Visualization is the process of creating and seeing a mental picture of the kind of
thing we want to have or do, or the kind of person we want to be. Visualization goes
hand in hand with auto-suggestion. Auto-suggestion without visualization is
mechanical repetition and will be ineffective. In order to see results, auto-suggestion
must be accompanied by feelings and emotions (visualization). The important
caution regarding the auto-suggestion is that it may not be acceptable to the mind the
first time you do it because it is an alien thought