A free rapid-imaging practice tool inspired by William Bengston’s Image Cycling® technique.
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Your list
Add one image for each thing you want. Aim for at least 20. Training uses them in this order: drag ⠿ to reorder, tap an item to add a caption.
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No items yet. Add images of your goals, or type them as text.
Session settings
⚠️ Fast cycling creates flashing. If you are sensitive to flashing lights, use a slower speed.
Train your mind
In the full practice you cycle the images in your head, not on a screen. These levels take the images away
step by step, until you can run through your whole list with your eyes closed. Work through them in order, over several days if you need to.
About
Flipbook Mind is a free rapid-imaging practice tool inspired by William Bengston’s Image Cycling® technique. For the authentic method and training, visit bengstonresearch.com.
Who was William Bengston?
Dr William (Bill) Bengston (1950–2025) was an American sociologist. For 40 years he taught statistics and research methods at St Joseph’s College (now St Joseph’s University) in New York, and from 2010 to 2022 he was president of the Society for Scientific Exploration. He spent more than four decades researching hands-on healing, and described himself as a sceptic who set out to test it rather than a believer. He died at home on 16 April 2025, aged 75.
How to cycle
Write a list of at least 20 specific things you want for yourself. Make them concrete: not “be happy”, but a specific place you want to visit.
Turn each item into one vivid image that shows it already achieved, as if it’s happening now.
Memorise the list in order, so each image comes to mind instantly, like flipping a flip-book.
Cycle through the images in your mind: about one per second at first, then two per second, then faster, until the whole list flashes by in a second or so. As you speed up, let go of the feelings attached to each image.
Keep it light and relaxed, and practise a little every day. When you get something on your list, or stop wanting it, replace it with something new.
Advanced practitioners go on to hypercycling: placing all the images on an imagined spinning object, like a rolodex or a clock face.
Why cycle fast?
The images keep your thinking mind busy so it stays out of the way. Bengston compared the conscious mind to a guard dog: throw it a steak to keep it busy while the real work happens.
A selfish list: the images are things you want, not things for someone else. Feeding the ego what it secretly wants keeps it content and quiet.
Speed: going fast means you can’t dwell on, judge or hope about any one image. That’s why you let go of the feelings as you speed up.
No focus on the outcome: trying to will a result is exactly the interference the method avoids. Stay detached, even a little bored.