Common Blocks for Successful VisualizationLearn the new words:
1 () Until your desire manifested, imagine on it daily from a dreamy, drowsy state. The most effective times to visualize are when drifting off to sleep or in the twilight state as you are waking up. 2 () Wishes may not deliver on our desired schedule. Persistence & faith are necessary. Eventually, if everything else is being done correctly, the universe will respond by bringing you the object of your desire. Giving up before we succeed, of course, stops the manifestation in progress. 3 () Just as our wishes are powerful, so are other people’s. If we wish for something other people are wishing against, our wishes cancel each other out. If you wish to win the lottery, for instance, you’ve got tens of thousands of people wishing against you. If you wish to marry a certain person & he/she doesn’t reciprocate, your wish can’t alter his/her free will. Working against a psychic influence, though, it can be like rolling a stone uphill. You can do it, but it takes a little longer to succeed. Again, persistence is the key. 4 () Being afraid of failing, or of being disappointed if the wish does not work out, causes lots of adults to miss one key ingredient of successful manifestation: expectation. We must allow ourselves to really get caught up in the fantasy of our dream coming true. That kind of emotional involvement engages our subconscious, & without its participation, our desire will not influence the universe. Being jaded & guarded, refusing to let our hearts flow towards our dream, is a sure-fire recipe for failure visualizing. The Law of Attraction ordains that what we frequently think about, we attract. If we are paying lip-service to a desire but feeling, on a deeper level, that it will never materialize, then, of course, it won’t. The deeper level of thought, that says we will fail, is what we manifest. 5 () Like fear, other deep-held attitude may block our ability to manifest a desire. If you’re visualizing something when you go to sleep at night, feeling excited about your dream, then find yourself during the day thinking, “What am I doing? I’m being ridiculous ”, you’ve got a subconscious blocking attitude. When that doubting thought arises, slip away to somewhere quiet & ask your subconscious mind to tell you why it feels that way. Re-state your wish as an affirmation, repeating it three times with focus, then resume your daily routine. Once your conscious & subconscious minds align in the belief that the wish is good & attainable, the personal blocks that are keeping your wish from becoming real in your life will be dissolve.
This part of the text tells the reader about _____ A having rigid time expectations. B hindering the wish’s manifestation. C fear of failure. D neglecting to visualize daily & before sleep. E visualizing from the perspective of longing. F other blocking standpoints. G wishing for something someone else opposes. H reinforcing the remaining grasp.
17. Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (1-6). There are two choices you do not need to use. Hair
Some of the earliest known works of art are statuettes of women, thousands of years old (the statuettes, not the women), showing elaborate hairstyles. Hairstyles are both a display & a means of communications, (1)_____. Think of Mohawk of the punk, longhair of the hippy, short- cropped hair of the soldier & dreadlocks of the Rastafarian. On average there are over 100,000 strands of hair on a young adult. Blondes average about 140,000 strands, brunettes 108,000 & redheads average 90,000. Hair grows at a rate of about 150 mm a year & each individual hair lasts for two to six years before it fails out, the follicl e has a rest for a while (2)_____. Hair grows quickest in young adult women 16-24 years old. In human, hair grows thickest mainly on the head. The reason may have to do with the evolution of our upright posture on the hot savannahs of Africa (3) _____. Hair & hairstyles have a complex meaning & long history. The famous Ice-Age statuettes known as the Venus of Willendorf & of Brassempony show clear evidence of styled hair. These statuettes, almost 30,000 years old, reveal a complex social organization & tell us that (4) _____. There are also 7,000 –year-old small clay figurines from Butmir in Bosnia illustrating short, neatly combed hair. The ancient Egyptians took considerable care of their appearance as well, as the discovery of combs & hairpins in their graves suggests. They believed thick hair was best & used hair extensions & wigs made of real hair or sheep’s wool to achieve this “look”. They also dyed their hair & wigs in a variety of colours with blue, green, blonde & gold being popular choice (5) _____ were the favourite. Some cultures consider hairstyles to be a reflection of civilization. Among the Temne of Africa it can take days to fashion a hairstyle. The fine rows of the hairstyle, called “ cornrows ”, are a symbolic representation of the cultivation of the land, (6)______. To others, hair takes on a much more profound meaning. It represents nature itself & our place in it. Hair grows & dies. If it is not groomed, it returns to its nature state – much like an abandoned city reclaimed by the jungle.
A at least some women in the society took care of their hair B as hair would protect & insulate our head (& brain) from the sun C though black wigs hued by indigo D and so the cutting of hair is also a risky business E which can reveal social status & membership of a tribe or group F is one of the ways his coming-of-age is marked G then another takes its place H which is indicative of a civilized society 18. Read the text below. For questions (1-12) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D)
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