Affirmations for Mind Power
Author: Sonya Green

The effective use of Affirmations to increase your mind power.
An affirmation is a small positive statement, you repeat to yourself, to re-program the quality of thoughts in your subconscious mind.

They are like saving coins in a moneybox. They don’t seem like much at the time but they add up quickly. One day you will look in and realize how rich you have become.

With constant repetition small statements become powerful forces.

One dollar a day added to a moneybox may seem insignificant, however, if you save one dollar every day from the time you start working until you retire you will accumulate enough money to retire very wealthy.

One drop of water on a rock will not affect the rock but water dripping constantly on a rock will ultimately wear the rock away.

Don’t misunderstand this point though as I am not suggesting that affirmations take ages to work. Usually they work instantly, usually they work powerfully and often they work magically.

My point is that affirmations, repeated over time, will prove to be immensely powerful and permanent.

The repetition of an affirmation will eliminate an old belief and create a new belief. Lifelong habits can be broken down and replaced with new habits, by repetitive thoughts. All behavioural habits begin as habits of thought.

When a thought is repeated it will become a belief.

What you conceive and believe
You will achieve.

Remember that thoughts create emotions - emotions create actions - and your actions re-create your thoughts.

You cannot have a happy and successful life if your mind is filled with thoughts of fear and insecurity.

Hypochondriacs are never vital, energetic, healthy people.
Pessimists are never happy, motivated, exciting people.
Introverts are never dynamic motivators.

The mind is suspicious of new ideas, especially if those ideas conflict with established beliefs and it tends to argue against or disregard opposing thoughts.

Creative Visualization techniques are so powerful because when you relax deeply you are able to by-pass the analytical part of your thinking. With Creative Visualization you have the added advantage of using your senses to reinforce visual and emotional details.

Affirmations are powerful and effective in their own right, and when used in conjunction with Creative Visualization, they enhance and compliment each other. When used together, Creative Visualization and Affirmations can change almost any area of your life.

When Creative Visualizations and/or Affirmations fail, it is usually because you are unconsciously programming in opposing instructions. Success with Creative Visualizations and/or Affirmations depends on the daily reinforcement of your beliefs and thoughts.

Consider this example of a prosperity script:

You want to use Creative Visualization to increase your income. Every morning and every night, you imaging, feel and sense, money coming to you. You visualize yourself living in your perfect home, driving your brand new car, dressing in wonderful clothes, travelling the world and living the “high life.” You can almost touch and taste success. Your creativity has expanded. Your wisdom has increased. Your enthusiasm and motivation are boundless. You feel excited and powerful and filled with confidence. Your visualization is perfect; you are doing this exactly right.

So why isn’t it working?

You really do need to be the “thought police” to understand what opposing influences are undermining your success. Your opposing influences are the thoughts and beliefs you maintain from your established habits. There are three essential requirements to achieve what you want in life:

You need to be clear about what you want;
You need to consistently state and imagine what you want; and
You need to eliminate thoughts, words and images of what you don’t want.

Now go back and read that again and keep reading it until you get it. I know it sounds too simple and I’m sure you said, “Yeah, I know that.” But do you?

There is “knowing something,” and then there is “Knowing Something.”

If you are programming yourself for prosperity, love, happiness or success, then you must at this point believe you are lacking in prosperity, love, happiness or success. Let’s face it, we only desire what we want in our lives, not what we already have. No one ever obsesses about what they do have. We all obsess over what we are lacking.

If you lack money now, then you have a scarcity or poverty belief already in place. The very fact that you are broke is proof that your belief system is presently running on a scarcity consciousness.

Going back to the three essentials, you may decide you are already clear about what you want.

You are currently working on the second law and using affirmations.

Now consider the third law and jot down a few notes. What can you discover about your habitual thinking that may be working on an opposing level?

Do you think wealth has something to do with greed or selfishness?
Do you feel guilty when you have more than someone else?
Do you think wealth is not spiritual?
Do you think rich people are not happy people?
Will people only want you for your money?

There are many common misperceptions about wealth that can sabotage your ability to achieve your goals. Consider the following examples:

I’d rather be healthy than wealthy. (Do you think that one rules out the other?)
I fear I will be robbed or my child may be kidnapped.
Wealthy people are dishonest or have done unethical things to create their fortune.
Rich people are lonely and can’t trust the motivation of others.

Focusing on these misperceptions, and the negatives in your life, can sabotage your ability to achieve prosperity.

Stop thinking about your debts. (You need to think about what you want – not what you need.)

Instead of thinking, “They don’t deserve that” start thinking, “If they can achieve that, then I can too.” Feelings of jealousy or resentment towards others will negatively impact your ability to achieve your goals.

Stop thinking that someone else will have less, if you have more. Start thinking, “The more I have, the more I can help others.”

The above examples are intended to help you to discover what your inner most thoughts may be. You may find it beneficial to carry a notebook with you for a week or so and write down your negative thoughts. This will help you to recognize the day-to-day thoughts that are negatively impacting your success.

I can’t emphasize strongly enough that your success depends on the quality of the thoughts and beliefs you choose and your ability to eliminate those thoughts or beliefs that oppose your desires.

An affirmation is a short positive statement made in the present tense. It can be a statement, a chant, a written list or a song.

Our minds generate a constant stream of subconscious chatter, and although we are often unaware of the substance of that chatter, it is frequently a stream of negative thoughts. Affirmations are a conscious decision to implant quality thoughts and to repeat those thoughts to such a degree that they become a belief.

Becoming aware of your negative or sabotaging thoughts is the first step. You then need to stop that thought as soon as you recognize it. Most importantly you need to instantly replace that thought with a positive affirmation.

Affirmations are always stated in the positive.

Replace, “I am broke and in debt” with “All my needs are met and all my desires are fulfilled.”

Affirmations should be stated in the present tense. Replace I am going to … Is coming … and, Will be … with I now have … I am …This is.

Imagine a negative thought as a ball coming straight at you. An affirmation is the bat you use to smack that ball right out of the park.

It is best to work with one set of affirmations at a time. Decide your most important issue and focus on that until you have the outcome you desire. It’s too easy to become distracted and scattered if you take on too much too soon. Perhaps set yourself a goal for a week, get creative and write down a few ideas that feel right for you about that issue. You will also find that one will inspire another and throughout the week you can continue to add to your affirmations.

Here are a few examples of success affirmations:

I am worthy.
I am successful, prosperous and happy.
I am filled with quality ideas and the ability to bring them into action.
I love my work and my work rewards me financially.
The more successful I am the more the world will benefit.

These are very basic affirmations, but they can be very effective and powerful. An interesting thing about affirmations is that they will throw up some very profound insights and behavioural changes. You may find that when you are doing your success affirmations you start to walk taller, dress with more care, act in a more self-confident manner and become more enthusiastic and creative.

You will find yourself thinking about new money making ideas and somehow start pursuing new or better ways of doing things.

You start “thinking outside the box” or take up creative interests.

People who usually whine about their problems will suddenly become inspirational or helpful.

New people and opportunities will start showing up in your life. You will start to find things or become ‘lucky’.

Another interesting advantage is that you notice a sense of attraction or resistance.

An attraction is “when your heart sings.” If you are affirming success and you get a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement then your affirmation is attracted to what is right for you. If this is the case then you will definitely get what you desire. Your instincts are saying, “Yes, bring it on now” and you are ready to receive it and run with it.

A resistance is you inner wisdom saying NO. If your affirmation has you feeling uncomfortable or silly then you are off course. You are being instructed to dig a little deeper. This happens because you are not clear about your goal. You have given your desire the wrong name and you are chasing a false desire. An example of this may be that you are working on money, but every time you state your affirmation you feel uncomfortable or indifferent.

This is because money is not your real desire. You have wrongfully attributed money as the means achieve something else. The uncomfortable feeling is telling you to find out what money means to you. Money may represent freedom from fear. If this comes up then all you need to do is change your affirmation to one that releases fear. Money may represent a sense of self-esteem or power. Your affirmation should be changed to one that increases your feelings of self-worth.

Excerpt from www.reinventingmyself.com By Sonya Green.








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Sonya Green Webmaster of reinventingmyself.com Personal development and meditation course facilitator.

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