Creative Visualization

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Creative Visualization refers to the practice of seeking to affect the outer world via changing one's thoughts. The concept arose in the US with the nineteenth century New Thought movement.

This is purported to be accomplished by various means including expecting the best, focusing intensely on a desired goal, and repeating affirmations and the use of vision boards.

Creative Visualization is the basic technique underlying positive thinking. It is distinguished from normal daydreaming in that Creative Visualization is done in the first person and the present tense – as if the visualized scene were unfolding all around you; whereas normal daydreaming is done in the third person and the future tense – the “you” of the daydream is a puppet which the real “you” is watching from afar.