Visualization is like a map for the mind, giving directions and guidance for the mind to fulfill the goals you have in life. Without a map, the mind roams and wanders aimlessly from one thought to another in a haphazard manner. Without guidance, the mind reacts unconsciously to the slightest provocation or triggers from the external or internal world.
That’s probably how most people’s mind work. But not these three men. These three legendary persons have refined their visualization skill to the point where they could use it to access their full potential and fulfilled their dreams in life, no matter how big the obstacles may be.
So let the legends begin:
1. Nikola Tesla,
the Legendary Visual Inventor
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Visualize this: Nikola Tesla is the great inventor who gives us alternating current induction motor, radio, amplifier, wireless communication, fluorescent light, laser beam, remote control and more than 700 other patents. In fact, many modern convenience that we are using today are still dependent on his inventions, including the way electricity is being generated, transmitted and converted to mechanical power.Regarded as an important scientist and inventor of the modern age, Tesla is gifted with extraordinary visualization and thinking powers. He was able to fully visualize, develop and refine his inventions entirely in his mind before putting them on paper. In his autobiography, he described how when he got a new idea, he would first build the device in his imagination, improve it, run tests on the device, fine-tune it, take it apart and even check the new invention for wear and tear before manifesting the thoroughly tested idea into a physical product!
Meditate on this: Tesla’s visualization power may sound like superhuman, but his life story, which by the way reads like an intriguing novel, opens our mind to the potential of our consciousness. For mere mortals like us who are not endowed with such powerful imagination, it is still possible to develop our visualization skill with systematic and consistent training.
2. Zoltan Torey,
the Mind Landscaper
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Visualize this: The life story of Australian psychologist Zoltan Torey is both heart-wrenching and inspirational. Met with an industrial accident halfway through his second year of university education, Torey was left completely blind when he was 21. Most would expect him to live life like any other visually impaired, navigating the world with hearing and touch alone. But Torey went in the direct opposite way.He trained himself to vividly picture the world around him through his now heightened mental imagery, developing ‘what is almost a new sense, a new faculty of mind‘.
Learning to ‘see without seeing‘, his visualized world is so rich and complete that Torey was able to complete his degrees in psychology and philosophy, go sightseeing, play tennis, and even mend the guttering on his roof all by himself.
It also carried him to success as a professional psychologist, and led him to write The Crucible of Consciousness, the result of 26 years of research and study to understand the mystery of self-conscious awareness.
Meditate on this: I told you it’s possible to develop extraordinary visualization power like Nikola Tesla and Zoltan Torey is a great example. It’s never too late to take visualization seriously today.
3. Morris Goodman,
the Miracle Man
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Visualize this: Literally known as “The Miracle Man“, Morris Goodman was once a leading insurance agent in the US who had success, fame and fortune. But during a test flight of his new airplane in March 1981, all hell broke loose. He had a crash landing which ended up breaking his neck at two places, destroying his diaphragm and incapacitating him from the neck down.As a result, he could not breathe, talk, eat or drink. His kidney, bladder, bowel and liver were also non-functioning. All he could do was blink his eyes — once for yes, and twice for no.
Doctors told Goodman he would remain in this state for the rest of his life. But he didn’t buy their story and even vowed to walk out of hospital by that Christmas. He visualized himself walking out of hospital and consistently sustained that scene in his mind.
He also started training his lungs, and breathed using his stomach in place of his diaphragm. Gradually, his condition improved and he was able to breathe on his own without a ventilator. He was even able to sit and later stand up to the amazement of the medical staff. Eventually, he did walk out of the hospital on Christmas, some eight months after the accident, just the way he had visualized.
But the road to recovery didn’t end there. It took him two years to learn to say a sentence, and about five years to get back on his feet again. Today, Goodman is no longer a salesman but a highly sought-after speaker who travels the world sharing his story and teaching his philosophy on goal setting and personal growth and development.
Meditate on this: If a broken neck isn’t enough to deter Goodman from getting back on his feet, shouldn’t we take a long hard look at those reasons we’ve been giving ourselves for not going after what we want in life?
Do you know of anyone whose life was transformed by visualization? Inspire us by leaving their stories in the comments. Thanks!
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
Thanks for dropping by, James. I’m glad that you find these stories interesting as I did. Hope to see you around more.