The Language Of The Subconscious Mind

As a hypnotherapist, many people ask me about visualization. Most want to know how it works, while others have tried it without any results. To be sure, there are a lot of books out there that make it seem much easier than what it really is. Still, it's far from difficult, and if you want something bad enough, I guarantee you that it will work for you.

Firstly, though, I just want to say that I have trouble with the word, "visualization." Mostly because that word suggests that you're using only your vision. That's not at all true, as you're about to find out.

The purpose of visualization is to create a change in your subconscious mind, that part of your mind which runs in the background. It's responsible for beating your heart, breathing, healing, and a lot of other things. You're seldom aware of it, yet it controls your entire being.

To influence your subconscious mind, however, you must know it's language. Words and numbers mean nothing to it. Logic is foreign to it. It's the realm of emotion and creativity. Rational thought doesn't exist in the subconscious.

At first glance, this presents a problem, especially if you're trying to build wealth using visualization.Your first challenge, then, is to be very specific about what you want to manifest. Instead of just saying, "I want to be wealthy," say, "I want to make $50,000 a month in residual income within the next 12 months." See the difference?

That presents the next problem. How do we communicate this to the subconscious? $50,000 means nothing to it.Your task then becomes to determine what that $50,000 a month will look like? Sound like? Smell like? Taste like? Feel like?

For instance, $50,000 a month to you might mean walking on the beach with the person of your dreams. You feel the sand under your feet. Is it warm, or cooler? Moist, or dry?You feel a breeze through your hair, and smell the salt from the waves. You hear the waves crashing on the beach, and taste the salt on your upper lip. Emotionally, you feel an immense sense of gratification at achieving your goal.

These are the ways you tell your subconscious mind what you're really after. The more you submerse yourself in your imagination, the more real you make your vision to your subconscious mind. If you do this 5 to 10 minutes a day, you'll be surprised at how your life will change.

What you're doing when you visualize like this is creating a false memory. Your subconscious, you see, can only act on what it knows. If there's no reference to your being successful in your past, it's got nothing to draw on.

The remedy for this is to give it that something, which is why false memories are so potent.

A word of warning: Don't expect instant results. Your subconscious needs at least 21 to 30 consecutive days of this kind of visualizing before it starts to sink in. Until then, just have fun with it. When it kicks in, you'll know it, believe me.