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Originally Posted by Wax Frog

For whatever it may prove to be worth, I find that if I have a thought I can get excited about, I am able to largely carry that excitement over into my target visualization...

Assuming belief is at all relevant, I don't want any ideas I have about "cheating" spilling over and interfering, but at the same time I don't want to rob my meditations of any available potency.

Unless I'm given good reason not to, I think I will just keep rolling with the "cheat" method. Given the unknowns of LoA, I suppose there can be no answer to my dilemma other than the one I find for myself

Exactly. Go for it!