REPEATING AFFIRMATIONS

What you verbalize will eventually

materialize. You have the power to talk

aspects of your reality into existence.

Don’t underestimate the power of affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that describe what you wish to achieve. Simply saying something over and over again, with great conviction, creates a belief deep in our subconscious that this statement is true.

It’s visible in everyday society. We’re fed certain notions about the world and they’re repeated over and over again. For example, a mother who constantly tells her child that they’re shy will reinforce this idea in the child’s head. The child may not actually feel shy. But, through repetition of this idea, the child might start to believe it. Consequently, the child may grow up to be shy – the mother’s words become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Once again, this leads me to stress the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are feeding you empowering thoughts. This isn’t to say that you should only keep friends who say nice things about you. But it does mean that you should pick people who are supportive, not destructive.

If you keep on being told you can’t do

something, you’ll believe you can’t.

Repeating affirmations is a conscious process. It’s the act of sending instructions to your subconscious mind. Once these beliefs are planted, your subconscious mind will do everything it can to bring these ideas into fruition. It’s like writing instructions into a computer program to carry out a process for you. Once the lines of code are in, the program can run automatically to bring the desired result.

From personal experience, reciting statements that I simply cannot trick myself into believing doesn’t work effectively. Going back to my example about changing beliefs, I couldn’t just tell myself that I could change my future and do big things. I had to find proof to challenge my old beliefs rationally.

The same thing should be done before affirming ideas, so that these statements aren’t rejected. This is a much more effective way to use affirmations. Adding substance to affirmations before you repeat them gives them greater power.

Maintaining a high vibration is important throughout life, and I find that if you can say your affirmations during a period when you’re feeling good, they’ll have greater momentum; though repeating affirmations can raise your vibration whatever your mood. Saying something out loud like you really mean it can completely change your state.

Affirmations should be in your own words. Say them in your voice, as if you’re telling facts to a friend. Only repeat positive statements – don’t recite what you don’t want. What we resist often persists, because the energy we exude in avoiding it is also returned to us. So, for example, you might say, ‘I have great confidence in everything I do,’ rather than, ‘I am not nervous anymore.’ And affirmations should be spoken in the present tense.

When you act as if the goal is already the

truth, your subconscious mind believes

that it is and acts accordingly.

The amount of time you spend on your affirmations is entirely up to you. Anything between two and five minutes a day is reasonable. However, emotional investment is more important than duration, so say them like you mean them.