Your brain has a filtering system that decides what you notice. Most people don’t know how to program it. I learned how and it changed everything I see.
The story
Most people think visualization is just wishful thinking. I used to be one of them.
Then I discovered the science behind it, and everything changed.
Your brain has a filtering system called your Reticular Activating System that decides what you notice based on what you’ve programmed it to see. It acts as a gatekeeper, sifting through massive amounts of sensory data and deciding which bits are important enough to bring to your attention.
Before I understood this, I was walking through life blind to opportunities right in front of me. My RAS was programmed to filter out anything that didn’t match my limited self-image.
Napoleon Hill wasn’t being motivational when he said “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” He was describing neuroscience. When you visualize consistently, you’re rewiring your brain’s attention system to spot the resources and opportunities you need.
But here’s the key: this only works when you visualize your authentic path, not what society tells you to want. Carl Jung called this individuation – becoming who you actually are instead of who others expect.
Now when I visualize my goals with all my senses engaged, I’m not just daydreaming. I’m literally training my subconscious to recognize and create the reality I want.
The opportunities were always there. I just needed to reprogram my brain to see them.
Chapter 6 of Attila B. Horvath’s “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” breaks down exactly how to do this. Game changer.
For more about Chapter 6 of Attila B. Horvath’s book, “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21”, visit https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.
