Virtual Reality (VR) is an emerging trend. You put on a pair of special lenses and you feel and believe you are in another world.
Did you know that you have your own built in Virtual Reality Systems? They are called your Imagination and your Subconscious Mind. Together, they are capable of doing a lot more than any commercial VR system available, to let you create and feel a new reality for yourself.
You can activate the Imagination and Subconscious mind through a process known as Visualization. That’s nothing new, and it can work to help you stay Healthy, get Fit, and help slow down or stop the aging process. The best form of Visualization is what I term: “Multi-Sensory Visualization”.
Multi-Sensory Visualization is creating the reality you want through ALL your physical senses, and can even include an emotional feeling as well. Most people use only the visual part of Visualization. I suppose that’s why it’s called visualization. It is often said that the subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between something vividly imagined, and something real.
Authors Michael Murphy and the late George Leonard were both principles of the famous Esalen Institute in the California Big Sur Region, where many pioneers of the Human Potential Movement in the United States got their start. In their excellent book, The Live We are Given, they listed the three elements of Exercise, Meditation and Visualization as the three essential ingredients for a long life of Healthful Vitality and Personal Energy.
They are not alone. Many authors and personalities practice all three. Tony Robbins, tells about how he uses all three elements as part of his daily ritual to energize himself for his grueling weekend seminars.
Bruce Lee the actor and martial artist told of how he used both meditation and visualization to both set and reach his goals, both as an actor and as a marital artist.
Lindsay Vonn, the World Champion skier not only keeps mental images in her head, she physically and mentally visualizes the ski runs by shifting her weight back and forth, and simulates her breathing patterns, AS IF she were actually on skis.
And Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of one of the more successful personal development books of all time, Psycho-Cybernetics, called using the imagination: “The theater of the mind”, and wrote that you can create your own mental movies of whatever you want your life to be, using this powerful tool.
In my workshops for Seniors about discovering Your Own Fountain of Youth, you will learn and practice a form of guided, multi-sensory visualization – meditation, that will help motivate you toward adapting new physical movement, eating and breathing habits, making them an integral part of your personal identity.
Some claim visualization to be a healing tool. While the medical science is still debating that, neuro-scientists are making new discoveries that seem to bear out the idea of healing through multi-sensory visualization and meditation techniques.
Meditation and Visualizations are no longer reserved for practitioners of Eastern Philosophy or Yoga classes. They have become mainstream. They are practiced as lifestyle tools by business leaders, champion athletes, musicians and other entertainers, and for the most part, anyone who wants the benefits of their own built in Virtual Reality system. Your imagination is a powerful tool.
So why buy expensive Virtual Reality equipment when you already have it built into you — your subconscious mind. It’s that part of you that vividly imagines the way your world can be. It sets the stage for your own future actions based on what your internal Virtual Reality system shows you is possible.
Thank you for reading.