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Post by moonlitvein on Mar 15, 2015 21:19:46 GMT -8
Knowing that my Monday mornings are always blue, I sit cross legged and begin imaging, believing in its power.
I image obsessive people & thoughts moving out of my life.
I image myself as a person who wants change to happen. I image that the change is happening right now and will always continue to happen.
I image myself in my workspace, working & focusing.
I image myself empowered & calm, not angry & irritated.
I image myself as a happy go lucky, smiling person who will be shortly meeting a friend at their favourite book store.
I image a happy Monday instead of a blue Monday.
Let this week begin well & stay well for all of us.
Love
Moonlitvein.
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Post by Susan Peabody on Mar 16, 2015 15:07:59 GMT -8
Monday morning, stayed in bed
Dream of you, Lord, are in my head
Wish I could somehow be always true
But there's someone else, yes, here in my shoes
Some good loving our soul could use
I got those Monday, Monday, Monday
Monday morning blues
Need some loving and I need it bad
To stop me soon from going mad
Walking away in the rain
I might fall down and blow my brain
Some good loving our soul could use
I got those Monday, Monday, Monday
Monday morning blues
Need some loving, I need it bad
To stop me soon from going mad
Walking away in the rain
I might fall down, Lord and blow my brain
Some good loving our soul could use
I got those Monday, Monday, Monday
Monday morning blues
Lowell Fulson
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Post by moonlitvein on Apr 2, 2016 6:39:05 GMT -8
I learnt about imaging last year. I was going through the process of figuring out which self help books will work out best for me. I rummaged through some old books that we already have at home. They belonged to my dad. And out came Norman Vincent Peale.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale is an inspirational teacher. He was also a preacher at Church and hence his teachings and writings are also backed by strong religious faith. In his writing in The Positive Way to Change Your Life N. Peale explains the concept of imaging as a forming of mental pictures or images, based on the principle that the human tendency is to become precisely that which we image or imagine ourselves to be.
"An image held tenaciously in our mind will come to pass by a process of mental osmosis into the unconscious mind."
Peale says that this is "positive thinking carried one step further". When we image for a goal that we wish or hope for, removing doubt completely from our minds, it WILL come to pass through our beliefs and our tryst and ability to reach that goal.
For me imaging has become a form of meditation. I see myself reaching where I want to reach. I vividly picture my activities to reach my goals. This meditation makes me calm.
It's something I have been doing since the last one year and it has reaped benefits. |
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Post by Susan Peabody on Jul 13, 2017 8:32:59 GMT -8
Positive thinking saved my life. I was addicted to self-pity when I got sober in 1982. It was as close as I could get to self-esteem. My sponsor Joan introduced it to me. She said the cup is always half full not half empty. I gave it a try and it worked. Today I am optimistic about everything. If I get a traffic ticket I imagine that some of the money is going to go to a city-run homeless shelter. If someone is dying I believe they are going to heaven. Just give this a try and see what happens. Most changes begin in the mind with a decision. You decide to think or behave differently. This changes your attitude, which changes your feelings, which changes your life. It is the proverbial ripple effect. I had a friend who hated the holidays. Every year he complained bitterly. I said nothing. Then one year he had a revelation. He realized that he hated the holidays out of habit. His childhood had been difficult, and the holidays were not a happy time. Now he was grown and there was nothing to be unhappy about. He realized he had options, so he decided to live in the moment and see if there was anything to enjoy. To his surprise, he found a lot to be happy about. What happened to him? He just changed his mind. Excerpt from The Art of Changing by Susan Peabody.
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Post by moonlitvein on Oct 17, 2017 9:49:17 GMT -8
I think those who practice imaging (I learnt it from my readings from Norman Vincent Peale) start visualizing goal/goals, however big or small. With time these visuals become strong and crystal clear in front of our eyes. At least that's what happened for me. In 2015 when I joined here I was obsessing about an unavailable man and didn't really have a job. I didn't know what I exactly wanted to do next in life. But imaging helped me and today I realize that I have come/coming pretty close to many of the things I have been imaging. My job and the people I have been interacting with, being the most important among them. Anyhow, my point is that once we attain these images in reality it is essential to keep the practice of imaging going. To make it a lifestyle choice. Amidst all the hustle and bustle of work, I realize that I have given up imaging on the way. So I realize that I can't really see ahead. And as they say in this board that you cannot really have what you cannot see/imagine for yourself. For eg. I can't see my next career move / where I will be in the next 5 years. And so I begin again:I image my holiday in the beachI image me writing, writing and writing on my desk ... on my new notebookI image my meetings, conferencesI image my new sketches and artworksI image my moneyI image my next flightI image me ... happy ... calm  |
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Post by LovelyJune on Oct 17, 2017 14:24:09 GMT -8
I image me writing, writing and writing on my desk ... on my new notebook
This is my favorite. Keep imagining, and keep writing |
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