What are Visualisations?
Visualisations are the pictures we see in our minds, the ones we create for ourselves. Most of us unconsciously create negative visualisations for ourselves – poverty, illness, isolation, etc, etc. Recent medical studies particularly with cancer patients and depressed people have found that the conscious creation of positive pictures helps us to regain and maintain health. Moreover, ancient metaphysical traditions have always taught that holding a clear vision of what you want to happen is the first step to welcoming it into your life.
Of course, there are some natural limits to the capacity for manifestation, which is referred to as “the sphere of availability.” So although, as my friend Grace says, “nothing is too difficult for Jesus” and miracles are certainly possible, in general what we are able to manifest is determined by the energy field we inhabit. Thus the role of visualisations is to expand, brighten and energise that field. You must accept the responsibility of being a co-creator of your life, and in doing so you enable your true potential to manifest in its most loving and creative form.
I firmly believe that form follows thought, and in that sense we do create our own reality. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy to a greater extent that most of us credit, and by taking responsibility for our visions of our life, we can help ourselves arrive in the reality we seek.
Guided visualisations are often confused with meditation, which they are not. But they are a useful practice of mind-development, helping us to consciously learn to see positive pictures. Learning to interpret the images that spontaneously appear in visualisations gives us keys to the language of our psyche, and can help to develop our intuitive powers. Regular visualisation is also a good companion practice to repeating affirmations.