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How To Learn Visualization
Before you get started…Please keep in mind – you’ll need patience. Likely, you won’t get results right away. But, if you stick to daily practice sessions, dedicate a few minutes each day, you’ll be greatly rewarded with new and beautiful skill.
Exercise #1 – Candle Visualization
Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this exercise. This is a great foundation training to perceive afterimages in your mind’s eye.Let’s get started:
- Light a candle and take a seat in a comfortable chair about 3 feet in front of it.
- Observe the candle’s flame calmly, with mild eyes for 5-10 seconds. Ask yourself a few questions about it:”Which colors do I see? What is its shape like? Does it move, or does it make a sound?”Answer these questions internally and in silence.
- Next, shut your eyes. Make sure you keep your eyelids calm and relaxed. Unwrinkle your brow. Scan your eyes and make sure you release any tension.Now, do you “see” an after-image? Even if it’s fading instantly, fact is, you will be able to see something. Maybe it’s just blurry light or, even better, you actually see the shape of the flame.
- Observe this mental shadow-image and keep it up as long as you can until it fades completely.Don’t strain. Keep it easy. Stay relaxed.
- Wait. Before you open your eyes again: Try to recall the image by thinking of all its details. Recall and internally describe the colors, and the shape etc.The more details you can recall the better. Be very specific. Imagine you’d need to describe (from memory) the flame to an artist. He wants to paint it for you but relies on your observations alone. The more information you can feed to him, the better he’ll be able to paint the candle.By doing this you strengthen recall ability and you signal to your mind that you want to focus on these specifics.
- Okay, open your eyes and repeat the process a few times. Commit more details to memory.Do this for max. 5 minutes. And again, stay relaxed at all times.
Exercise #2 – Visualize Solid Colors
Some people can only see specific colors. Others can only see grey shades. Many of us can only see pure blackness. This exercise will help you to picture colors.- Get yourself a few colored surfaces. A book cover will do or you can use the images below.
- Observe your chosen color carefully and then try to imagine it in your mind. You don’t need to see any outlines. Just focus on capturing the color.
- Repeat this with different colors and different shades.
Exercise #3 – Geometric Shapes
This exercise will help you imagine details of your images. Like the contours of a cube.- Grab a piece of paper and draw a basic geometric shape on it. Say, for example, a triangle or a circle.No need to make it perfect. (You can also use the shapes I uploaded for you below.)
- Now, observe that shape calmly for a moment. Slowly follow its contours once. Think of carefully retracing its contours with a pencil.Then choose a single small detail of this shape. This could be a corner or a small section of a line. Calmly observe this area. Again, think of retracing this particular part a few times.
- Close your eyes. Make sure your face, your eye lids, the area around your eyes is relaxed.Try replicating the object on your inner screen. Start with a tiny part of it. The part you previously carefully observed. Think of redrawing the shape with that imaginary pencil.Try holding out your finger and slowly draw the shape into the air in front of you (with eyes closed).This is critical now; If you don’t see anything, explain to yourself — in your mind — like, “I see the top edge of the triangle. It points upwards. It’s black. The background is white.” Be very detailed!
- Open your eyes, soak up more details of the shape. Be on the lookout for new details, rediscover old details. Keep retracing the shape with your mental pencil.
- Close your eyes again and bring your mental image closer to the “original” one. If you still see only blackness, keep on describing all the details. Describe to yourself what you should see. The more the better. Also, use your finger to draw into the air.
- Repeat this exercise over and over again… until you can reproduce the shape clearly.You will, sooner or later, if you keep at it. The most important thing is to discover and rediscover all details. The more details you can perceive the more information you feed to your brain the more you will be able to recreate mentally.
- Once you’re able to deal with simple shapes, try this exercise with a more complex shape (like a star or a letter of the alphabet.)
Exercise #4 – Guided Visualizations
Guided visualizations are fantastic to get into deep relaxation and to access your imagination.I’ve probably tested hundreds of guided meditations and found that these two guys on YouTube stand head and shoulders above the rest: The Honest Guys.
The Honest Guys produce marvelous videos and they’re completely free.
Here’s what I recommend to you as an exercise:
- Pick one guided visualization video and listen to it at least 3 times a week. This is perfect as a catnap to recharge your batteries.
- Which each session attempt to access your imagination seeing the visuals described in the audio.
Here’s one of my favorite videos. I hope you’ll like it too:
I was originally going to personally make this guide but I found this one which words everything I want to say in a better way then I ever could
Here is the original article:
Tagging chill users:
@RAITEIII @sytyl @Hozay @DianabolDownie @LondonVillie @FraudingIQ @Fuckmachine @GreenTea @thecel @johncruz12345 @Madhate @Original
Also this other guide I made heavily piggybacks off of this concept so if your interested here:
How to think correctly (S+++ Guide)
* Disclaimer * This guide is the accumulation of me lurking on the art of memory forum for about a week as well as hours and hours of thinking. Your ability to remember information is based on 2 things 1.How many senses interact with that information For example: If I told you to remember...
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