Let’s begin with the end

Imagine yourself going to the funeral of a friend that you've known closely. Imagine, in your mind’s eye, the shock with which you received the news, and travelled to the venue. You see some familiar faces, and one asks, 'How much did he leave'? And someone answers, 'Oh, he left it all!!'

You go further, and suddenly realize that you've actually come for your own funeral. Yes, I know I am still fishing on the peripheries of morbidity, but I promise, not for long. I promise! So, I want you to imagine exactly how you would like each one of these people gathered at your funeral to remember you. Your close family and friends, your children, your siblings, elders and the young ones, your distant relatives and acquaintances, your office or work peers, juniors, seniors, may be even your neighbours and people from your larger social circle. What would you like each of these people to have seen in you? Would you like them to believe that you made a difference to their lives?

If you did this visualization seriously, in those moments of insight and self-evaluation, you will have touched the very core of your being. These feelings that you just experienced, are your very own ‘guidance system’. The further you go away from this core, greater is the anguish and aimlessness you feel. Staying close to this core, you experience purposeful and satisfying lives.

Another fantastic benefit of this technique - the creative visualization actually helps us manifest the desired future. As Rhonda Byrne says in “The Secret”, all things are created twice; first, as a desire, as a visual representation in the mind, and then the second time, in its physical reality.

Here is how it works - when you go on a journey, you decide the destination before you start the journey, and not the other way round. Right?

Ajay Mehta is a print designer, an Advanced Pranic Healer and a ‘spiritual’ seeker. He can be reached at ajaxmehta@gmail.com