Receptive Visualization Definition:
Exercises that lead the student to visualize in the mind's eye a quiet receptive place where they may view a unique visual experience. This type of exercise is often accompanied by soft music, the presence of a great figure or teacher and gentle forms of self hypnosis.
Related Concepts:
The Mind's Eye - The human faculty held capable of seeing a mental vision consisting of an imagery or recollected sight as opposed to one actually seen at the time. Usually experienced as occurring somewhere in the center of the forehead.
Dreams - a sequence of sensations, images, thoughts, etc. passing through a sleeping person's mind. A vision or image of the conscious mind; daydream; reverie. Relates to vision, seeing, sight of an individual in a variety of possible states.
Fantasy - A creation of the fancy or creative imagination, which can often be seen as capricious or fundamentally illogical by the conscious left hemispheric processes. Psychologically, it represents an imagined event or condition that fulfills an individual wish and can therefore lead reflectively to significant self discovery.
Receptive Visualization