Visualize the 'New You'

The inner resource that we are exploring is ‘Visualise the new’ - a quality of the Creative Idea Force part of our Inner Self. We share a practice to invoke this resource more into our lives. The techniques are from the source book ‘Into Great Depth of your Being’ by Arul Dev.

As you read the below practice, we invite you to do the practice experimentally as you read it. The resource then already begins to be tapped.

So, here goes the Practice - 'Visualise the new' as an Individual - which is about the picture of your “timeline in the Mind”?

Arul Dev in his book Chapter on Idea Force – says “In our head, we carry our past, present and imagined future. Among the various events that actually happened, some are remembered, some are forgotten and some are imagined, constructed, and re-constructed.

Among the imagined, some are aligned to our core purpose, and aspirations and some derail us… All these flash through our minds and create a visual timeline of our past, present, and imagined future. ….. We often create our lives to mirror the timeline in our mind, whether we are aware of it or not”. He then shares how the timeline creates metaphors or stories about us that we carry with us. Like ‘a warrior’s journey’; ‘a life of struggle’ etc.

The question to reflect on is “Does this timeline and image we carry for ourselves – help forward our core purpose or aspiration in our life?”.

If we truly want to visualise the new – how can we use the same imagination and creative visualisation power of our mind – to propel us forward?

Try the practice of ‘Future – to Present Creative Visualisation’. Today – when you do a task or think of a task or yourself in a situation, act from or visualise yourself doing it from the future you and not the past or present you.

For example, if your aspiration is to be a flexible and fantastic dancer, dance today with the strength and inner conviction of being a flexible and fantastic dancer. With the imagination of how you are as a flexible and fantastic dancer. Or if you want to build ‘confidence’ for a particular task, then invoke this resource, visualise the 'new you' as if you already have this confidence.

Connect to this 'new confident you' – and then act from it every moment as if you ARE confident as a person.

Don’t think too much about it. Just Keep holding this and repeating this practice with faith. As you do this ‘Future – to Present Creative Visualization’ practice, again and again, watch the subtle changes in you/life/work. In a way, it’s not just ‘begin with the end in mind’ – But rather – ‘Being the end state or quality within 'today as is' and then coming from that or expressing from that in our day-to-day life.'

Visualise the ‘New You’ that propels you forward.

Be that ‘You’ moment to moment from today and let it slowly unfold in time.

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Resource Material -

InStrengths Insight? Cards - These cards are a reflective and kinesthetic way of exploring your inner strengths and resources - based on the book ‘Into Great Depth Of your Being’ and the Integral Inner Presence Framework. There are 60 inner resources or strengths for the 8 parts of our Inner being. These cards assist in dealing with our life and work and even thriving on it. It enriches our inner state of well-being when we connect more to our inner resources. Download the App here.

Book by Arul Dev - “Into Great Depth of your Being”

This Article is written by Dr. Uma Narayanan , Director & Lead Anchor at People First. Leadership & Life Coach.