Common Visualization Mistake 2 of 7: Attending to Your Thoughts, Not Your Feelings
There are tons of articles and books on using your thoughts to create what you desire. Controlling your thoughts is a common mistake we make when learning to use visualization to create in our lives, and it often falls short when put into practice.
Why?
Because it’s your feelings that matter, not your thoughts. You use your thoughts to create, enhance and empower your emotions.
Your Emotions Rule Your Creations
When you are attracting new things, people or experiences into your life, how you are feeling about them makes all the difference.
Most of us have practiced affirmations at one time or another. And they probably haven’t worked exactly as we had hoped.
If this has been your experience, then you probably remember feeling a bit funny and unsure while saying your lofty affirmations. There was a part of you whispering (or maybe screaming) “That’s not true. That’ll never happen.” You maybe even felt a bit depressed after saying your affirmations.
And you knew that wasn’t the way it was supposed to work, but had no idea what to change.
Concentrate on Your Feelings
Since it is your emotions that are the basis of those vibrations that go out into the universe and draw what you want to you, you’ll want to pay close attention to them.
But it isn’t easy to simply whip up a happy and confident emotion at the drop of a hat. In fact, sometimes it is darn near impossible.
So what can you do instead to start to nudge your feelings in the right direction?
When you sit down to visualize, instead of focusing on the nit-picky details you want in your creation, focus on how you will feel when you have it.
Want a new job? Instead of just visualizing yourself walking into the building, sitting at the desk, cashing your bigger paycheck, spend time visualizing how you will feel when you have a new job.
Ask yourself why you want a new job. For the joy of the increased income? For security? For the fun of the challenge? To enjoy the new friendships you will make? To contribute more to society?
And get honest with yourself. If it’s the prestige you will enjoy most, include that. Imagine people recognizing you on the street, coming up to introduce themselves. Visualize awards and recognition banquets in your honor.
And most importantly, imagine how you will feel when these things happen. Satisfaction at what you have accomplished, pride in your work, enjoyment of the new opportunities that will come your way.
Focusing on your emotions and how you will feel when you attract what you want in your life is the key. It works to create a job or a relationship, or to attract health and well-being.
Create a story that tells your dreams…what you will do when you have your desires, how you will feel. What life will be like. Tell that story to yourself, and really get into the feeling of it.