Stre-e-e-etch Your ImaginationWritten by Rosella Aranda
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out. Again, you do not need to “see” every single detail. The idea is simply to get your imagination to come out and play. You want it to break free of its well-worn, literal rut, and more importantly, you want to get comfortable seeing things that are not yet in your physical world. Let’s do one more… Exercise 3 – Mental Aroma Therapy Our sense of smell is by far strongest sense that we have. A single aroma is enough to unleash a flood of vivid memories. Also, olfactory sensations are first ones to reach brain. So not only does smell provide a powerful link to our recall. It can also serve to stimulate and excite our imagination. This exercise consists of simply “recalling” certain odors that are most pleasant to you. What aromas make you feel calm? Smell them now. What scents make you feel powerful? Train yourself to mentally whiff that scent when you’re feeling small. Think of smells that make you feel confident, free, intelligent, rich, kind, playful, or anything else that occurs to you. As you go through different odors that cause you to experience these pleasurable sensations, take note of what pictures each aroma conjures up for you. What aspect of these mental scenes pleases you most? (This is a great way to engage your mind during lost, odd moments.) These pictures and odors should be remembered and incorporated into visualizing your goals. The point of these exercises is to get your logical mind to loosen up, to release its choke hold on your creative spirit. Why is this so important? Because fastest, most efficient way to achieve any goal is to SEE it in our mind's eye. We are to act, feel and give heartfelt thanks as if it were already a done deal. Some authors call this "Thinking from end." Giving our imaginations a workout will help us accomplish this. "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Albert Einstein
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individuals themselves, so a "one-size-fits-all" approach won't work. You Are a Unique Individual with a Unique Personal Tale. It is only by uncovering details of your own personal history that you will be able to permanently "unplug" and disempower your crippling beliefs. What Are You Going To Do About It? I’m reminded of a story that I first heard years ago on a tape series from one of my favorite mentors, Dr. Deepak Chopra. It goes something like this . . . Elephants born in captivity are restrained by a chain which attaches one of their legs to a metal spike driven into ground. This prevents them from straying away. They become accustomed to fact that, as long as chain and spike are present, they are unable to move. As they grow older, minds of these baby elephants become programmed. When they see spike and chain, they "believe" and accept that they cannot move. They become so conditioned that when their owners tie them down with nothing more than a flimsy rope attached to a wooden post or a small tree, they make no effort to move away, because they are already convinced that they can’t. In truth, their actual power as adults is so great that they could easily snap rope or uproot tree and just walk away with whole thing! Their programming, however, prevents them from even making an attempt. Does This Remind You of Anyone You Know? We are all very much like these elephants. We allow severely limiting beliefs, which have no basis in reality, to inhibit our actions and even our imaginations. We are controlled by false childhood assumptions we made (or that someone else made for us) about our ability, power or even our inherent worth. Until we muster courage and energy to seek out and challenge these outdated notions, we will continue to be as “imprisoned” as these elephants. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of light." - Plato
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