HOW TO VISUALIZE YOURSELF ?

 

                                           VISUALIZATION

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                           ASANA : NOW YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON YOURSELF AS IF YOU ARE DOING ASANAS, YOGIC POSES. YOU SHOULD TRY TO VISUALIZE YOURSELF FROM THE OUTSIDE DOING THE POSES WITH PSYCHIC AWARENESS ONLY.. DO NOT MOVE YOUR BODY. PRACTICE MENTALLY SURYA NAMASKARA, SALUTE TO THE SUN. SEE YOURSELF IN EACH OF THE POSES, 1,2,3.. TO 12. NOW YOU ARE LYING DOWN, VISUALIZE YOURSELF IN SHAVASANA, DEAD MAN'S POSE... FROM SHAVASANA YOU MOVE TO SARVANGASANA, SHOULDERSTAND, HALASANA, PLOUGH, AND THE COUNTERPOSE MATSYASANA, FISH, NOW PASCHIMOTTANASANA, FORWARD BEND, BHUJANGASANA, COBRA... TURNING OVER, PADMASANA, LOTUS, AND THEN SIRSHASANA, HEADSTAND. CHECK THAT YOU ARE NOT SLEEPING.

                         MOVEMENT IN TIME : NOW YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL INTO YOUR PAST, IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE TRAVELLED FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT.. RETRACING THE STEPS OF YOUR MEMORY AND CONSCIOUSNESS BACKWARDS FROM THIS TIME. THE PAST IS PART OF TIME AND TIME IS PART OF YOUR MIND. NORMALLY YOU WALK FORWARD IN TIME.. THIS TIME TRY AND WALK BACKWARDS. BY REMEMBERING YOUR PAST YOU ARE GOING INTO THE DEEPER RECESSESS OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

                       TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE PRESENT TIME TO THE TIME YOU GOT UP THIS MORNING... YOU HAVE TO GO BACK IN TIME AS IF YOU WERE WATCHING A FILM RUNNING IN REVERSE, OR IF NOT A FILM, A SERIES OF SLIDES. REMEMBER BACK TO THE START OF THE YOGA NIDRA, THEN RECALL WHAT YOU WERE DOING IN THE HALF HOUR BEFORE THAT. REMEMBER THE IMPORTANT OBJECTS AND FEELINGS IN THAT TIME, AND THEN KEEP ON PROCEEDING IN HALF HOUR OR ONE HOUR STAGES, TO WHEN YOU WOKE UP. STAGE BY STAGE, WITH FULL AWARENESS, VISUALIZE AND RECALL WHAT YOU WERE DOING, THINKING AND FEELING. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, BRING YOUR MIND DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PRESENT.

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                           FURTHER IDEAS FOR GUIDED                                                            VISUALIZATIONS

                               THE FOLLOWING IDEAS CAN BE EXPANDED UPON, ALTERED OR USED TO INSPIRE YOUR OWN CREATIVITY:

• IMAGINE YOU ARE DRIFTING IN INFINITE SPACE, AMONG THE PLANETS AND STARS. VISIT AND EXPLORE SOME OTHER PLANETS BEFORE YOU RETURN TO EARTH.
•  IMAGINE YOU ARE A BIRD, A FLUFFY WHITE CLOUD, A PLANE, A KITE, A SUBMARINE, ETC.
•  IMAGINE YOU ARE A SHOE AND RETRACE EACH STEP YOU HAVE TAKEN IN A DAY.
•  PAY A VISIT TO A CIRCUS OR FESTIVAL
•  READ A FANTASY STORY FROM THE PURANAS, THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, OR SOME OTHER SUCH BOOK. DO NOT INTRODUCE THE VISUALIZATION SEQUENCE UNTIL FULL BODY AND BREATH RELAXATION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. THE VISUALIZATION SEQUENCE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE FOR MUCH MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES, OTHERWISE LOSS OF CONCENTRATION COULD OCCUR.

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                                 NATURE VISUALIZATION 

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•                                      IMAGINE YOU ARE OUTSIDE WALKING THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY ALONE. THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE AROUND, THERE IS ONLY YOU TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. BECOME AWARE OF THE EARTH BENEATH YOUR BARE FEET. IT FEELS COOL AND VERY PLEASANT. NOW SEE ALL THE PLANTS AND TREES GROWING OUT OF THE EARTH AS YOU WALK BY THEM.

•                         LISTEN, YOU HEAR A LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER. LOOK UP. THE SKY HAS BECOME VERY DARK AND NOW IT IS STARTING TO RAIN. YOU ARE STANDING ON VERY GREEN GRASS AND YOU ARE WATCHING THE RAINDROPS BOUNCE OFF THE BLADES OF GRASS. SMELL THE WET EARTH, AND WITNESS THE STORM. DO NOT BE AFRAID ABOUT GETTING WET. IT DOES NOT MATTER. IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO GET WET.

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•                        NOW THE STORM HAS FINISHED. THE SUN BEGINNING TO SHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS. FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE SUN ON YOUR SKIN. YOU ARE NO LONGER WET. YOUR CLOTHES ARE DRY AND YOU FEEL VERY WARM INSIDE. LOOK UP AT THE SUN AND FEEL ITS WARMTH AND ENERGY PENETRATING YOUR SKIN AND ENTERING YOUR BODY.

•                      NOW YOU ARE RUNNING IN THE GARDEN. YOU ARE VERY HAPPY AND CANNOT HELP BUT LAUGH WITH JOY. ALL AROUND IN THE TREES, BRIGHTLY COLOURED BIRDS ARE SINGING. HEAR THEIR MELODIOUS SONG ALL ABOUT YOU.

•                         A COOL GENTLE BREEZE IS BLOWING IN THE TREES. HEAR THE WIND RUSTLING IN THE TREES AND FEEL IT BLOWING AGAINST YOUR FACE AND THROUGH YOUR HAIR. BREATHE IN THIS FRESH LIFE-GIVING AIR.

HOW TO VISUALIZE YOUR DREAMS (STEP BY STEP)

 

                             AWARENESS OF THE BREATH

                           AFTER THESE ROTATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, PHYSICAL RELAXATION IS THEN CONTINUED AND COMPLETED BY DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE BREATH. THERE SHOULD BE NO ATTEMPT TO FORCE OR CHANGE IT. ONE MAY WATCH THE BREATH IN THE NOSTRILS, IN THE CHEST, OR IN THE PASSAGE BETWEEN THE NAVEL AND THE THROAT. USUALLY, GREATER RELAXATION IS ATTAINED BY SIMULTANEOUSLY COUNTING THE BREATHS MENTALLY. AWARENESS OF THE BREATH NOT ONLY PROMOTES RELAXATION AND CONCENTRATION, BUT ALSO AWAKENS HIGHER ENERGIES AND DIRECTS THEM TO EVERY CELL OF THE BODY. IT ASSISTS PRATYAHARA FROM THE SUBTLE BODY IN THE PRACTICES THAT FOLLOW.

                             FEELINGS AND SENSATIONS

                            NEXT COMES RELAXATION ON THE PLANE OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS. FEELINGS THAT ARE INTENSELY PHYSICAL OF EMOTIONAL ARE RECALLED OR AWAKENED, EXPERIENCED FULLY, THEN REMOVED. USUALLY THIS IS PRACTICED WITH PAIRS OF OPPOSITE FEELINGS, SUCH AS HEAT AND COLD, HEAVINESS AND LIGHTNESS, PAIN AND PLEASURE, JOY AND SORROW, LOVE AND HATE. THE PAIRING OF FEELINGS IN YOGA NIDRA HARMONIZES THE OPPOSITE HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN AND HELPS IN BALANCING OUR BASIC DRIVES AND CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NORMALLY UNCONSCIOUS. THIS PRACTICE ALSO DEVELOPS WILL POWER ON THE EMOTIONAL PLANE AND BRINGS ABOUT EMOTIONAL RELAXATION BY MEANS OF CATHARIS, AS MEMORIES OF PROFOUND FEELINGS ARE RELIVED.

                              VISUALIZATION

                                THE LAST STAGE OF YOGA NIDRA INDUCES MENTAL RELAXATION . IN THIS PART OF THE PRACTICE, THE STUDENT VISUALIZE THE IMAGES NAMED OR DESCRIBED BY THE INSTRUCTOR. SINCE THE IMAGES THAT ARE USED OFTEN HAVE UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE AND POWERFUL ASSOCIATIONS. THEY BRING THE HIDDEN CONTENTS OF THE DEEP UNCONSCIOUS INTO THE CONSCIOUS MIND. THE IMAGES USED IN THIS BOOK INCLUDE LANDSCAPE, OCEANS, MOUNTAINS, TEMPLES, SAINTS AND FLOWERS, STORIES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF POWERFUL PSYCHIC SYMBOLS SUCH AS THE CHAKRAS, THE LINGAM, THE CROSS, OR THE GOLDEN EGG.

                                 THE PRACTICE OF VISUALIZATION DEVELOPS SELF-AWARENESS AND RELAXES THE MIND, BY PURGING IT OF DISTURBING OR PAINFUL MATERIAL. IT LEAS THE MIND TO CONCENTRATION OR DHARANA. IN ADVANCED STAGES, VISUALIZATION DEVELOPSINTO DHYANA OR PURE MEDITATION. THEN THERE IS THE CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE VISUALIZED OBJECT IN THE UNCONSCIOUS, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DISSOLVES AND DISTRACTION IMAGES CEASE TO ARISE.

                                    ENDING THE PRACTICE

                                 THE VISUALIZATION PRACTICE IS USUALLY FINISHED WITH AN IMAGE THAT EVOKES PROFOUND FEELINGS OF PEACE AND CALMNESS. THIS MAKES THE UNCONSCIOUS MND VERY RECEPTIVE TO POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS. THEREFORE, THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA ENDS WITH RESOLVE. THIS DIRECT ORDER FROM THE CONSCIOUS MIND TO THE UNCONSCIOUS IS THE SEED ENABLING ONE TO RADICALLY CHANGE ONE'S ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOUS AND DESTINY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE RESOLVE BE STATED CLEARLY AND POSITIVELY. THIS WILL GIVE THE MIND STRENGTH AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK. ONE SHOULD HAVE SINCERE FAITH THAT THE RESOLVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THIS FAITH STRENGTHENS THE EFFECT OF THE RESOLVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THIS FAITH STRENGHENS THE EFFECT OF THE RESOLVE ON THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND, SO THAT THE RESOLVE WILL BECOME A REALITY IN ONE'S LIFE.

                                 THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA IS CONCLUDED BY GRADUALLY BRINGING THE MIND FROM THE CONDITION OF PSYCHIC SLEEP TO THE WAKING STATE.

THE IMAGINATION

 

                                             IMAGINATION

                          "THERE IS A SENSE IN THE TREE WHICH FEELS YOUR LOVE AND 

                          RESPONDS TO IT. IT DOES NOT RESPOND OR SHOW ITS PLEASURE

                          IN OUR WAY OR IN ANY WAY WE CAN NOW UNDERSTAND".

                          YOU MAY BELIEVE THE REAL WORLD IS EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEE, AND THAT EVERYTHING YOU CAN'T SEED ISN'T REAL. AND YET THE COLOR YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING IS IN FACT NOT ITS REAL COLOR. EACH THING ABSORBS ALL THE COLORS THAT IT REALLY IS, AND REFLECTS THE COLOR IT IS NOT, AND THAT'S THE COLOR YOU SEE. SO THE SKY IS ACTUALLY EVERY COLOR BUT BLUE!

                        THERE ARE MANY SOUNDS YOU CAN'T HEAR BECAUSE THEIR FREQUENCIES ARE BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN HEAR, BUT THEY ARE FREQUENCIES ARE BEYOND WHAT YOUR EYE CAN SEE, BUT THEY ARE REAL. IF YOU IMAGINE ALL THE KNOWN FREQUENCIES OF LIGHT AS THE SIZE OF MOUNT EVERREST, THEN ALL THAT YOU CAN SEE IS SMALLER THAN A GOLF BALL!

                         YOU MAY BELIEVE THE REAL WORLD IS MADE UP OF ALL THE SOLID THIGS YOU CAN SEE AND TOUCH. BUT ACTUALLY NOTHING IS SOLID! THE CHAIR YOU'RE SITTING ON RIGHT NOW IS A FORCE OF MOVING ENERGY, AND IT'S MOSTLY SPACE. SO HOW REAL IS YOUR CHAIR?

                      "A WISE MAN, RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORLD IS BUT AN

                      ILLUSION, DOES NOT ACT AS IF IS REAL, SO (THEREFORE)

                      BE ESCAPES THE SUFFERING".

                            YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT YOUR IMAGINATION IS JUST THOUGHTS AND DREAMS AND HAS NO POWER IN THE REAL WORLD. AND YET  ONE OF THE HURDLES FOR SCIENTISTS IS PROVING THINGS TO BE TRUE OR NOT IS REMOVING THE SCIENTIST'S BELIEFS FROM SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS, BECAUSE WHAT THE SCIENTIST BELIEVES OR IMAGINES WILL BE THE OUTCOME OF AN EXPERIMENT AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE EXPERIMENT. THIS IS THE POWER OF HUMAN IMAGINATION AND BELIEFS! JUST AS THE SCIENTIST'S BELIEFS AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF AN EXPERIMENT, SO DO YOUR BELIEFS AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR LIFE.

                      YOUR BELIEFS, TRUE OR UNTRUE, FORM YOUR WORLD. WHAT YOU IMAGINE AND FEEL TO BE TRUE CREATES YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE GIVING TO THE LAW OF ATTRACTION, AND THAT IS WHAT WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU. YOUR IMAGINATION IS MORE REAL THAN THE WORLD YOU SEE, BECAUSE THE WORLD YOU SEE COMES FROM WHAT YOU IMAGINE AND BELIEVE! WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND FEEL TO BE TRUE IS WHAT WILL BE YOUR LIFE. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE LIFE YOU DREAM OF , THE LAW OF ATTRACTION MUST FOLLOW WHAT YOU, SAY, AND THAT WILL BE YOUR REAL WORLD.

                      TO BELIEVE IN THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE AND TOUCH

                       IS NO BELIEF AT ALL, BUT TO BELIEVE IN THE UNSEEN

                       ISA TRIUMPH AND A BLESSING.

                                                                              --- ABRAHAM LINCOLN

                           A STORY OF LIMITATION HAS BEEN PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT THROUGH THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY, BUT THE TIME HAS COME TO TELL THE REAL STORY.