If you have ever watched the spiritual movie production “The Secret“, then you are probably familiar with all of the great spiritual teachers and guides that made an appearance. That is when I discovered John Assaraf visualization method and started studying and following his courses and online programs.
John dedicated his life to the area of science and research related to the brain capacity as well as how can we successfully influence them towards our own positive goals. This research, as well as the recent studies released by the medical community, all indicate that our mind and thoughts really do influence and shape our real physical world.
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John Assaraf suggests that it’s almost as we are very similar to a very sophisticated computer and then once the “program” has been entered – we just blindly follow that program not even knowing how the software got in. This programming involves almost all aspects of our lives including wealth, success, money, relationships and everything else.
The key concept John Assaraf was trying to identify and teach is how can we influence this “program” and change it so that it always moves us towards our desired outcomes. And the solution always seems to point to the power of creative visualization. Creative visualization ideas were around for many years and have been used in sports, business and others. Here is John Assaraf describing how he sees and explains the power of visualization.
Professional athletes and other highly successful people use the power of visualization technique on a regular basis. Why? Results of a 20-year study of the effects of visualization on results revealed an amazing discovery. Humans see pictures on the screen of the inner self when thoughts are being processed; i.e. when they think of things.
For example, if a person, let’s say, George Right, stopped doing what he was doing right now, closed his eyes and thought of his car. What would he see? Is it the word CAR that pops up on the screen of his mind or a visual image?
Mentally, here’s what is actually happening…
George is accessing a memory from his brain that was instilled while he was first learning what a “car” is. Then specifically, his present car popped up. He didn’t always know it was called a car.
Similarly, other humans associate names with images or other forms of stimuli as a way to refer back to them later. And here’s an example of why this simple talent is so important.
Let’s go back to George for a moment. When he goes to find his car after he’s been at a shopping mall, all he is focusing on is finding the image that he has inside his head for his car. He quickly scans the parking lot and with lightning speed eliminates all other cars until he finds the familiar one that he is focused on.
John Assaraf then continues to explore how can we learn and successfully repeat this built-in method we already use in everyday life. And, if I can add this here, this is why I really liked all of the material and courses prepared by John Assaraf because he always includes easy-to-understand information that you can apply in everyday life.
With this example in mind, here is a behind-the-scenes look at how to use visualization to achieve any goal.
Visualize an outcome you want over and over again to build ‘cells of recognition’ in your memory bank, just like you may have had with a car or other learned object when you were younger. This serves in the following two ways.
First: you become consciously and acutely aware of everything that can help you achieve the visualized outcome that you desire. (Just like looking for a car). You quickly scan over anything that is not in tune with that image. When you continuously focus on an image in your mind’s eye, every cell in your body is involved in that image and you vibrate and resonate with everything that is in harmony with that frequency both on a physical and non-physical level. This frequency moves you towards, and moves everything that is needed towards you, for the manifestation of the desired image.
Second: you impress an idea into the subconscious part of you, it eventually becomes ‘fixed’ and you automatically attract and move towards that which you desire.
Even though these concepts that John Assaraf talks about are so simple and sometimes seem obvious – most of us still do not use them, right!? I don’t know about you, but this is the area where I get benefits in having a teacher like John Assaraf that I can follow and study. For me it wasn’t just the wealth of information that John Assaraf shares, but also the structure of his teachings that somehow guides you to practice it every single day!
The reason athletes practice visualization is because they want to condition their mind in such a way that the body automatically behaves the way they want it to without effort. It is the only way to become ‘unconsciously competent’.
The same is true for highly successful people. If they visualize the success they want over and over again, eventually their bodies will automatically do whatever it must to make the image a physical reality.
I love the expression John Assaraf used here – “unconsciously competent”! This process that John Assaraf talks about here and teaches in his books and programs does just that – trains our subconscious to create and manifest our own desired goals on “auto-pilot”.
The outside world is a mirror image of the inside and hidden mental world. Unfortunately, very few people have really taken the time to learn this side of their personality. And that is unfortunate because this is the part that is so powerful.
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.
These closing words John Assaraf leaves us with are great because really point to the area we all have to develop and work on a lot more. The power of John Assaraf visualization research and ideas are great to listen to, but it always comes down to us learning and then implementing this practice in our day-to-day lives!