Do you believe in visualising events so they will happen?

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

have you read "The Secret" HotI? my sister is a big believer in the Law of Attraction and swears that it was the reason behind them getting to build their forever home. (vision board, ask, believe, receive etc)I'm a bit sceptical but having said that, I do think that our thoughts can manifest physical things occurring (mind over matter etc) I guess as with believing in God, praying etc it comes down your faith and belief systems

[~StarBright~]

I have the opposite problem too ( I send the energy out for something and the complete opposite happens) so I turn that around and send out the opposite of what I really want, and I get it ITMS. That worked so well for a few years that I kind of got slack and forgot and started wanting what I wanted again and then things started to go really badly, so I went back to my opposite thinking and starting receiving again. Weird, but it works for me.
I also did do a vision board once, (putting the things I did want on there) a few things did work, but they were kind of vague, I had a picture of a property with horses, and eventually we moved to a property and agisted horses there, but they weren't mine, they were someone elses (they looked exactly like the horses in my picture though) The only thing that we did actually receive was a new car (well new to us lol) but the weird thing was I couldn't find a picture of what I wanted, so I left a big empty space on my vision board that was for my car, so no picture, just an empty space that I knew was for the car- and that's the only thing that truly 100% manifested.
I have definately had more than a few moments where I have said in my head "right this is going to happen" and it does. But also many times when it doesn't or when its slightly off. I am not a huge gambler, but when I say I am going to win I usually do, right before we moved i went into the pub knowing I was going to win something, so I put on a $3 mystery bet, while i waited for the race i went into the pokies (coz i cant watch the race or i loose) and out my $1 change and bet the whole thing on one spin- and got the feature and won $20, didn't win the race though lol and I wasn't planning on putting the $1 in at all, but I knew I was going to win something. (wish it had been more though lol)

[Artechim]

I am skeptical of the rice experiment - look at the amount of water in the beakers. The positive beaker had more water, the other two dried out and rotted.

To answer the question, no I really don't believe that visualising can make anything happen, not by mystical powers of the universe at least. It would however provide focus towards a goal and a person may then make decisions that would lead to achieving said goal. For example, wanting to own a house probably won't happen just by imagining it but if you are focused towards it, set a good budget and stick to it then it is more likely to happen - not by the visualisation but by the work that went into it.