Wednesday, February 15, 2012

5D MODELING PROCESS TO MANIFEST YOUR VISION


Scott Perlman – 
5D MODELING PROCESS to MANIFEST YOUR VISION

Scott Perlman has been in the creativity business for a long time and he has a unique method of helping individuals and corporations tap into their ability to manifest their dreams.  He calls it 5D Modeling, a process developed with Todd Siler, Ph.D. (M.I.T.), author of “Think Like A Genius” (Bantam Books), and his brother Eric Siler, that results in a physical 5-dimensional model/sculpture of your vision. 

What is Visualization?  If you’ve ever watched Olympic skiing then you’ve most likely seen athletes standing at the gate waiting to take their turn down the slope.  You’ll see them go thru the course in their mind.  They literally visualize each gate, turn & bump of the course – they see themselves successfully navigating the course with perfection and of course, a winning time. 

5D Modeling dimensionalizes visualization, making it tangible, and giving form to one’s thoughts.

The 5 dimensions are as follows:

1D – The vision is born, you have an idea or dream you want to make reality and you use words to describe your vision.  This is akin to a white paper document.  It captures the ideas but doesn’t necessarily inspire you or others.
2D – You use 2D images to illustrate the dream/goal much like a “vision board” with photos & other imagery illustrating/representing the vision.
3D – You get invested in the process and you start to see it.  You run scenarios in your mind (like Olympic skiers), you take steps in the 3D world.  This is much like an architect’s scale model of what a building will look like.

Most of us in one way or another have done these first 3 steps and intuitively understand how the more dimensions you add to your visualization and communication, the more effective you are.  The final 2 steps are where things get more powerful as a manifestation tool.

4D – Involves leveraging Symbolism & Metaphor.  For instance the sentence; “The band’s song rose to the top of the charts.”  The mind responds to this statement differently than, “The band’s song had a meteoric rise to the top of the charts.”  The mind draws on the metaphor “meteoric” bringing an emotional sense of power & speed.  Scott makes the point that “the use of symbolism and metaphor is a natural process for the human brain and when we apply that ability to our ideas with intention it brings more dimension & meaning.  That added power taps the emotions and enrolls others in the process of making our dreams reality. This is not just conjecture, but is backed up by current brain science. Specifically Elaborative Encoding, which shows that adding dimensionality, such as a tactile element (3D) and an emotional hook (4D), is how are brains integrate information.” 

Making dreams reality requires more than just the individual dreamer.  This has certainly been true for my vision of Thriving Artist Alliance as a company dedicated to helping artists build wealth with real estate & benefit from the economic wealth that they create.  Dozens of people from strategic partners who provide complementary components of expertise for clients, to people who love the idea invite me to speak to their members, to clients & friends who refer me to new artist interested in buying, selling or investing in real estate, to people who host TAP (Thriving Artists Potluck) Evenings – all have helped build & improve TAA.

Which brings us to the 5th Dimension of Scott’s technique:

5D – Sharing your vision with others.  Putting your idea out into the world.  Inviting others to participate.  Thru vividly sharing your vision with others you’ll learn more about your dream, and how others react to it.  You’ll get new ideas that feed the vision, participation from others, a deeper understanding of how to bring your dream into reality.

The process looks like this:



The 5D Modeling process always begins with a “Focal Question”.  To develop your focal question ask yourself: “Ideally, what is my vision for my ... art, company, project, life…  (fill in the descriptor that best fits you) over the next three to five years?”

As you work through the process consider:
-       What does “success” look & feel like to you?
-       What hurdles must you/your team overcome”
-       What resources do you need?
-       What is you unique contribution to the world and how does your project reflect your core values”
-       Who will benefit from you product/service?
-       How will you inspire, enroll & empower others to help fulfill your vision?

Scott, along with his partner, Sheri Burnham, and their company Rayo Strategic Partners, are passionately dedicated to the empowerment of his clients.  He works primarily with socially responsible companies, both for-profit and non-profits, to help them define their vision, get buy-in from the essential people and raise the capital necessary to bring their vision into reality.  If you’d like to know more, you can reach Scott directly at:

Rayo Strategic Partners
Scott@RayoPartners.com
720-988-8855

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Manifesting Dreams - Once More with Feeling!


Laurie Miranda - aspiring author, feng shui master and interior designer

For Laurie, manifestation is about alignment of thought, word & deed.  "Some people think in different ways. The majority probably thinks in words, others in images.  Imagery is one of THE most powerful ways to manifest & when you attach feelings, the ability to bring it to reality is potent.  It's all about what you are declaring to the universe."  Laurie's power to create is so strong she's pioneering a new genre of literature - Buddhist Sci-Fi.

Due out sometime in the next year, Laurie's book uses the Mayan calendar as its jumping off spot.  Hollywood has portrayed 2012 (the Mayan calendar's end point) as an apocalyptic event. Laurie's story uses it as a critical turning point for our planet - an awakening of consciousness bringing mankind & nature back into balance.

What brought Laurie to the verge of publishing her first work of fiction?  
An interesting story that started during a rafting adventure down Cataract Canyon in Utah, (Laurie comes to Denver via New Jersey) progressed with years of studying Japanese Buddhism & chanting, and fed consistently with a nightly dose of visualization. While on the raft, she was overwhelmed by an image to write a book. Years later, while unable to fall asleep, a story arrived in her imagination. "My bed-time movie picks up each night where I left off the night before."  Twenty years after the rafting trip, while engaged one morning in her Buddhist practice, she was encouraged to share this nighttime story, currently in the editing process.
The book is a story which teaches us the power of thought-that we are creating our reality. "The ability to manifest is grounded in our awareness and genuine knowing of who we are." Laurie shares.  "Its critical to know yourself, to know what you want & how you are dealing with your thoughts & feelings, throughout the course of the day.  The sequence of your thoughts is key.  Be mindful of what you want.  Anytime a negative thought, a doubt or trash thinking that doesn't serve your goals comes up; if you are aware then you can intentionally let the counter productive thought go and shift back to the path of what you want to create. It's critical to not give doubt power." When she closes her eyes at night she sees a "movie" of the life she wants to build complete with experiences she wants to have, the people she hopes to meet, the milestones she seeks to achieve. It is this SEEING the desires come true and then allowing herself to FEEL what it feels like to actually DO those things that makes her realty.

"How does one do that?" I asked.  
 "When you become aware of a doubt that counters the vision your a creating, imagine yourself put it inside a balloon.  Then take a pin and pop the balloon and let the doubt go with it.  Then make your declaration of the reality you are wanting.  This is how we can change the world. Embrace determination and imagery to set a course for the life you choose." 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Manifesting Dreams - Don't Worry About the HOW


DARICE JOHNSTON:Efficiency Training & Life Coaching for the Entrepreneur


What does "manifesting your desires" mean to you - personally ... professionally?

People come to me as an efficiency coach so they can get new results, they are looking to manifest different result - ultimately manifestation hinges on who you are wanting to become.  It must come from the point of BE-ing not the point of DO-ing.  People know what they need to do but they don't always do it.  It’s important to understand that it’s NOT a lack of action that's the problem its who they are BEING that is the problem.

There is action that feels like it’s a big effort or there is Inspired Action.  Most people are in a state of lack and then decide they need to make changes.  But we can't be successful when making change from a state of lack.  When we take action from a state of inspiration, possibility and excitement that is when success is attainable.  So I focus my efforts with my clients to get them into a state of inspiration, excitement.  I don't do "accountability coaching" because its frequently given and taken in a state of Do-ing.  So I work to re-frame clients' thinking into a state of BE-ing.

Once the Be-ing is in place then they are ready to take inspired action and greater success results.

When you work with coaching clients, how do manifesting techniques play into the sessions?  How do you help people get into sate of BE-ing?

Through shifting feelings.  There are only 2 visceral feelings - one feels good, one bad. The Law of Attraction is the basis for all of my coaching.  If you take action from a place of felling good then more of same will come - I always go back to the question of "what do you want?" and how does that feel to have what you want?  Once you can really FEEL the good of having what you really want then that's the place from which to launch into action.

Shifting into a new space of positive feeling - whatever they are feeling - they must take ownership of where they are now & that they have manifested their current state.  Then we focus on their belief that they are capable of turning things around.

I attribute my style of coaching to Abraham Hicks & Michael Bernard Beckwith.  I study Universal Law to help my clients.  Their current state of affairs has nothing to do with the potential of what they can create.  

What's the single most important thing anyone can do to manifest what they want? 

Be clear about what is wanted and trust that they do NOT need to be clear about the HOW.  Stay focused on elevating your feelings to be continuously good.

Truth is in a realm of its own - Meaning, it can't be altered, changed or touched, but beliefs CAN be altered.  That's how you know the difference - Beliefs are simply thoughts we keep telling our selves - you thought it and then looked for the evidence of it to support it.  If one wants to change a belief then go look for the evidence of the correctness of the new belief.

Our beliefs are the greatest road blocks to achieving our greatest desires.  They can also be the greatest propellant to what we want to achieve.

I live with tear filled gratitude to be doing this work.  The more I see my clients excel the more blessed I am.  Seeing people move from the perspective of I have to effort my way through life to realizing life is easy.  

I'm living my heart-felt calling and I get as much if not more back from working with my clients.  

To learn more about Darice go to http://www.daricejohnston.com/