The
word concentration coming from the Latin word meaning together or drawing to a common
central point. Patanjali, Great Indian Yogi who lived many centuries
before Christ, defines concentration as the binding of
perceiving consciousness at a single point of the mind to visualize a specific
image, form or object to the exclusion of all other images, or mental
pictures’. In other words, single-pointed concentration means the ability
to voluntarily keep your mind fixed on one thought idea or concept as and when
your wish. whereas visualization is throwing deliberately or intentionally pictures of your choice on the mental screen. It is a fact that whatever a man conceives and believes, he ultimately achieves. when we concentrate our thought-power and consciously visualize what we desire, and charge it or animate it with the emotional power of faith or enthusiasm or both, we set up such powerful vibrations, that the materialization of our desire becomes a certainty
We Think in Pictures
The reason why do we stress upon the single-pointed visual concentration is the
fact that basically we think in pictures and as such by picturing or visualizing
what we want we are better able to set up the vibrations of our desire – picture. In
other words we can say that we think better in pictures and understand and
assimilate a fact better when it is presented in the form of images, forms and
shapes. Even
when we talk in works and phrases, we actually think in the form of pictures
and images. For example, pronounce the word ‘Car’ and at the same time observe
how your mind reacts. You will experience a hazy image of a Car flashing upon
the inner screen of your mind. The word ‘Car’ as such has no meaning except
that it conveys a particular sound associated with an object of a particular
shape or form which our inner mind sees as a picture or image.
A good
proof of this fact is the dream-pictures we see during sleep. Psychologists
have proved that dream pictures do have meanings. They not only picture the
events that took place in the past but also epitomize the subconscious urges,
drives and aspirations of the individual. These pictures may be distorted in a
dramatic or symbolic manner but none the less they are pictures embodying a
thought, idea or concept. Thus our mental language is basically the language of
pictures. To think in pictures is the basic characteristic of human mind. Even
the lower animals like dogs, horses and others think in pictures. This is
proved by the way a dog behaves during sleep. Sometimes it whines, sometimes it
growls which shows that the animal is dreaming. And psychologists have proved
that dreaming can take place only in pictures.
Thought – pictures and Emotions
However,
we do not think merely in the form of dry thought pictures. We also think with
our feelings. Our thought pictures. Are charged with feeling too. For instance,
think of a departed loved one and as the thought picture emerges on your mental
screen you also experience the associated feelings of sorrow, regret or regard
– the dominant emotion related to his memory. Thus whenever we recall a thought
pictures some past experience, we also recall the corresponding feelings. When
we recall in our mind the reminiscences of a meeting with the beloved one we
also recall the feelings of pleasure we experienced at that time.So
there is a deep connection between thought pictures and feelings or emotional
tones. We cannot think without experiencing at the same time the associated
emotional feelings. It is a different matter if we do not consciously
appreciate the arising feelings they unfold with the dynamics of the moving
thought pictures.
Conscious Visualization
Though
thinking in pictures in involuntary or automatic we can deliberately or
intentionally throw pictures of our choice on the mental screen. This peculiar
faculty in man to throw pictures voluntarily on the mental screen is called visualization.
As already stated, both man and lower animals think in pictures. But the power
to visualize consciously is the exclusive privilege of man without the capacity
for conscious visualization, man would never have emerged and risen above the
level animal existence. He would never have been able build up civilization.
All human progress is the result of visualization.
Emotionalized visualization.
It is fact that whatever a man conceives and
believes, he ultimately achieves. If we visualize success, sooner or later it
comes to our door. But when we
concentrate our thought-power and consciously visualize what we desire, and
charge it or animate it with the emotional power of faith or enthusiasm or
both, we set up such powerful vibrations, bearing our desire-pictures that the materialization of our desire becomes a
certainty. However, most of us project pictures without any selection or control. Sometimes the
pictures are such that instead of being beneficial they cause harm to us. It is
because the Hidden Power does not distinguish between good and bad
pictures. If you are afraid and form pictures of what you are afraid of and
hold them in your mind, again and again, the fear –picture is bound to materialize
in your life sooner or later. If you wish that only those things should happen
which you desire then you must consistently and deliberately concentrate upon
and visualize only those thought pictures which you want to happen in your
life. Thus
visualization of a desire- picture without charging it with feeling or
emotional tone is like the cinema slide which is static and lifeless. But as soon
as we reinforce our desire- picture with feelings of faith, enthusiasm
expectancy, or the firm belief that the desired picture was bound to come true,
we give it the necessary propulsive impetus.
Visualization and Word Picture
Though every thought-picture that is projected on the mental
screen, evokes its associated feeling or emotional tones, it is also
accompanied by the associated sound or voice. When the ‘inner eye’ sees the
picture of the beloved one, the inner ‘ear’ also hears the tinkling laughter
and the enchanting voice. All this is like the screening of the motion picture
with the reproduction of its accompanying soundtrack. So,
when we reinforce our emotionalized thought picture with the appropriate
words(word-picture or telephoto form). we intensify the vibrations much in the same way as condensers magnify the capacity of the
transmitter to broadcast effectively even the comparatively weak
electromagnetic vibrations to a considerably long distance. Actually a word-picture
serves as a blue-print or a map of your desire in which you fill the
appropriate colures by means of emotionalized visualization.
But
please remember that mere recitation of desire pictures in words will not be
effective unless your visualization it clearly and animate it with the positive
feeling or emotion of faith, conviction or confidence. You have to give life to your desire picture by animating it with the
power of faith. This is so important and vital for the actualization of your
desire-pictures that no amount of emphasis is enough to impress you with its
importance.
Visualization and Single –pointed Concentration
The
one most important step for single-pointed mental concentration is the
development of clear and vivid visualization of your desire-picture. To ‘visualize’
means to ‘see mentally’- that is to form mental image of thing—to ‘see in one’s
mind.’ Visualization is to the artisan; what the blueprint is to the
architect; what the around which the materialization of the desire-picture
occurs. Remember
that a desire-picture is actualized by the Hidden Psychic Power only when it is
visualized vividly and clearly. But the trouble with most of the people is that
they do not know just what they really want. That is why they are not able to
form clear mental images of what they wish the Hidden Psychic Power to ‘create’
or ‘materialize.’ The persons who attain the greatest and the most wonderful
results are those who are able to ‘visualize’ most clearly the things they wish
to have, to do or to be.you will be an entirely different person if you must be able to visualize
your desire picture and hold that picture on your mental screen for some time
without letting it fade out or get blurred.
Visualization or The law of attraction
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May 31, 2018
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