3 Things that BLOCK Visualization from Working (How to Fix It)

This video will show you the top 3 things and mistakes that people make with visualization and why it's not working. I'm going to share with you the practical tools that I've used in my life to switch this around so that it's something that's able to work for me. Welcome back to another video. My name is Aaron Doughty and I help people expand their consciousness. Now in this video, I'm going to be sharing with you all about my mistakes that I made with visualization, how I pushed through these barriers so that I was actually able to visualize so that it became a powerful tool that I could use in order to achieve and really be the kind of person that I want. The first thing I want to do is explain visualization in a little bit of a new way because normally we think that we do visualization in order to get the results that we want. But I want to kind of look at this in a new way and see if maybe it's something you guys resonate with. Instead of seeing visualization as the tool in order to get what we want or as the path to get what we want, I view visualization and I encourage you to view visualization as more of a tool to be able to feel as if you already have that which you want to experience. Now what this does is this moves the outcome in the intention from instead of the key to be able to visualize in our mind the goals that we have, it takes the intention off of that and more so onto the feeling that we have. So we are in a way using visualization to feel the emotions of already having that when we want. And as we do that, we are wiring in new thoughts, we are wiring in new emotions, and we are allowing ourselves to really resonate with the kind of experiences that we want. Because as I say in a lot of my videos, we always get a reflection of who we are being, and part of that reflection has to do with the feelings that we are having. So this kind of flips it a little bit and allows us to first off see it in a new way so that from this point of view we can know what the outcome really is, and the real outcome and the powerful outcome is to feel the emotion more so than have the kind of outcome that we are specifically looking at. Now, the first thing that we can do about this and the first way we can solve it is understanding that what we must do is let go of any beliefs we have that say that I can't visualize. Now what this means is that most people walk around, and this was me for a long time, is I simply thought that I couldn't visualize. I thought that it was something, you know, you had to visually be able to see it in your mind. It was something that you had to have strong imagery for. And because I defined it in that way and I had that kind of expectation, I didn't actually experience it. So it was more so that as I was walking around and saying, I can't visualize, or as I was meditating and saying, I can't visualize, that became a self-fulfilling prophecy. So what I encourage you to do is to ask yourself the question, how much do I believe that I can visualize? And it is some— is it something that I have maybe these expectations for, for how it's supposed to happen? Do I believe it's supposed to happen in this very specific way? And as you start to uncover what that is, you'll see that you can start to see it in a new way. The way that I like to define it as visualization is more of something that you use your senses to really feel into rather than it being just one specific modality or expectation we have. So the first part of this and the first block that you may be having of why you can't visualize is simply because you have this high expectation as to how it's supposed to be or you're simply focused more on believing that you just can't do it. So I'd say first off, drop the definition. As you let go of that definition, you'll find that you're then able to accomplish more or have at least a better experience with it. Now, the second thing that blocks visualization is us believing and thinking that it is future tense. Many times if I'm visualizing something that I want to experience, I have to always bring it back to the present moment in order for it to really feel like it's something that's real and possible. Because if I sit there in my mind and I'm thinking 5, 10, 15 years down the road and I'm thinking, I would feel like this if this happened, I will. Instead, what I do is I imagine it as if it is happening now. Now the power in this is knowing that we don't have to give ourselves permission to feel some type of emotion in the future. And that's a lot of times what we do. We say, I will feel whole and complete when I meet this person. I will feel this kind of freedom when I have this type of money in my life. But what that does is that places it into the future, that places our happiness down the line, and what we do is we block ourselves in the present moment from feeling the emotions of what we want to experience. So what I do is I imagine that experience and that visualization as if it were happening now. The other thing that you could do in order to really make it powerful is to use this NLP technique. Now NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. And it's simply ways that we can optimize using our own mind. Now what I do for this is when I'm imagining a certain scenario, I'm imagining some type of thing or I'm visualizing, what I do is I use this NLP technique in order to make it something I can feel more. Now what I do is I imagine that I'm looking at it. I might imagine that I'm in the first person view so that I can see as if I'm going through it, and then what I do is I make the colors much more bright. If there's any sounds, because I am more kind of an auditory type person, I'm very easy for me to use that sense. I hear it in my mind and what I do is I amplify the sound. So as I use this in a way like a crescendo, I have it get brighter and I have it get louder. That makes it something that's much more real and I'm able to really tap into it. So you can use this NLP technique as well. What you can do is allow yourself to really see things as brighter, see things as louder, and as you infuse the different senses into it and you don't make it just about the idea of visualization in the sense of the imagery, you add in the different senses, you'll make it much more real for you and you will allow yourself to really feel it at a deeper level. So understand that you can also use this NLP technique. It's called the spinning technique, and what you do is you imagine that feeling that you would get from that visualization or from being in that experience, you imagine this ball of energy that's going around you or inside your heart space and you imagine it spin faster and faster so you can feel the emotion more and more. That's also an NLP technique that works very well. You can imagine it smaller at first, spinning faster and faster, and as you do that, you'll start to feel more of the emotion and you'll find that then you have a better experience with it. Now, the third mistake or block that people have with visualization is believing it's all about the head. Now, what I want to encourage you to understand is that your heart is thousands of times more powerful than that of your head electromagnetically, that when you tap into the heart, you're creating from a much more pure place and it's a much more powerful place. Now, think about it in this way, and I love using this analogy. When you create from the head, you're creating in a way from duality. You're creating from polarization because we have the left brain, the right brain. We have good, bad, we have light, dark, we have all of these polarized concepts, and that's where we're creating from logically when we're intellectually thinking about it. Now, when we create from the heart, there's no duality there. When we create from the heart, we're creating from passion. We're creating from a part of our body that has more electromagnetic energy than the head. And what I encourage you to do is to get more so inside of your heart when you're visualizing. Now what this means is that what you do is you put your hands over your heart like this. You imagine and you are able to feel whatever your visualization is and you put the awareness and feeling more so than thinking. Many people get so serious about thinking about it and they really want it to happen. I encourage you to loosen up, to have fun with it, to see how it can be something maybe that's a little bit more funny, a little bit more lighthearted, and also with lighthearted, bring in the heart and simply decide You're going to put your hands over your heart and feel from that space. As you do that, you'll find that you really start to feel as if it is happening now, and you'll find that from that you will start to get the results that you want. So remember, all you have to do is first off believe that you can visualize. Let go of any definition that might say, I can't do it, or it's not something that happens for me, and start to really believe that you can remove some type of expectation as to how it happens. Secondly, add in more color, add in more of these senses that you can use instead of just the sight and images of it. Add in the ability to hear it louder and louder, to taste it, to feel as if it is happening now. And then thirdly, all you have to do is know that the more you are able to get inside of your heart, it's something you're going to be able to feel more. There is more benefit in feeling than there is just thinking. and as you start to come at it from that point of view, you'll start to get better results. So with that being said, I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Feel free to like this video if you liked it. Subscribe if you haven't already. Also hit that little notification here next to the subscribe button so that you're able to see the daily videos that I do. Also, I put a free PDF inside the description box, so feel free to download that. It's on the top 3 LOA techniques that have changed my life. And other than that, I will see you guys on the next vid. Peace, much love, namaste.