. We set the sail, the wind does the blowing. It is our responsibility to set our sail in the direction of our predetermined goals, vision and target. The wind will no do that for us. We have to make a conscious effort to set our sail in the direction we desire. There is no room for passivity. 

"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days." (Zig Ziglar) Nature pities no one. Actually, left to nature, everything is in the downstream direction. We have to row our boat if we want to go upstream.

The Choice is Ours:

If you are going to make it in this life, you have to take charge of your mental pictures - the stories you tell yourself. You have to take charge of drawing the mental picture of the success you seek. This, as it were, is a type of conscious daydreaming with a purpose. It is popularly known as “Visualization.” Others call it having a “Positive Mental Attitude” or "Auto-suggestion."  

It is taking charge of your conscious mind in a bid to take charge of your unconscious (subconscious) mind. At the end of the day, we are all (merciless) prisoners of the things programmed in our subconscious minds. We suppose ourselves to be rational beings, but unknown to us, we only play out that which has been prerecorded in our subconscious being (mind).
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