How Psychology of Vision Works

Life Manual Newsletter No 14

Psychology of Vision (POV) tools and principles can be applied to change not only our own lives, but the lives of everyone around us.

The other day I was having one of those days when nothing seems to be moving forward. It was the kind of day where a quotation by Franklin D Roosevelt seems apt

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

I can’t say I enjoy these kind of a days, but I also know that

1. they are temporary
2. they are just a sign of the next level and remembering Chuck Spezzano’s advice,
3. the size of the block is equal to the size of the step up.

Choices

I know I have choices about how I handle these days, including

• trusting that it will clear if I pay attention to the feelings.
• I can announce a day off, read a book or watch TV if I wish to, or
• I can decide that I would like to move through this right now.

Sometimes I follow Julia Cameron’s (The Artist’s Way on Amazon)advice and write my ‘morning pages’. It’s amazing how often our feelings shift as they flow onto the page in detail.

Sometimes I will choose to find an exercise or insight that shows me a way through. I found one the other day that was so insightful, I rushed over to my Newsletter editor to share it with you.

Exercise

Now, don’t look ahead – that will spoil it for yourself. It will take you approximately 5 minutes, so make sure you can spend that time before starting the exercise, with a pen and paper. Relax, be gently aware of your feelings and write down

I want every good thing,

I was amazed how much that brought up for me. Firstly resistance to even writing it down!!! If you are really strongly resisting writing this down, dismissing it as rubbish, remember this is resistance!! Then I started hearing a life time of ‘can’ts‘ from family, schooling and a variety of religious teachings. There was a whole bunch of mistaken beliefs in there.

Now write it down twice more, I want every good thing, with pauses to observe what comes up for you.

Now do the same with these phrases – one at a time.

I deserve every good thing

I will have every good thing.

You will hear so many false self concepts or beliefs coming up. And when you see them you can bust them. You can see yourself popping each thought as it comes up, and if you can do that with humour, all the better. Another way to deal with these false and limiting beliefs is to write them all down, and then you can burn or bin the pages, telling yourself that these old beliefs are over. It is your mind, so it will believe you. If it doesn’t, then check out the resisting thoughts or beliefs coming up now.

What Beliefs Will You Put in Their Place?

It isn’t enough to just let them go. These beliefs have become a habit, an attitude that carries us through our day.

What do you want to believe instead? Write that down.

Hear yourself saying it aloud. Does it sound / feel believable? Repeat your new beliefs regularly. You can take them up a level when they resonate so much that you know they are the truth and are ready for the next step.

Luckily, with Psychology of Vision, we don’t have to just work at the conscious level. We can commit to the whole next level,  for example ‘I commit to receiving every good thing‘.

Then we can take it to the vision/purpose level. Write and imagine it in detail. What does every good thing look like to you? How would your life look? How would you be living? What would you be doing? Who would be in your life? How would your relationships be? You can turn it into a powerpoint display or video or vision board. (Link to more information on using visual tools)

The Breakthrough

I committed to efficiency and effectiveness in my own life. It was on my vision sheet that I review and rewrite on a weekly basis. I find that really helps me to have a focus for everything I do in the week ahead, so in itself it starts the efficiency process.

The breakthrough, when it came, was miraculous, magical. I was achieving my usual tasks so rapidly, so easily and effortlessly, that I thought I might even be missing out steps  . . .

How POV Works – Managing Life Change

You might want to investigate how Psychology of Vision is making a difference in the world. I recently interviewed POV trainer Sue Allen about Managing Change in Women’s Lives. Sue was so insightful in the way that she applied POV principles to help people who may know nothing about POV to have a different world view.  I recommend you read it to understand more about how these principles apply.

Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Schools

That prompted me to ask Sue about the VisionWorks programmes for schools. As an ex teacher, I have wondered for a long time how we find a solution to the unhappiness, poor learning and bad behaviour of our youth. I had wondered how a programme with, for example,  ‘visualisations’  was received by students. At the end of our interview, I knew that a solution really existed, that really works for our young people, and for their teachers who often struggle to deal with their own, let alone their students emotions. Please read the summary, Emotional Intelligence in Schools and you can also download the full interview in MP3 format, and be as astonished and inspired as I was. This Psychology of Vision programme is creative and attractive to youth, and it really works.

The principles of Psychology of Vision can be applied in any situation. You can read Sue Allen’s Top Tips for Parents practising emotional intelligence with their children and find out more about POVs Steps to Conscious Parenting Programme.

These resources can help you understand more about applying Psychology of Vision principles in our daily lives. They work, because they do reflect the truth of who we are, magnificent, beautiful, capable, loving human reflecting the universe that created us.

With all love and wishing you happiness and trust in the future,

Christine    (email: christine@pov-lifemanual.com)

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