Why Neuroplasticity and RAS prove that Creative Visualization work

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Hey, hey WA,

From my limited but wondrous experience here at WA I have come to realize that most of us here are LOA (Law of Attraction) folks, creative visualization creatures and positive thinking animals, Am I right? Good because in this simple post I am going to prove to you that all those affirmations, meditations, prayers and visualizations you have been doing for years are actually, physically viable and necessary in order to pursue and enjoy the journey of a worthwhile GDA (Goal, Dream or Aspiration), as I call them.

Neuroplasticity

How familiar are you with Neuroplasticity (say that 10 times fast)? Well here is a definition:

"The ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic
connections, especially in response to learning or experience or
following injury."

So basically when you practice something you get better at it because the synaptic connections (the physical part) are actually reorganizing. The amazing thing is that this practice can also be mental. So that includes all the disciplines I mentioned above.

For example, in the book "Psycho-Cybernetics" by Dr. Maxwell Maltz MD. (if you have not read it or worse even heard of it, don't tell anyone just go and get it), he relates an experiment of 3 groups of "Free Throw Shooters" ( a free throw is a basketball term for a penalty or free shot. It is taken 15 feet from the hoop which is 10 feet in the air and 18" wide in diameter).

Anyway, in this experiment all three groups shot and recorded their success and then during the time between the 1st and 2nd rounds of the experiment, the first group practiced for an hour a day by shooting actual free throws, the second group practiced an hour a day but only in their mind, visualizing the free throw shots going in and the third group did not practice at all.

The first group improved by 24% and as expected the third group did not improve at all but what was astonishing was the second group improved 23% just by visualizing the free throws going in. In other words as the group whose practice was physical changed their synaptic connections and learned a new skill, so did the group who simply visualized their practice.

Reticular Activating System

You know this one. Have you ever bought a car that is new to you (in terms of make and model) and all of a sudden you see them everywhere? That is your RAS working. So how it works is simple. What we focus on we see more of and what we don't focus on we see less of. It is like a filter but the great thing is that you are in control of this filter and have the absolute physiological ability to filter out the bad and in the good.

I am sure you have heard the expression, "You are what you think." Well this is why that is true. If you focus on the problem you will get more of the problem. If you focus on the solution you will get more of the solution.

This is a physiological fact. So practice your visualizations, create new synaptic connections and filter out all the old, outdated or negative ones until they die on the proverbial vine.

I write more about it here and have some really cool videos that explain Neuroplasticity and RAS much better than I just did so check it out.

https://cognitivemomentum.com/step-3-start-to-create-your-da...

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That's a cool Idea Inthedamo. Thanks for the excellent post. I will definitely check it out.

But as MiaL said, If we are not supposed to leave links on this space, then surely we can ask for the PM to get more information.

And I am very sure that the SEEKERS will turn to your website through PM - after all, its LOA at work. LOL :)

That's cool but I thought we weren't supposed to leave links to our own websites in these blogs?

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