I can’t visualize

[Clems]

I’ve tried it many many times but i only see black, black only. I can’t visualize even a fruit or a member of my family?? 
How can i start visualizing please that’s really hard for me

[Eternal Unity]

Guided Voice Visualizations by Jason Stephenson. Search it in YouTube, lie down, listen with headphones and follow instructions.

No longer than 1 hour the first time.

 

Good Luck,

Greg.

[Fran11]

At the begenning, first concentrate on a simple object for a few minutes and then close your eyes an recall it.

5 minutes ago, Clems said:

member of my family?? 

Visualizing people is relatively advanced, start by simple inanimate objects.

[Dodo]

1 hour ago, Clems said:

I’ve tried it many many times but i only see black, black only. I can’t visualize even a fruit or a member of my family?? 
How can i start visualizing please that’s really hard for me

Im here to help! 

You can unlock levels of imagination that are unimaginable! Kind of like your dreams, you have way more imagination when you are impersonal. Don't try to imagine things, but rather see what your imagination has in store, you just be the observer of it. 

If you can see black only, thats a great start. You have the canvas. Now you can imagine a white dot on it? Try enlarging the dot. Imagine it in another colour. Imagine the black only as another colour too. Zoom in, zoom out, play around that plane of imagination. Start small.

In my opinion if you start imagining dots, lines, circles, triangles, basic shapes, then your mind will get the building blocks to imagine more complex things further. Or get more tuned with the imaginative part of yourself. 

 

You can try a visualisation technique I like which is to go to the edge of your experience now and "see" what is beyond there. You might get an impression of seeing something from your imagination. Even if not, just do not identify with what you saw and centre as the empty (or otherwise very small) being that is able to see that space of imagination beyond the edge of your visual perception. Then keep watching for what that empty being sees, and keep grounding as that being - which is not hard as it is the one who sees. 

Tell me if you get any visualisations from this. Its basically self inquiry using the imaginary plane. 

Edited May 24, 2021 by Dodo

[seeking_brilliance]

You can, but you're looking for the wrong thing. I made these videos to help you. 

 

 

[Clems]

On 24/05/2021 at 0:37 PM, Eternal Unity said:

Guided Voice Visualizations by Jason Stephenson. Search it in YouTube, lie down, listen with headphones and follow instructions.

No longer than 1 hour the first time.

 

Good Luck,

Greg.

Will i be able to visualize after watching one video or more? I started watching a video yesterday but i couldn’t visualize, i only saw black and i kind of give up..

[Clems]

On 24/05/2021 at 1:34 PM, Dodo said:

Im here to help! 

You can unlock levels of imagination that are unimaginable! Kind of like your dreams, you have way more imagination when you are impersonal. Don't try to imagine things, but rather see what your imagination has in store, you just be the observer of it. 

If you can see black only, thats a great start. You have the canvas. Now you can imagine a white dot on it? Try enlarging the dot. Imagine it in another colour. Imagine the black only as another colour too. Zoom in, zoom out, play around that plane of imagination. Start small.

In my opinion if you start imagining dots, lines, circles, triangles, basic shapes, then your mind will get the building blocks to imagine more complex things further. Or get more tuned with the imaginative part of yourself. 

 

You can try a visualisation technique I like which is to go to the edge of your experience now and "see" what is beyond there. You might get an impression of seeing something from your imagination. Even if not, just do not identify with what you saw and centre as the empty (or otherwise very small) being that is able to see that space of imagination beyond the edge of your visual perception. Then keep watching for what that empty being sees, and keep grounding as that being - which is not hard as it is the one who sees. 

Tell me if you get any visualisations from this. Its basically self inquiry using the imaginary plane. 

Thank you for the response i really appreciate it!! 
I can’t see the white dot it’s been days that I’m trying i really wished i can see it i would be extremely happy lol

but thanks i think i’ll just keep trying and i’ll update you when i’ll be able to visualize it, and i’ll try the technique you talked about too

[kinesin]

@Clems  Apparently it's estimated that around 1-3% of the population have something called 'aphantasia', which is the total inability to form visual mental images.  The rest of the population vary in the clarity of the images they're able to see, there's a whole spectrum of ability stretching from 0 mental images to photorealistic full-colour imagery.

On the surface, this 'inability' is presented as a static unchanging thing which a person is simply stuck with.  I don't believe that's the case though, I think it's simply a matter of where your attention goes and the particular unique mental habits of perception you might have formed during your life.  I'd bet for example, that though you cannot form mental images, you likely have some other sense perception which far outstrips the ability of most people.  That said, if you want to develop the ability to form mental images, I believe you can do it, but it'll take a lot of practice, experimentation and study.

In my experience there can be a 'trick' to seeing mental images.  Personally if I close my eyes, there are several 'layers' of visual perception which I have access to, and it can be tricky at first to learn how to observe them and switch between them.  There is a base layer where images and patterns form amidst the visual snow which covers the blackness.  There is a 'ghost layer' above that which is the layer upon which I usually see memories.  To give an analogy for how it can feel to tune in to these layers - have you ever been in a situation where an alarm or other repetitive sound has been going off for a long time?  It can reach a point eventually where you no longer even hear it.  You might think 'is that alarm still going off?' and you try to scan your hearing but you can't find the sound anymore.  Suddenly you notice it actually *is* still there, and you wonder how you could have missed it a moment ago.  This is the way in which your mental imagery is hiding amidst the blackness.  You just need to develop the ability to spot and 'tune in' to the layer that it's on.

[herghly]

it's a skill like anything, so don't be discouraged.