Are you finding visualization hard? Unsatisfying? Like something that needs to be done if you want the law of attraction to bring you what you want? I know how you feel.

In some spiritual books, we are advised to visualize daily (or even more times a day) a specific image that we have come to determine and know in details. When I was doing that, it never felt good. I had to force myself to take time for this, go into a quiet room, relax etc. I would recall this image and supposedly bask in it. Unfortunately, I was never able to enjoy it simply because I got sick of it already during my second visualization. I forced myself to think about this image and somehow enjoy it. Soon I was disgusted by it. I couldn’t even think about my desire anymore without feeling bad about it. So I stopped because it wasn’t working for me. I’m not saying it couldn’t work for you. If you’re able to feel AWESOME each time you experience the same image, then you should definitely stick to this process.

After reading Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, which I highly recommend (thank you, Vidya, for pointing me in this direction), I realized you don’t need to focus on a definite image and obsess over it. You don’t have to repeat your desire to the Universe over and over again. It knows. You don’t even have to say it out loud or express it with words. It just knows. So if you want money, you don’t need to visualize the same way of getting it. You can do all sorts of exercises (like the Prosperity Game) to let go of the resistance to be able to receive what you want.

For example, if you want money, you can imagine yourself being rich, spending money, helping others with it, see yourself on the cover of Forbes magazine etc. Whatever makes you feel good. You can imagine winning the lottery for five seconds only, if it gets you to feel awesome. You don’t need to prepare and do a visualization. You can simply imagine a situation while you’re washing the dishes, walking your dog or during TV commercials. You can use these type of visualizations to correct your mood any time and any place.

It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. The Universe only cares about what you FEEL. As long as you make yourself feel good, it doesn’t care how you got there. Because when you feel good, you break the resistance which is the only thing that is keeping your desire away from you.

At this stage, I would also like to warn you about the negative aspects of our desires.

Often our desire derives from what we don’t want or have. For example, you don’t want to be without money, so your desire would be to have money. The true motivator in this case is negative, it’s the lack of money, it’s the fear of not having money. So when you think about your desire, it is very likely you actually feel the absence of it. This creates resistance and because of it your desire can’t be manifested.

It is therefore very important what you think of your desire. Your feelings are always telling you what you think of it. If you feel bad when you think about money, it means you’re focused on negative aspects of it. If you feel good when you think about money, it means you are enjoying your thoughts, you are feeling good. And that is when your forces are working to get you what you want.

When you visualize having money, for example winning it on the lottery, it’s all good as long as you see yourself jumping for joy, telling others or planning what you will spend it on because this makes you feel awesome. But as soon as you start to think about the hassle that might come with the newly won money, it’s time to stop the visualization. When your mind drifts to problems that might arise after winning the lottery, you start feeling worried. As soon as you recognize that you’re not feeling good anymore, find some other fantasy to indulge in.

One more important fact: You don’t have to dwell in your visualization to make it work. You just need to elevate your mood so that you feel good. You can do that in seconds, just thinking about something that can make you happy. After a while if you notice your good vibes have weakened, help yourself with another visualization of explosive joy that will last you for another period of time.

If you want your desire, the most important thing is to feel good about it (and to feel good about other things and in general). I can’t stress this enough.