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My first experience with affirmations was when a family member gave me a book called Heal Your Body. I had been going through some tough times with my health and this book was very helpful in my understanding of the way that my body works, plus I have developed an understanding of how thoughts can heal. In this book are a list of health problems, the probable mental pattern that caused the problem, and the new thought pattern to say to yourself to heal from your ailment. What really blew me away as I looked up my particular health concerns was that the probable mental causes were right on the money! For example, I had a lot of problems with my bladder and kidneys after my divorce and when I looked up the probable mental cause for this ailment it said in this book “Anxiety. Holding on to old ideas. Fear of letting go. Being pissed off.” This made perfect sense to me! The new thought pattern to adapt and repeat to myself consistently was “I comfortably and easily release the old and welcome the new in my life. I am safe.”
Heal Your Body by Louise Hay is just one resource for affirmations, and I have put together a list of books with affirmations together for the end of this post.
There are an enormous amount of affirmations created by others that are available today and you will find that there are affirmations for different issues and topics of interest. For example you might run across success affirmations, affirmations for children, self-esteem affirmations, etc. (You can find a directory of affirmations here.) The whole idea behind making affirmations is in finding the words or phrases that apply to your situation and personal desires. Many people incorporate affirmations into their lifestyle because of health concerns, or because they desire to reach spiritual enlightenment. In any case, you must know that it is very important to work within your mind to create the reality that you desire whether it is to be more healthy or closer to enlightenment. We can be so busy thinking about what we don’t want in our life, or what we want to avoid each day that our inner self talk becomes negative and un-supportive. Take some time to really evaluate how it is that you talk to yourself, what words you use especially.
Are you supporting yourself through life and acknowledging your desires in a positive way?
Make changes so that you are! Eliminate negative words and replace them with positive words. If you really take the time to evaluate the words that you use, you might understand the subliminal messages that you are sending to yourself. Choose instead to use words that will help to create something good in your life or release something from your life in a positive way. Be wary of using negative words and focusing on what you don’t want. That will just attract more of what you don’t want into your life! Focus on the positives, and attracting what you do want in your life. Repeating positive affirmations to yourself reinforces the positive in YOU, and helps give you the confidence to reach towards opportunities to make your desires become true. This can help to lower stress, boost your self esteem, and open your mind to the possibilities. Making affirmations is something that we all do anyway, but if you make a conscious effort to incorporate positive affirmations into your daily lifestyle you will experience great benefits. Change your negative affirmations around and reinforce the positive in your life for best results!
You will find that there are many resources available online for those interested in learning more about making affirmations:
Positive Affirmations List
Affirmation.com
Affirmations for Success
Affirmations from Coping.org
Take Control of Your Life with Affirmations
Vital for Life Affirmations
Self Help Affirmations
Affirmation Planet.com
Positive Affirmations to DeStress on About.com
Affirmations from Hospicenet.org
Plus here are some books from Amazon with more information on affirmations in general:
Also you can watch videos on YouTube with affirmations like this one:
In any case, repetition is important when it comes to making affirmations so you should make arrangements to repeat them throughout the day.
Some people like to write their affirmations on a post it and put them in places they will see it often such as on the refrigerator, on their bathroom mirror, or on the edge of their computer screen. There is also software that you can download that will bring up the affirmations that you create at schedule time intervals that you pre-select. Also, a great blog to visit that posts affirmations daily is called The Think Positive Blog.
I want to thank you for visiting this blog, and for reading this post about making affirmations. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know your favorite affirmations. Take care!
About the Author: Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her and view her photos by visiting her page on MySpace.
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