How do you feel about the improve visualization program? 1 more reply. Dead Sea Mud. Thank you for sharing your experience, Caroline! (You can also use the shapes I uploaded for you below.). Here again, what you focus on you will strengthen. Another exercise, I did for quite some time, is to imagine toy blocks, turning them, stacking them on top of each other, and so on. Give it a try. No fluke. I will post again in a week. 1. Ive probably tested hundreds of guided meditations and found that these two guys on YouTube stand head and shoulders above the rest: The Honest Guys. Go ahead and apply gentle but persistent effort. That greenish spot is little bit more visible and I can reshape it: circle/disk or a disk with a hole in the center. I had to try it! You should do this at least 30 times during one practice session. Or, think, How would it look and smell like if I poured a steaming cup of coffee over a stack of white paper? All of them are flat/2D nothing 3D so far. Recall and internally describe the colors, and the shape etc.The more details you can recall the better. Im trying to work out whether I actually have this or if Im just overreacting (like normal!). 2) if increase my visualization skills to good/high levels will i have always images and videos in my mind s eye? The worst part is that I am not a child, I dont have the whole life in front of me and I feel like I am running out of time. To train your whelp in a given mode, follow these instructions: Haste buff: Stand within the healing target dummies in Valdrakken and cast on yourself; Crit buff: Stand in the middle of nowhere and target yourself; Single target damage: Find an isolated mob and target it; AoE damage: target the cleave target dummies in Valdrakken; Single target heal: Target When ill finally beat this trouble i will post again! Also, hats off for your endurance with your practice. This works for me when I realize I try to see with my eyes instead of my mind. What to do in this type of situation? In each session, try gaining clarity by mentally filling in missing details. Keep on practicing It helped me and it certainly will work for you. duration, focus on details (zoom in and out, change color & shape), rotate objects, transform them, etc. Please dont give up man, I will not stop, i want get better so so much, but its may be impossible. Its like only one technique is to be practiced in a day or we can do other mentioned ones too ? If I could manage somehow to create a link between the verbal part of my brain and the visual, I think I would be a great writer. With your eyes locked intently on the scene, click your brains camera shutter by blinking your eyes once at half speed. Mine is more of a question then a comment. Then, whenever youve a free moment, observe a nearby object. Close your eyes and attempt see the object (or scene) with your minds eye. Repeat the process, collecting more details and close your eyes again. Tanks Marko, i will follow your advices! In fact, the easiest way to practice with these videos is to download the audios and listen to them on your phone or MP3 player. That after-image may be very fickle and hard to keep, which is normal in the beginning. 4. 2. The afterimage effect is closer to seeing than my visualization. I would love to hear about people who went from zero visualization ability to being able to create and hold images in their mind. That is my goal. I drawn a triangle on A4 paper using a black marker. Now that youre receiving an after-image (even though its unstable) you can get a feel for visualization. How did you improve? like you I could only ever see black when I closed my eyes. Keep retracing the shape with your mental pencil. In any case, this inability to visualize has recently been dubbed aphantasia by scientists, and has been receiving a lot of press recently. See the story unfold in your minds-eye exactly the way you would want it to in the most perfect situation and Shorten, experiment with the time you spend observing the object/image. At first I thought it was working, I did seem to be getting slightly better. Its heartwarming for me to read that you and others prove it to themselves that, in fact, yes, you can cure aphantasia. I started with zero ability to visualize while awake (e.g., to actually see images). When its not appearing as a black circle on a light background, I see a black circle on a reddish background. Persist and dont allow yourself to get discouraged. Thanks. After ~1 hour I could see the triangle. When you stare at a color for a length of time, you will see the opposite color when you close your eyes. This is great and I think with your enthusiasm youll be able to develop this skill much further rather quickly and eventually you wont spend another day without applying this skill consciously to your benefit. First, thank you for this write up. Close your eyes and imagine the desired outcome. Can you describe what your current level is? So, please send me an email or leave me a comment on this post. Your first few steps will be shaky and unstable. So, if youve tried everything else and you dont know where else to look for a solution, go to their website and read the full description. I began to feel it too, when I struggled hopelessly for days trying to get the faintest hint of a visualization, only to be met with disappointment. You just IMAGINE it with high enough level of detail. Theyve been practicing and nurturing this skill naturally. Adding a track of isocronic tones or binaural beats helps too. 6/22/19 Progress report: Progress has been mixed. Breath life into your goals by adding all the details youd want to see. Anyway in these 40 days i missed some days, even 2-4 in a row where i didnt practice ( for lazyness or because in some days i had too many thoughts to focus on visualization). I think the alcohol has nothing to do with it, but it made me laugh the secund day when I remembered that happened, anyways I could see, touch and hear. What can you get out of it? Keep it light and easy. First of all, Im a very optimistic person and still hold out hope of learning to visualize. For this exercise youll need your dearest cellphone and some other phone, such as you home landline. Send me an email. How often have you asked yourself this question? So Marko any suggestions on how to practice mental rotation. How about its texture, etc. One interesting thing is that after I got drunk 2-3 years ago, I falled asleep when I got home and I had my first lucid dream. Ive still got one more month of practice to go and if anybody has any ideas for me, Im listening. After ~90 minutes, I could do it in my room (semi-dark, light from my iMac only) Anyway, yeah, I just wanted to know if doing the afterimage exercises led to being able to create mental images at will? Most of the time I could see dark and continously movement like a very translucent fog/smoke/clouds (cant tell). To point you to some great resources to get the most out of life through writing, check out some of these titles on Amazon or your local book store: Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within- Janet Conner I started the visualization with the candle exercise and I can sustain the image, color, shape of the candle for a few seconds then it fades away. My images are still dark and blurry, but sometimes I can see full color and sometimes there are images that come up unsolicited. I tried to picture more complicated shapes but are too blurry and faded to distinguish them. Again, thank you so much! This is so important to me. Im working on the dreams right now, but your comments about goals is interesting. I greatly appreciate you leaving such an honest comment. Say, for instance, a car you see on the street: look at it for a second or two, close your eyes (also try with open eyes) and try keeping the image. Thank you again and when Ill visualise, it will be because of you. I appreciate your efforts here and believe it will help some who are mildly different. Combine your previously mastered astral senses. Maybe its because I am trying to capture more of the now staying more aware of whats happening around me this moment. I wont give up, its a challenge now. The simple phrase of awh cant help but escape your lips when you see big brown eyes and a delicate button nose. I dont use any social media but, if you want to follow the discussion here, youll be fine checking every 4-5 days for new content. Thanks for the feedback. :) I think everyone with brain and visualisation problems should check if there is any like hashimoto disease. Hopefully these exercises will work. Maybe you could use the videos images as after-images. Calmly observe this area. Hey marko, i just wanted to say that, another exercise i found out, is describing a memory out loud, because your brain has the images stored, even if you dont see them, so you can also start describing a memory, Another exercise i found out is describing something (a character, a scene, an image, etc) That contains movement and sound, because your brain visualizes better something with movement and sound, But there are many ways of improving visualizizatiom, mine is, along with image streaming, i focus on an image, that contains movement, i describe that image with eyes open, describe it with eyes closed, as fast as i can, sometimes i will get a memory of the image (not the exact image), but i then focus on the memory of the image, like i said, your brain wotks better with the memory of something, its more connected with the pre frontal cortex, You can also Try watching a short video, and then close your eyes and try to describe it. Thank you for the link Ive also experienced the inverted color effect after staring for 10-20 seconds on a bright image on the screen. You can reach into all directions. Persistence and discipline are your best friends. Walk around like everythings perfectly normally and like nothing even happened. It actually sums up the topic very well and Im very happy I found it. Also use images that are meaningful to you and evoke emotions (breathtaking landscapes, images of your goals, family photos, ). And, I was kinda taken aback because I couldnt see a thing in my mind. About after image evolution: I can recall them up to 6 times. So thats all new experiences for this week. Definitely, its possible. Or are both valid for practicing? In terms of memory, I love this one exercise. And even when its gone I feel like I have a better idea of its shape/size/orientation, as if I can look into the darkness but still remember where the image was (a bit hard to explain). This has not worked for me, either. It turns out, theres this hypnotherapist called Mark Tyrell and hes recorded this professional hypnosis session specifically designed to improve visualization. I can do it while asleep, so I know my brain can do it. Basically is takeing the shape of any object I know in the room but I have to turn my head in that direction (keeping my eyes closed + my hand to be sure I do not see anything). Ive been practicing visualization for a little over 3 months. 5. Wish me luck. In all of them I was in my room, and my room was so real. Ill admit, nearly everything in Pisa is a monumental visual and aesthetic pleasure emphasis on monumental. However, after all these years, I am still here, incapable of see anything whatsoever. Its hard to start from ground zero. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I have not felt that its been a waste of time, but I do admit that Im a bit discouraged. I feel that SOMETHING must be going on subconsciously. The funny thing is that I had more lucid dreams. So when I try and visualise, for example walking through my front door, my brain wont let me do it, its like there is an invisible force stopping me or sometimes when I try to imagine myself in a scenery, in my minds eye, the scenery keeps spinning round and round and its like Im fighting with my brain to visualise what I want? Scan your eyes and make sure you release any tension.Now, do you see an after-image? I can visualize in my head. One bit of encouragement was a beautiful lucid dream last week. 5. For example, if I want to visualize a blue color I see red instead and vice versa. Because itll come back and youll become even better. Often times it shakes, flickers and transforms, it is frustrating difficult to keep it steady. Use an imaginary pen and retrace details (outlines, sub-shapes, light reflections, colors, ) while observing. Since then, I have stumbled on a single YouTube video that recommends a technique similar to your Copy a Candle exercise. Obviously, its not my article, that was supposed to be many. I was so excited to discover I was visualizing correctly I didnt bother to proofread before posting. Try to see the screen lighting up, your home number appearing on it (or whatever name is associated with it), feel it vibrating in your hand, hear the ringtone. Sorry for the grammar errors above. Barrett Boesen Natural Playscape for any child who loves to get dirty and make mud pies. The key is deep relaxation when you see that movement (swirlings/cascading) so thats why 15-25 minutes is what I need using meditation to enter in that state of deep relaxing. I have been very frustrated about this for years, and have seen many doctors. It seems I am trying to reconstruct the image and paint it in the black space when I closed my eyes. At the beginning, when you couldnt visualize almost nothing, how you did the exercises then ? I thought it had to do with my using my eyes against the backs of my eyelids instead of my minds eye. If you wont get anything at all, try this: 2) Learn to use your imagination more consciously. :) In the beginning, I mostly stuck visualisation exercises that focus on creating a visual afterimage. Practically, before you practice visualizing, say, a glass, carefully observe all its aspects. I also purchased the $14 self hypnosis from the link same effect but feels like Im falling asleep (Im not very present in the moment is more like a trance, at some point I dont hear the voice anymore). Still blurry, quickly fading. Hope its improved since you commented. I have always had dreams, often in color, but very rarely lucid dreams. Usually I just download the mp3 and listen to it on my phone while lying on the bed. My question is, how long did it take you to go from seeing afterimages to a mental image? Recording Ability Storing away visual information in great detail requires training of analyzation, focus, careful observation and perception. However one of them was a few nights ago, so Im encouraged a bit. Today Ill start doing everything I can. I havent yet had success at creating an image of my choosing (even a very simple one). This is my second day. # Youll know youre improving if you can perceive the smallest improvements in: I just stumbled on your forum. 6. To only issue: I have to be deeply relaxed (thats why I meditate 1h in the evening first 30 minutes I use to get that relaxed state and the other 30 minutes to have as many flashes as I can more than 10, on average). I wish you good luck. Youll be able to recall the colors with some practice. Also, do you think using black and white images is a good exercise instead of a candle? when you visualise something, does it show up in the same place as those weird swirly patterns do when you rub your eyes too hard? For example, Ive found that I (first consciously, later automatically) began to use it when reading a book. But it didnt happen. You may want to test for yourself much much is good for you. None of these happened before; not the amount of creativity I felt and neither being lucid. Id like you to try this guided mediation/hypnosis from Michael Sealey. However, for some reason there was a part of me that just wouldnt let go of the idea that whole Aphantasia was a crock of popularized bullshit. There is a point where he has you visualize numbers and I was able to see fuzzy images of them. But, if you say, you usually can see with great control and clarity, yet lack of control in very specific scenes of your mind-movies, well, Id have to guess. This is totally normal. But the candle and solid color exercises sound interesting, Ive never tried them before. Again close you eyes and visualize the corrected image of you cellphone. Please keep exploring different exercises (not just the ones you read here) and follow your intuition. This is about the sixth month after the original occurrence, and unfortunately my short term memory has been slightly affected as well. Now, my results: Stare at an object. Make the experience vivid and full of details. Any tips? Thats it for this week. I really wanted this to work and kept an open mind throughout, even towards the end when it was becoming very clear that it was not working for me. After some lines and paragraphs close your eyes and try to picture whatever you have just read. Hi, Marko! Having to visualize everything to learn and solve problems just slows you down anyway. A part of me made the recent mistake of seeking advices from all over the place. Its NOT really a VISION, but a mental construct. THIS. The only time I can visualize is while sleeping. The more the better. That was my mistake, for years I shut off all mental imagery because I didnt want to see the bad images and ended up not seeing any images at all. Heres one of my favortie videos. Imagine youd need to describe (from memory) the flame to an artist. Museums that participate in this promotion include the Waterman's Museum, Historic Jamestowne, and the York County Historical Museum. Jon, yes, I started from zero and, as far as I understood, Brandon did so too. I can do this with or without guided meditation. I am clearly seeing words (I wrote on a piece of paper), but only when I am practising. Hi Brandon, 4. Marko, I dont know how to thank you. Maybe it happens more often or more forcefully to those that struggle with visualising. What are they wearing? 3. I mean, if Id ask you about how your house entrance looks like could you give me the visual details about it? I didnt use a candle Yesterday I used my iMac (youtube was open, no fullscreen) and today my window (natural light). Dont be fooled by the simplicity of this exercise. People that cant picture things in your mind clearly, do you also suffer from poor memory. May I ask, how have you been practicing? Never knew that people actually see things in their head like I do in my dreams. And it happened twice during the same night (one with, one off pressure mat)! Thank you for pointing out this simple truth and for taking steps to help others develop this amazing ability! Or is this maybe a bit more advanced? You could think about the shapes, the colors, the proportion, and you could also imagine holding the object, feeling its contours. After 3-5 seconds, the image appears. You have no idea the hope you just gave me! I struggle because I want to be a writer, and have natural talent, but I do not enjoy reading because I do not imagine it, and describing things visually is difficult. Even if its fading instantly, fact is, you will be able to see something. Yet I doubt that youll be able to control your mental images 100% at all times which is probably a natural mechanism of our subconscious minds. Say 1-2x/week. Gotta keep at it, sight is the only sense Im completely missing in my mind. The next thing I want to achieve is being able to smell and taste things. :). For semi-advanced practice, I like to lay down and listen to audio books and imagine as many details as possible. That seems to be completely normal. My wife says real visualization is not there, but out in your mind. I have heard that afterimage retention is the key to unlocking the ability to visualize in the waking state. Wow this REALLY WORKS! Am on my second day of trying these excersizes the first day i could see absolutely nothing today i can see the shapes contained in a small rectangle in the centre of my closed eyes but very small sized. Just for reference: I never did #1, didnt suit me. Hey marko its me again, i practiced the exercise that you said to me ( the one of visualizing the day past) for 10-30 mins at day for like 40 days. Now lets learn to dissolve them, that means make visualized shapes vanish at will. What can you do with it? Ideally, keep playing with different exercises every single day. With the guided meditations, do you mean listen to the sound whilst you do the above exercises? Blink your eyes slowly. Maybe its just blurry light or, even better, you actually see the shape of the flame. For me it took maybe three weeks of trial and error to get some vague mental images. Ihav been doing this for two years still no images in my mind, Sorry to hear Ed. Any tips for solidifying progress and preventing reversion? You can push this really far and spend a lot of time on this. Hello Marko, the brain too, and this causes brain degeneration. Repeat the same in other situations, like when youre in the elevator: Take a glimpse at the digital display, close your eyes, and hold on to that image. Could you give us some feedback about this product? The Mind's eye most likely utilizes the Visual cortex and adjacent predominantly visual cortical areas of the Parietal lobe and Temporal lobe ( Seeing and Imagining: Clues to the Workings Of the Mind's Eye ). Your goal is to learn to hold those mental pictures for at least two minutes without losing them or getting tired. You dont have to reply, I can only imagine how busy you are. Alternatively, you could book some adventure activities such as a helicopter tour or glass-bottom boat trip. The more information you can feed to him, the better hell be able to paint the candle.By doing this you strengthen recall ability and you signal to your mind that you want to focus on these specifics. I read the books about visualisation I read and listened to everything I could find on the subject. After reading the article I thought about my guitar, where the knobs are, the color, the length of the neck. Keen Observation Thank you for your comment. I first realized I couldnt create any mental images when read the classic Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It might just be a learned association, in which case it could be reversed in time. Imagine a fire popping out of the lighter, or a match bursting with flame. I will try the conversations exercise and i will continue to train visualiation and i will let you know my progress. From now on, I will keep posting my progress at the end of each month. The first step of visualization is thinking of an image in your mind's eye. Now, i am not sure, i spend 1,5 month witch visualisation, first 1 hour per day, now, 30 min per day, and my visualisation skill is still weak, just little bit stronger than at start. Two days ago I was working on a project that allowed me to only get like 2 hours of sleep. Because of that I stopped doing it. Can I follow you? I hope youll get better, im really curious to know your improvements. No luck yet. (Please see my answer above) I encourage you to experiment with it. Ill keep going. I personally dont think subliminal stuff works, but the music is pleasant, and so is the still image on the screen (a garden with two hedges along a path). Dont give up on it and keep at it. In fact, engage all your senses. And, I guess, youve already heard people saying, your mental blindness is called aphantasia. This exercise will help you imagine details of your images. Thank you again MArko. To me, this experience was entirely profound. What youve heard, I think is very natural. Marko this question is redundant to the reply to the second question I asked you but just wanted to make sure you didnt miss it so here it goes again: What does it mean that I could do this on the first day??? -> I want to learn it because I want to create stories. I did the exercises for a while and nothing. It appears smaller, like at a greater distance compared to the observable shape. This exercise will help you to picture colors. . Yes, you can enhance your reading experience dramatically when you consciously envision a story. I still only see black and Ive read up about a thing called aphantasia which could explain it. LONDON ART FAIR: The capital's art scene swings into action for the year at the London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington. E.g., when you visualize a dice, trace its contours continuously keeping your focus in motion. Make sure to be relaxed, when you do these exercises. The terrible part: in the last 30 minutes of this meditation, I felt an acute pain in my head, like somebody was pulling back my brain. I want to write movies and possibly books as well. 1. Maybe because I was very focused all the time, paying attention. What is frustrating is not only that I am not seeing mostly anything, but after trying hardly (moderately hard), I only can see extremely blurry images which stays almost 1~2 seconds . All I know is that with endurance and persistence you will improve. Then close your eyes and repeat the visualization attempt. Hello this is more of a comment then a question today. I want to start again, and this time i want to to do it seriously. But the vocabulary was too advanced for me, so I became distractedI have however recently started with improve visualization bought from hypnosis download. I should stop doing this while Im driving. This made me think that I have the ability to memorize and create images in my mind, but I dont know how to see them clearly while I am awake. Ive tried Oxiracetam this week (purchased from nootropicsdepot) many people says that it is a good nootropic for the brain but in my case I couldnt concentrate on meditation (my mind was a complete mess on meditation, A LOT of thoughts), I had less flashes than before. Like I said, I have yet to hear from anyone whose mental imagery turned on all of a sudden from doing exercises like this. Do this over and over, and then progress to a wider landscape: everything you can see through your eyes, for example. What do I do now? It looks just like the candle and Im aware its there, but it fades too quickly to hold onto, sometimes I can barely see it. Ive been blindly trying to improve my ability to visualize as a whole, rather than viewing each of its facets as an entirely separate skill. I think my short term memory improved indeed. Its generally very simple, but if you cant do it for whatever reason, you may try to move a shape in any direction until it is no longer in the field of view. There's this book, 'The Cube' where you're asked to visuslize things that together create a picture that when interpreted says things about you as a person. Keep practicing :). Thank you for leaving a comment here. Thanks so much for this info! Especially effective with remembering vivid dreams with lots of action. It is very strange. Daniele. This is amazing! Ive heard some people say that they dont have complete control of their visualization. The reflections of light, shapes, angles, colors, textures, spacial relationship to objects in proximity, and so on. Are the only shapes distinguishable after a full month of training. Maybe Ive misunderstood something here but I think you are confusing two different things and Im not sure which one you are actually talking about. Did you know that you can get better at visualising with self-hypnosis? Kittens trigger serotonin and dopamine in peoples brains, making them more loveable to people. Focus on holding a certain image in your mind, youll get better at stabilizing fickle images. You could exercise with some simple objects or, what I love to do, go to Flickr and experiment with some of the many breathtakingly beautiful photos there. Think about it for a moment: How important is it to you to acquire this skill? Start with a tiny part of it. I know how our brain is changeing over time (neuroplasticity), so I also refuse to think that there is any barrier. Here is a brief description of my progress so far. The deeper you can let go and relax during your exercise sessions the easier the access to your realm of imagination. And while my enthusiasm may have dropped Ill keep going. Now in order to develop mental rotation skills using the glass scenario would I then physically turn the mug around so the handle was on the left side when you looked at it straight on and then try to pay attention to details of how the mug looked, before it was rotation and after it was rotating and then do the close eye and open eye exercise. I tried to train visualization for like 1 month but without constancy. Thank you again Marko for this article. And Yes, my memory and inteligence make me stupid. 6. Just make sure to relax your eyes and your eyelids when closing them. Marko. Today Ive noticed something interesting: most of the clips are quicky dissapearing when I am fully aware of them but some of them are slowly fading away if I try to keep them more (the trick is when you become aware of them are usually instantly dissapearing and I think you too feel like youre sucked up from there this was my sensation in the beggining). I will report back in a few weeks again. It was like seeing clouds part revealing a black sky with stars in the infinite distance. For the best results, whenever you attempt to cure aphantasia or access mental imagery in general, adhere to the following principles. In one of your examples for observation you referred to taking a glass, touching it, feeling at and then trying to mentally sense it. Marko, thank you for writing this. Now open your eyes and call yourself from the other phone. Good. Always been able to dream now and then. But yes, in my experience, the more you practice the faster you get better. you SHOULD, you MUST, you HAVEto do X for Y and I guess it makes me less relaxed. For about a week now I been watching this subliminal visualization video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7mOqHpBkM My question is: Do i have to focus on the afterimage? Im not to hung up over that but it has been demotivating. Ive had the image for several seconds blurred, but sharp enough to see small details. You dont want the police to see nothing. Heres how: And maybe more encouraging is that I was able to see lime-green colour. Do I try to take in the entire peripheral vision all at once (like Id do if Im playing sports), or just casually look at various elements of the candle/flame a bit like a pinball? Using the technique, I was able to change the after-image of a flashlight into a purple fog in my minds eye. But if I imagine grabbing it, or the act of touching it, I can get some rudimentary touch visualization. When you practice, try moving your mental focus around. When youve had a conversation, retreat and try recalling it. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. So after you have reached a primitive stage of conjuring pictures in your mind, what are the steps/exercises to improve clarity of the pictures ? Why do you want to learn it? Learn how to visualize. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage. The background is white. Be very detailed! Didnt experience visulization yet so dont know how does it feels though. So in this driving scenario that I gav eyou above I am guessing that in order to successfully dirvie in very complicated situations you would not only need to be able to conjur up static images but constantly be rotating them as well in your minds eye is that correct. Work it through the above mentioned algorithm: first study it visually, then close your eyes and visualize it in front of you. You should dedicate some weeks or even months to regular practice before complaining that it doesnt work ;). Stay relaxed. I was shocked and amazed at the same time. Observe your chosen color carefully and then try to imagine it in your mind. I hope it works. I noticed that when i visualize my past day, i remember a lot of things i have seen, even if with very fast and quality-missing images, maybe because i always had a great visual memory. The best news of all, however, is I am seeing the objects very clearly and I have you to thank for it! Simply imagine yourself acting the way you would act if your goals had already been achieved. The exercises Ive doing are: for about a month I was staring at a triangle, then closing my eyes, and trying to hold the image as long as possible. I just read your article about visualization and I find it very interesting. Calm Eyes How about you Marko how would you have done mental rotations with a blank screen and once you were able to start seeing images in your minds eye was it natural for that image to be able to be manipulated through mental rotation for you. Its a whole other story if your mental imagery is simply off. I do two things, I either stare at the whole image, then close my eyes and try to hold the afterimage as long as possible, or I stare at the hedges until I start seeing shapes (usually faces) and try to hold onto them as long as I can. You know, i was also stuck in that question, i was feeling lost too, but here's the information i got, after studying about it 1: calm your mind an Read a line and internally replay it on your mental screen. I am able to see some simple geometric figures, but only for a few seconds. I must admit, the routine is very, very annoying and time consuming. Im certain, if you stay with it, youll find you can recreate images in their true colors. Awesome. If you start keeping a dream journal you will begin to remember more dreams (up to 5-7 per night) every single morning. My training remains the same: Best you practice two times daily. I mean like where did I put my keys?..they were with me 30 sec ago Research into the subject was tricky, as every time I included the term visualization in my searches, I would find countless videos teaching people who already possess the ability to create mental images how to use their ability to achieve personal success. So, if you find you get better results using a different approach, please keep at it. # Yes, it may take you several months to get better, but then, this is extraordinarily valuable skill youll be able to benefit from all your life. You can focus on the afterimage while thinking about the color. I needed rest but I wanted to make up my sleep at night and not take a cat nap in the middle of the afternoon. 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