The phenomenon of visions  

By Jimmy Henderson

‘Your vision will become clear when you look into your heart. Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens.’
C.G.Jung

  It has been noted that during advanced levels of visualisation, spontaneous images can enter into one's inner visual field. This reveals how it is possible to receive sensations, impressions and even symbolic images directly from our subconscious during highly subjective states of mind. 

   This was also suggested by the famous psychologist Dr. Carl Jung who believed that the content of the subconscious can become conscious under certain conditions. 

These impressions are sometimes regarded as intuitive moments or intuitions. However, it can also happen that entire three-dimensional dramatisations can unfold spontaneously in our inner visual or perceptual fields during these subjective states.    

   These scenarios or enactments are symbolically assembled at a subliminal level in the subconscious mind before being presented to consciousness and can be described as similar to a dream (or a daydream). However, as in some cases, these images can be quite vivid due to their ability to superimpose on our everyday sense of reality for brief moments. 

   As in the case of a dream, a vision can be a communication from the subconscious mind regarding an issue to be resolved, and therefore take the form of a warning. However, with the subconscious being the conduit between our normal consciousness and the external world, the vision could also relate to other factors. 

   For example, metaphysical practitioners and religious devotees have reported many cases of visions relating to divine guidance and even to visitations from a higher spiritual level. Due to the many cases presented, these experiences can no longer be simply discounted as pure fantasy. 

Jimmy Henderson is a metaphysician and the author of a number of books and articles on inner self-development. He has an Honours degree in philosophy (metaphysics) and a Masters degree in Psychology. His books ‘Multi-Dimensional Thinking’ (2007) and ‘Multi-dimensional Perception’ (2010) are available on Amazon.com and Kalahari.com and can also be ordered via his website www.jimmyhendersonbooks.com