A New Ager's
definition — "Its [visualization]
effect is to dissolve
our internal barriers to natural harmony and self realization"
Shakti Gawain,
Creative Visualization, New World Library
"Shakyamuni
then taught her the contemplative visualization of the Pure
Land through thirteen successive stages of meditation." The
Meditation Sutra
"You
have only to talk to people whose prayer is basically visualization
or discursive meditation to realize you are on a different plane.
No one understands contemplative prayer without some experience
of it." A
Contemplative Vision
Thomas Keating
VISUALIZATION,
The New Age and Christianity
"Occultism
has always involved
three techniques for changing and creating reality:
thinking, speaking, and visualizing."
(Dave Hunt - Occult
Invasion)
* * * *
"...imaging
and visualization are increasingly appearing as Christian
meditation, "mind-stretchers," or a consciousness-awakening experience
in Christian workshops, and you'd better believe that visualization
as a cultivated exercise comes with all sorts of metaphysical and
spiritual baggage in tow." —
Visualization and Imaging, Jon Trott
"It's not
difficult to trace the practice of meditative imaging and visualization
back to the mystics."—
Visualization and Imaging, Jon Trott
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