subject: Creative Visualization in the 21st Century [print this page] Creative Visualization in the 21st Century
Free thinking and quantum thought are challenging existing frameworks and paradigms of what were once considered to be cutting edge philosophies and approaches to life. The internet continues to expand and delivers this message loud and clear. New age thought and conventional fundamental approaches to spiritual practice, have been complimented by the technology steamroller that has in so many ways redefined our lives. The incumbent spiritual paradigms and practices are now superior with innovative technologies that dramatically increase the effectiveness and power of them when applied.
One of the clear beneficiaries of technological advances in the spiritual disciplines, would be in the area of creative visualization. Creative visualization usually entails practice in optimum conditions in the quest to focus on creating images in meditative practice. To ensure the best conditions for this practice is at times incredibly difficult.
These days a lot of people relate creative visualization to the use of vision boards. These are usually displayed somewhere that is regularly viewed passively. These are often adorned with affirmations and picture and photo images. Gone are the days when it was essential and indeed the only way to creatively visualize by sitting and meditating in a disciplined and customary manner to achieve the right mental state to manifest.
In the twenty first century we have visual and audio technologies that have redefined the creative visualization experience. Mobile devices provide us with resources so that we can listen and view data and content anytime and almost anywhere. Technology has presented us with various opportunities to practice our spirituality in new and exciting ways.
There are technologies available today can create a total visualization experience for those prepared to look and to be open to them. Current software packages for example can show and play your own images, and photos, your chosen affirmations and your favourite tunes, to give you an authentic creative visualization experience. Quite simply, its a software package that you have created for yourself with all of your favourite words, photos, and music. These technologies provide a platform to view them and to visualize them at anytime that is convenient for you. There is no need to prepare. Just turn them on and watch.
Technology has revolutionised and demystified old ancient creative visualization techniques and spiritual practices. For those seeking more, audio technology can be included that encourages differing levels of conscious awareness and brain wave activity. Technologies such as binaural beats and subliminals are easily added. Once highly skilled spiritual practices available only to those disciplined initiates, now have evolved into powerful technological tools available to all and sundry.
Technology continues to deliver and gift us with incredibly powerful and proven techniques to enhance our spiritual disciplines and practice. Creative visualization is just one of many areas that has been improved considerably by developments in these areas. Personal research in this area will lead you towards some exciting technologies and perhaps reinvigorate and motivate you to try new approaches and techniques regarding your own personal development.
