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After selecting your targets, physically walk to each one and examine every detail. Study each object from different perspectives, noticing any imperfections or irregularities. Take your time with the objects, memorizing the sight and texture associated with each target. Become aware of all your senses during your walk, especially your senses of sight and touch. Repeat your walk several times until you can easily recall the smallest details of each target area. Pay close attention to everything, including colors, weight, densities, reflections of light, coolness, and heat. Also feel and memorize the sensations associated with your walk from one target to another. In other words, get into it! Enjoy all the sensory input that you receive. This technique helps you focus and maintain your attention away from your physical body as you drift off to sleep. If you are persistent, the results will be dramatic. To enhance this exercise, take your time and repeat your physical and visual walk-through daily for thirty days. Get interested and involved in each target. This technique is a great way to increase your concentration and visualization skill, and it only takes about twenty minutes to perform. It’s important to select targets that are easy for you to visualize. Many people select personal items that possess a sentimental attraction. Once you make a selection, stay with it; the repetition of your visualization dramatically increases its effectiveness. This technique has been my personal favorite ever since I stumbled upon it over twenty years ago when I began to visualize objects in my mother’s home. I strongly believe that the technique can work for anyone who is willing to invest the time and effort. The key is to select target objects that are easy to visualize but interesting enough to hold your attention. Items that you have made, such as a painting, a sculpture, a silk flower arrangement, or even a set of curtains, can be extremely effective targets. As you progress with this technique, you can increase the number and variety of the targets you select. After you become comfortable with a few objects, you can expand your visualization to include an entire room. This technique is extremely effective, but it is up to you to take the steps. The time you invest will be richly rewarded. In addition to the targets mentioned above, you may want to consider some of the following objects to focus on during your visualizations. Sense of Sight A favorite chair, sofa, or other piece of furniture. Any object that you can visualize well. A gift or personal item that holds a special meaning. Any object or artwork that you have created yourself. A special picture, painting, or portrait. Sense of Touch Textured fabric or cloth of any kind. An item of furniture. A door, carpet, light switch, sculpture, or wooden banister. Jewelry, ashtray, candle. Any object that has a unique or distinctive shape or texture. Sense of Smell Air freshener. Fresh flowers. Soaps or lotions. Favorite perfume or cologne. Cedar chest or closet. Incense. THE MIRROR TECHNIQUE The mirror technique is an effective way to enhance your visualization skills and prepare yourself for out-of-body exploration. Begin by placing a full-length mirror in the room you have selected for out-of-body exploration. The mirror should be positioned so that you can easily see your entire reflection without having to move physically. As you look into the mirror, begin to study and memorize your image. Become as objective as possible: view your reflection as an object you are about to paint in your mind. Pay close attention to the small details of your body and clothing. Take your time, memorizing everything you see. Close your eyes and begin to visualize yourself in as much detail as possible. Continue to repeat this procedure until you can clearly visualize yourself on the other side of the room. With your eyes closed, visualize yourself standing on the opposite side of the room. Then begin to picture your imaginary self. Take your time, slowly moving your image’s fingers and hands, then slowly beginning to move its arms. Visualize your reflection moving its toes, feet, and legs. As much as possible, become mentally and emotionally involved in your reflection. Begin to feel the sensations of movement you are experiencing. Feel the enjoyment of movement without a physical body. Become completely involved and immersed in the movements. As you become more deeply involved in your image’s movements, feel yourself stand up and slowly begin to walk around the room. As you are walking, feel all the sensations associated with your movement. Begin to feel and picture yourself opening your imaginary eyes. As clearly as possible, feel your image looking around the room. At first, this may feel as if you’re pretending to see your room from a new perspective. That’s fine; just allow yourself to flow with all the visual sensations you receive. After some practice you will begin to notice an enhancement in your ability to see beyond the limits of your body. 45