Have you ever experienced unwanted thoughts recycling in your head over and over on an infinite loop? You want them to stop !!!!! but you can’t figure out how?
Picture something in your head. Simply supplant the unwanted thought with a picture of something you like. Flowers work well for me. I’ve even gone so far as to “assign” different flowers to supplant different unwanted thoughts.
For example let’s say you’re having recurring worrisome thoughts about high gas prices. And let’s say these thoughts are not leading to inspiration about actions you can take to conserve energy or reduce your overall cost for gas.
When the unwanted thought arises, simply envision your favorite flower – an iris perhaps. Or a white daisy. Look at the flower, see its petals, its center. Maybe it’s waving in the breeze. Maybe there are a dozen in a vase. I promise you that, after a while, that flower or whatever you choose as your picture, will offer to pop in your head every time you start to worry about the price of gas.
There was a time when I could not visualize. Talk about frustration! I just couldn’t see pictures in my head. Luckily, I found help in the form of Dr. Lee Pulos. If you’re like me and just can’t do it, or if you want to be better at visualizing, I highly recommend Dr. Pulos’ classic program, The Power of Visualization. This audio program literally changed my life. I can still remember the first time, over ten years ago, I actually “saw” yellow helium balloons in my mind’s eye. What a rush!
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I love this idea. My garden has always been my safe image. When I need to clear everything out of my head I close my eyes and imagine I’m in my garden. But I really like the idea of a single flower – more focus, more now.