Mental Visualization

[Lone Wolf]

Whenever you begin to try and visualize your wonderland or even your forcing sessions. I have had this floating question that I can't wrap my mind around for quite a long time now. Do you simply keep your eyes closed and see nothing but blackness? Or is it do you just imagine "think" that you are in your wonderland? How do you become so immersed into "daydreaming" that it becomes as vivid as if you were alert while awake?

 

This is something that has been giving me a hard time with trying to pursue with my progress. I'm not sure what I should do really just looking for some advice.

[IBreakGames]

I had this same crisis as well during the early days. Basically, if I close my eyes, I see nothing but blackness. I don't have very good visualization skills, so it was always kinda hazy when I imagined things. I just imagine I'm in my wonderland, and it takes a lot of practice to become fully immersed in what you're doing. For some it comes easy, and for others not so much. So just imagine your wonderland. Your eyes will see whatever it is that you see in reality, but your mind will be elsewhere.

[Lone Wolf]

Hmm... I see then glad to know I'm not the only one who has struggled with this particular topic then. Seem's I need to do a little more research and try to dig for more method's and such. It seems as if it is easier sometimes to do so than others. Like daydreaming for example... your in the middle of a very boring lecture or what have you. Daydreaming then seems extremely easy to do so however I suppose being able to get your mind in that state on a trigger isn't as easy then you would believe.

[Guest Anonymous]

Visualizing or imagining does not mean it is like CGI virtual reality quality. Day dreaming can have a dream like vagueness or fuzzy edges and distortions. It is more or less a waking dream. I found I did better with my eyes open, staring at a wall, at least at first. Now I just drop into it just about anywhere pretty much without much effort. That is after many years of practice of course.

[wingsorsomething]

Again, as other users have said in this thread, for me it's like a dream: it's hazy, it's cloudy, it doesn't feel 100% real. It's easier for me to visualize the mindscape than it might be for some others, as ours is based on a real place that I knew very well, but it is very much like a daydream. Maybe certain things feel a bit more realistic if I spend a long time focusing on them, but otherwise, it's very much like daydreaming.

[FadingSpectrum]

Fade: I live in both the real world and our mindscape simultaneously every day. Visualizing it is easy for me, especially with my eyes open. It feels odd whenever I hear anyone say they need to close their eyes to visualize something; I've been able to have daydreams and continue on with life as normal at the exact same time for as long as I can remember. So paying attention to both the mindscape - which is "there" and has everyone still doing their own thing even when I'm asleep or zoning out - and the physical world isn't too hard for me.