GOAL VISUALISATION
Our perception is our reality, with consciousness our own unique perspective of this truth, all presented to us through the senses. Confirmation of the facts we choose to believe are in the bedrock from which we project our existence. Therefore, what we choose to believe about ourselves, is what we become.
Goals are the culmination of a significant number of factors, which we need to focus on if we want to achieve good results. Desire, determination and dedicated hard work, all come together to form a synergetic union.
However, without strong self-belief in our abilities, to achieve great things, our goals will never be attained. We not only have to desire the goal – we first need to know what the goal actually is, looks like and in order to bring about its existence, must believe a foregone conclusion that the goal has already been reached. This manifestation technique for attaining goals, is something we can realise through visualisation.
Confidence Is King
Conviction of our beliefs can be attained via feedback loops coming through from family, friends, colleagues and peers, or they can come to us from within. Confidence is fragile, ephemeral, and transient – easily affected by a broad number of factors. Relying on others to confirm our worth, will leave us open to failure. We need to reinforce our confidence by following a very careful self-evaluation process. This is not an easy thing to do.
Low mood, energy and self-esteem can come from being in the wrong environment, around the wrong people or through consumption of mind-altering substances like alcohol/drugs or by having poor nutrition and diet.
Energy can be enhanced with a walk in nature, taking in fresh air, ingesting organic and nutritious food, having a good night's sleep, laughing with family, and friends or sharing quality time with loved ones. We can also perform acts of kindness, generosity, and charity and receive positive energy through performing a day's rewarding hard work, providing services and both giving/receiving gratitude for our endeavours.
The tiny amount of energy required to generate a smile or raise a laugh will quickly get happy endorphins flowing in abundance if we are first open to administering some effort. However, happiness and smiles can fade just as quickly as they form if the underlying foundations are weak and without conviction, self-knowing and belief. ie. confidence: – for without it, we may be irresolute, defeatist and resigned to a miserable fate.
Confidence is a powerful motivator, but it has its negative side too. Not only do we need positive quantitative results to cement confidence in ourselves, but we also need to know our data is taken from quality sources. Delusional, over-confident characteristics can be formed from a very early age. A mother should be every child's advocate. Scientific study has shown that positive feedback coming from parents at an impressionable time and teachers at primary school age, can create confidence that carries through into our adult lives. But even if we are fortunate enough to have a loving mother, false appraisal data can create shaky foundations. We can fall short of the mark in a real world scenario of expectations if we only base our talents on potentially biased, narrow-band confirmation feedback loops.
House Of Cards
Confirmation bias can create a warped sense of reality, so it's really important to ascertain where and from whom our feedback data is coming from, to avoid becoming arrogant and over-confident. Being aware of this second stage of confirmation is called metacognition, which is essentially mindful self-awareness. This is a preferable mind-state where we actually become 'aware of being aware'. We are able to make critical assessments, have ego-free internal investigations/dialogue, address issues and move forward without attachment to negative self-criticism or becoming delusional with over-inflated opinions of ourselves.
Meditative states, create the right mindset. One must become still and quiet to allow the self-awareness processes to work it's magic and taking a mere 10 minutes in the morning and evening, can bring greater clarity. There's a lot we don't know and there's even more that we don't know we don't know. So it pays to be humble – to listen and understand more, so self-confidence can build on solid knowledge at it's root. It is from that standpoint that we are empowered to take stock and attract greater self-confidence through daily self-assessments/evaluations for further growth.
Attraction And The Secret
Rhonda Bryne's book, The Secret, explains a technique of belief attraction through the repetitive affirmation writing process and goal projection. Having a strong belief in the technique itself, visualising the end goal and repeating to yourself the attainment of a positive outcome, is something great athletes and other successful business people have utilised in their focus for attracting success. Dreaming or fantasising with conviction about achieving success in life, will help to successfully 'will' the winner's goals into the realms of reality.
Cosmic Ordering
Using the law of attraction and the power of intention through goal projection, is a combined method for realising one's dreams, desires and aspirations. The methods for attracting the outcomes which the individual wholeheartedly believes in and will manifest, can be easily explained, the process followed and actioned upon, by writing a letter/filling a request form and posting it to the universe through the cosmic ordering system.
For success using the cosmic ordering system, the same laws of attraction apply as they do to 'The Secret', but first one must clear the mind/body of negative energy formations and self-defeating thoughts. Yogic practices such as chakra cleansing, kundalini and Qi gong, can help with this process of clearing energy blockages, as can the use of crystals, essential oils and massage/Reiki – with the help of alternative therapy professionals.
Solfeggio sound frequencies, vibrations and therapeutical colours are also said to be key for releasing blocked potential.
Strong conviction for forming intentions, has also been a practice followed over many generations, through using black-and-white magic. Occult practices of magick for 'willing' intentions into reality, have famously been covered by Aleister Crowley in his Book Of The Law and used by other occultist magicians. Blues, rock and pop stars have also famously been connected to Crowley and magick, which may have contributed to their success. Scientific studies on the topic of magick/attraction have also been positively supporting this phenomenon of will/intention and conviction, manifesting reality.
William Tiller performed a series of experiments where groups were shown to influence changes on physical matter and there have been other successful experiments where data appears to correlate with results which have not occurred randomly. In one experiment for example, a group 'willed' more noughts or ones to be in existence on a random number generator. Bizarrely, probability averages normally appearing around the 50/50 mark, were swayed significantly more in the direction of the intended results, apparently willed into being by the test control groups.
The Global Coherence Project has also made some interesting discoveries where group mindsets have been observed to influence paradigm shifts via positive and negative energy fields emanating around and during major events – such as 9/11, the moon landings and the death of Princess Diana.
Quantum Entanglement
Being part of the one and all – existing at the same instant and in different locations simultaneously is a concept explained by quantum theory. If time is merely a construct of the four-dimensional reality we physically exist in, the quantum theory states that measurable factors outside the four-dimensional paradigm, can exist in different places at the same time – effectively crossing space and time instantaneously. Through advances in quantum physics, it's becoming increasingly more evident where our 'thinking', creativity and consciousness, all function without Newtonian restrictions/rules of our four-dimensional reality.
So our physical bodies may be 'existing' in the Newtonian plane, affected through linear time, but our energetic/spiritual 'bodies' exist in a quantum realm, which are not governed by the same laws. The physical may seem restricted, but if we are all connected to cosmic energy, whereby everything in the universe is entwined, we therefore have an infinite connection to the energy of the universe. Our thoughts, vibrational energy and spirit are intrinsically connected through consciousness. Through regular practice of meditation, we can focus our consciousnesses to connect with this divine one-ness and tap into/harness this abundant cosmic energy.
The RAS Mind Filter
Our brain has a network of nerve cells emanating from an area of the brain, located at the top of the spinal cord, called the Reticular Activating System. Its role in brain function is to increase activation of the entire cerebral area in the brain, by activating neural pathways through directing energy into the brain. The RAS is claimed to be our filter/switch, determining when we are most active and for regulating what kind of information enters the mind.
Training this RAS filter to work for our benefit, will help us achieve life goals and success. In order to 'switch' the filter over from a closed and potentially damaging setting, we must take focus away from the negative thoughts, break harmful habits and indoctrination/attachments to false beliefs, be more open to new ideas and when presented with the new information which can steer us – focus on the things we desire. The filter will turn off what's not required any more to actively seek out our new intentions.
Moon Phase Activation
The different phases of the astral bodies, the sun and moon, all directly affect our energy. Paying attention to the different moon phases in particular, has been a technique for optimising outcomes, used throughout millennia in magic and religious ceremonies for personal gain. Ultimately, understanding that we are made up of energy, we are all part of the universal cosmic energy and can tap into this system for increasing our energy – will award greater chances for attracting success.
The Success Delusion
Remember that success is a guide and not necessarily the goal. The belief that success is a measure of our efforts, is a self-fulfilling trap that we all fall into. In that regard, success is a myth – because success is completely dependent on the observer.
Success can be measured in terms of results, but determining the results as a forethought can ensure we are all successful. For example, I deemed getting up today and writing this blog would be a good use of my time and by reading these words today, I have a confirmation feedback of my success.
But, have I made any great breakthrough statements, and attained wealth and recognition for my words? No. So success on one level has been attained and brings happiness – however, on another level, there has been no increase in my financial wealth or status as a writer/radical thinker or teacher, therefore, in that regard, no real success has been attained. Because I didn't focus on the 'value of the success', the outcome of my day, has been the feedback data I've fed myself, via the RAS filter, back in through my confidence foundations and into confirmation memory banks.
Today, I made the choices about success and confirmed them to memory, for self-confidence. It's irrelevant how important they are to anyone else – it's how you perceive success that matters.
The Observer's Paradox
Everyone needs to remember this fact: Self-observation is affected by the very act of observation, whereby, we as the observer, will influence the outcome of our evaluations. In this paradoxical situation, the observer can either positively or negatively influence the results and because our projections will, like a magnet, attract positive or negative outcomes, it's a useful practice to always self-evaluate from a positive standpoint. Never self-analyse when one is tired, stressed or in a low mood!
Compartmentalisation Of Self
Self-analysis can be carried out in the same way a successful business is run. All aspects considered, the good and the bad findings/results, like a balance sheet, need to be evaluated and stored as separate entries.
We tend to lie to ourselves about almost everything. So writing a daily diary, can be a great way to evaluate oneself. Adding mood information – noting sleep quantity/quality, keeping tabs on meals, types of nutrition, alcohol consumption and exercise, will all help to assess where lifestyle habits are playing a role in mood polarity and affecting energy levels.
Always set measurable timelines around important tasks. Writing goals, resolutions and projections at the beginning of the year, is a good way to kick off a self-evaluation regime. Building on this technique by creating to-do and checklists for daily/weekly and monthly goals, will also help to keep up the self-evaluation. At the end of each day/week/month and year, we can see where performance has been improved and where additional work is needed.
Good Cop Bad Cop
We can either be a supportive or destructive influence in our own lives. There's no point just focussing on just one side of the coin, as we need recognition for the 'good' and awareness of the 'bad' too – but sometimes, the balance will be out of kilter and in the end, we can be left with over-inflated delusions of grandeur or struggle to drag ourselves out of bed to face the world. We can care too much about what everyone else thinks and allow them to elevate or depress us – but the ultimate let-down is when we become over-reliant with ourselves to do that job.
If you take a firm non-biased stand-point that 'good' and 'bad' are merely human constructs and thenceforth, understand the values placed on these badges, everything will depend on what we believe, then we can take a much fairer evaluation of where we feature along this scale. Worrying about what others may think, and hearing the berating voice (of our mother and/or father), are classic precursors for depression and mental illness. Even the most attractive and amazingly intelligent person has bad days. We are all insecure if we allow it – and tend to overly focus on the negatives. That's why constructive self-evaluation needs to be taken from a beneficial and fair starting point.
A good exercise for dishing out a more balanced perspective of our abilities, progress etc., is to list out all the positives and negatives. Do this on separate pages. Now set aside a time/day and allow for a mind-state where you can 'remove yourself from you'. This may involve going somewhere new, wearing different clothes and even creating a different persona!
Evaluations Exercise
Work out a timeframe to make one's evaluations – a week is okay for progressing urgent projects, but a month is much easier to evaluate habit-forming/removal and allows much kinder allowances for any fluctuations with one's progress.
The Points System:
Set your goals and affirmations and keep a daily diary for the entire duration. At the end of the designated period, award yourself ten points for each of the positive aspects investigated, – traits/goals you have focussed on or have gained success in. Make side notes where the successes have been made, as these may need to be carried forward to the next period (useful for measuring progress in an ongoing project or to be monitored on the fly, for sticking with lifestyle changes etc.).
You've marked the positive first, now look at the negative aspects and mark yourself 1 point for each. Make a tally between the positive and the negative aspects – obviously subtracting the negative from the positive. If you have carried this process out correctly, there will be a positive number in the total. Do this same process at the end of each period.
Now the numbers will change, and they may vary significantly from each period, but the key thing to note – they will always be positive. That may be a bit biased, but there's a reason why we stay in the positive.
The focus is not on the actual number – just the act of doing the exercise. Each period starts and ends with a positive because we are making positive assessments. If there was no assessment at all, that would be the negative!
Sure, you'll know there's still plenty of work to be done and the positive numbers will fluctuate at each evaluation, but be sure to reward yourself for every positive outcome – no matter how small the reward is. Applied this way, self-evaluation methods that take the value out of right or wrong, good or bad and focus on the actual 'doing' aspect instead, will always provide those who are willing to make the effort, with greater foundations of success.
Capping off: To focus on success, is to allow failure to take a hold. The only way we can truly further our self-development (taking indicative measures on where 'successes' have been gained), is to keep focussing on effort and consistency. These principle focus points can be practised in our pursuit of goals and when positive projections of our purpose/direction are repeated with daily mantras/affirmations – written and spoken – over time, we can bring forward progression goals and deliver their respective rewards into the realms of reality.
The Balance Illusion
Achieving a middle ground – finding the balance between what we do as a job and how we spend the remainder of our life in pursuit of happiness, is something we continually strive for but realistically, exists fleetingly only.
Balance is a feeling. It's about finding a point where we can optimise our time in a day and over a period of days. Balance in this regard, needs constant re-evaluation and assessment. Out of balance, is again a feeling that we've not got sufficient energy to fulfil our objectives. These objectives are what we focus on to obtain confirmation of success.
Balance and success go hand in hand. If we constantly look for balance and strive for success, we dance between the unattainable and excess, leading to over-exertion/exhaustion – passing balance fleetingly in the moments between. Breaking down our goals into smaller, measurable and easier-to-maintain 'chunks', will help to retain balance and increase the frequency of small feedback confirmations, where success is being achieved.
Affirmations
Affirmations work in the same way as a sorcerer's spell, yogi's mantra or shaman's magick does. Uttered with confidence and belief in their outcomes – this is how we manifest the visualised dreams and desires we wish for ourselves. Repeated affirmations, through outward/inwardly spoken/written words and backed up with positive steps along the way – no matter how small they are. This action alone, will increase confidence in even the most sceptical and negative person to bring about great things for all who believe in it's power.
Choose/create personal affirmations which are short and snappy and have meaning. Using a powerful intentions technique for positive attraction, repeat these affirmations out loud three times in the morning, either facing in the mirror or with your partner, to set magically up your day. :)
