the Buddhists warn against. It can be mis-used and may bring terrible karma. Ego wants and wants and wants and never gains enough. Chasing desire creates demons.

However, for those who understand that surrender to God is the finest path, more asides:

-I was taught in visualization to hold the image or sentence you desire on the mental screen, within a decently wide red circle. This locks it into the mind. "I WILL lucid dream" is an example. "Joy to the World" is a far better example.

-Shakti Gawain's book "Creative Visualization" is excellent.

-Emmet Fox's "The Sermon on the Mount" amounts to what the Christian Scientists call Malpractice, in that it has encoding which activates the mental screen. As warned above, also about Kundalini, Tantra, and Kriya Yoga, if you have any residual negativity in your chakras, you will learn about it very, very quickly. Do not use if you tend toward depression or any negativity. Even if you are fooling yourself about such. Do not screw with these things if you consider yourself anywhere near a beginner, or if you tend toward anger (denied or not).