Visualization Technique

Visualize you and I are in Central Park, New York, and you have a yellow tennis ball. You throw it to me and I catch it, and throw it back to you. And you throw it to me once more, and again I catch it and I throw it back. Then you throw it a third time and I catch it and throw it back to you, and a baker in Karachi, riding his bicycle home from work, catches the yellow ball and he gives it to his young son as a present.

I say, “The baker’s son has it.”

You say, “Where’s the ball?”

I say, “I didn’t do that, I thought you did it.”

You say, “How did you do that?”

You then answer, “No, sorry I haven’t.”

And I ask, “Have you got another tennis ball?”

Then you say, “Sorry, I have to take a nap. I’m rather tired.”

And I ask, “Can you stay a bit longer?”

Then I say, “I think I’ll stay in the park and play. My dad just came home from work and gave me a brand new tennis ball.”

And you say. “You are lucky that you are young and carefree and you don’t have to work, what will you do this afternoon?”

And then you pause and say, “Yes, I do but it’s very hard work.”

And I say, “Do you enjoy baking?”

And you add, “I love you too,” and I say, “love you, thanks for the tennis ball.”

And then I say, “Bloody crows! They are sweet but a bit irritating at times.”

And then one of those scruffy New York crows sees the ball on the path and it pushes it with its beak into the pond and the ball gets soggy wet.

And the crow says, “Do you mind if I play with your ball and push it into the pond?”

Then the crow says, “No, Brooklyn.”

And I say, “You are not from Karachi are you?”

Then I say, “No, I have never been.”

And the crow asks, “Have you ever been to Pakistan?”

Remember Necker’s Cube? Is the dot inside the cube (Central Park) or outside the cube, Karachi?

Are you the baker? Am I your son? Perhaps you are me? And I’m you. Now there is a clue, then you’d be the son and I’d be the baker.

Who’s driving the bus?

Clue: None of the humans have a driving license! They all walk or go by bike, or they are too young to drive.

Now if you really want to fry your noodle: Where is the bus parked?

Remember, it’s all backwards. Tomorrow’s nine o’clock bus actually left yesterday at nine, twenty-six people got on and the bus arrived safely and exactly on time.

Unusual bus company – arriving on time, that is.