Step 7 – Becoming Your Vision
Find somewhere quiet and comfortable and begin to focus your mind on your body and relax. Observe your inhale and let go of your exhale until you feel centered and calm within your body. Make sure all distractions of your day and your body is cleared before moving on.
When you are ready, begin to see your vision in the greatest detail you can imagine. Imagine it happening right now in this moment. See yourself dressed the way you want to be dressed. See yourself doing whatever it is your vision would require. Hear the sounds or words you would hear. Feel how it would feel to actually have all of this. How wonderful would it be to have your vision come true? The more you feel it, the more your body will respond.
Once you feel it, amp it up! Then notice, where in your body do you feel this feeling? Focus your awareness there and breathe into it. Feel it throughout your body and mind. Stay with it as long as you can. I can’t imagine why you would want to leave this experience. It’s the experience of having the things you want in your life! Enjoy it! Revel in it! This is yours and yours alone.
Then when you’re ready, pick a word/image/symbol encapsulating the feeling of having your vision. It can be anything as long as it reminds you of your vision. You will keep this word/image/symbol with you and put it in as many places as possible to reinforce your choice and commitment to yourself.
Once you have your word or symbol, maintain the connection between the vision, the feeling and the symbol until you feel complete. Again, I encourage you to stay with this feeling as long as you can.
Congratulations, you have just re-programmed yourself.
Be aware, there will be challenges to this new program. Old negative programming will surface and try to regain control. You however, have made a very powerful choice to change and therefore, you will overcome any and all negative programming, bad eating or poor health habits.
You have now embraced your new programming and behaviors to fulfill and support your new goals and visions. You are now becoming more aware of how your previous choices have not been supportive and you see your life changing before your eyes. Stay with it. Get help from only those who truly support you and don’t let anybody drag you down or distract you from your vision.
Now that you have direction we can look at what attributes your vision requires for you to realize your dreams.
The Meaning of Words
I have found the true meaning of a word is a very personal thing. I believe each of us has internalized words to mean one thing that may be comparable to other individual’s meaning, but like snowflakes, there are differences.
I suggest that for each of the attributes you wish to improve first go within yourself and clearly define what these words mean to you. Use a dictionary if you need to but the purpose here is to clarify for yourself what, for example, integrity means for you and your life. The result of this is your use of the word and the meaning it implies will forevermore suit you and your life.
Have the word mean something you can use to improve your connection to yourself or your life. If you cannot relate to the word and its does not interest you, then don’t practice it or change it until it has a purpose in your life. Freedom begins with making the choice to be free and create your life the way YOU want it to be. If we are forever giving away our power to a dictionary to teach us about integrity, we will always lack it.
Step 8 - Practice Attributes of Success in Every Workout
Your vision will either focus on the development of personal goals and/or professional goals.
Some examples of personal goals:
Some examples of professional goals:
If we have missed any, please add what resonates with you.