Let’s understand visioning, but first it may be
beneficial to understand what it is not. So many of us engage in
visualizations and find them to be quite enlightening to what our thoughts are
and our dream state. However, visioning is not the same as visualization. Visualizations
are images that are set up for you to contemplate and use to direct certain
action. The images are created by you or the person conducting the visualization,
often referred to as “Guided Visualization.”
Visualizations are used in spiritual practices as well as many
industries to develop products and services. In visualization you use your
imagination. The key word here is “your
imagination.” According to Wikipedia,
“Creative visualization is the technique of using one's imagination to
visualize specific behaviors or events occurring in one's life."
It is not a “vision statement.” Again a vision
statement and other processes set up by business concerns to direct strategies
and development are actually using imagination to direct and for the interest
of this article is not the same thing.
The Visioning Process (for life) is defined by Rev.
Dr. Michael Beckwith, by declaring, “Visioning is a process by which we train
ourselves to be able to hear feel, see, and catch God’s plan for our life or
for any particular project we’re working on… .” He goes on to say “it is based on the idea
that we’re not here to tell God what to do or to ask God for things but to
absolutely be available for what God is already doing, to open ourselves up to catch
what’s already happening.“ The visioning process is placing yourself in a
receptive posture allowing the vision to come through your consciousness and
seeing, feeling, hearing, smelling, the life meant for you to live.
It is a process that is ongoing and with this
practice you get better and better at it. By asking a series of questions as
you place yourself in a quiet, receptive, loving space you will begin to
“capture” the vision. Begin to see the plan that has been laid out for your
best life now.
What are the benefits of visioning: You gain a deeper spiritual wisdom within. You live in the flow of life and not fight against the tide. You can live your authentic self. The business or project you vision will be in alignment with your life journey and purpose leading to real success and continued development in ways you didn’t imagine.
Remember, there is something inside of you that
knows and is seeking to emerge. The Life Visioning process as developed by Rev.
Dr. Beckwith can be done successfully individually or in groups. It is done in
person , via phone or web. I have known
church groups, businesses, friends and families to engage in this process for
success and happiness.
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