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Affirmations - Far More Than Just Positive Thinking
When someone mentions affirmations, the first thing that comes into your mind is positive thinking. The classic positive thinking affirmation was created by Dr. Emil Coue. "Everyday in every way, I get better and better. The idea behind this type of affirmation is to create new positive habits and thoughts. This works very well but, it is only half of the story. There is another type of affirmation and it is just as important as positive affirmations.
The problem is that the subconscious mind accepts any belief without question. For example, the old belief that you wish to replace is that wealthy people are greedy. You have heard this throughout your lifetime and it becomes set in stone in your subconscious. When you realize that you have this false belief, normally, you would create an affirmation that will give you a new belief. For example, you might start using an affirmation like: I am grateful that my wealth grows each and everyday for with great wealth I can do great good.
This is an excellent new belief for your subconscious but, it also creates a problem. Although the subconscious has accepted this new belief, it has also created a conflict in your mind. Although you have created a new positive belief, it has not eliminated the old negative belief that rich people are greedy. Both beliefs are existing side by side in your mind and the old belief still has it's self-limiting effects.
What I use to overcome the old negative thought pattern is what I call a reprogramming affirmation. The point of this is to convince the subconscious that the old self-limiting belief needs to be eliminated from the data bank. Reprogramming affirmations tend to be somewhat more complex than positive affirmations.
For example, my reprogramming affirmation might read something like: Many people say that the rich are greedy but this is a false belief. Rich people have an abundance mindset and readily give away large portions of their income because they know that their is a limitless supply of wealth. For example, Bill Gates out of the kindness of his heart has created numerous philanthropic organizations and given away millions of dollars of his personal worth to help the poverty stricken of the world. He is super rich but obviously not greedy.
The subconscious is not capable of judgment. It runs automatically in the background and helps us make it through the day. It is our conscious responsibility to control and correct any data that is held within it's data banks. Properly programmed, the subconscious will rapidly propel us toward limitless wealth and self-fulfillment. But, only when there are no conflicts within the data of this most powerful of digital computers.
The problem is that the subconscious mind accepts any belief without question. For example, the old belief that you wish to replace is that wealthy people are greedy. You have heard this throughout your lifetime and it becomes set in stone in your subconscious. When you realize that you have this false belief, normally, you would create an affirmation that will give you a new belief. For example, you might start using an affirmation like: I am grateful that my wealth grows each and everyday for with great wealth I can do great good.
This is an excellent new belief for your subconscious but, it also creates a problem. Although the subconscious has accepted this new belief, it has also created a conflict in your mind. Although you have created a new positive belief, it has not eliminated the old negative belief that rich people are greedy. Both beliefs are existing side by side in your mind and the old belief still has it's self-limiting effects.
What I use to overcome the old negative thought pattern is what I call a reprogramming affirmation. The point of this is to convince the subconscious that the old self-limiting belief needs to be eliminated from the data bank. Reprogramming affirmations tend to be somewhat more complex than positive affirmations.
For example, my reprogramming affirmation might read something like: Many people say that the rich are greedy but this is a false belief. Rich people have an abundance mindset and readily give away large portions of their income because they know that their is a limitless supply of wealth. For example, Bill Gates out of the kindness of his heart has created numerous philanthropic organizations and given away millions of dollars of his personal worth to help the poverty stricken of the world. He is super rich but obviously not greedy.
The subconscious is not capable of judgment. It runs automatically in the background and helps us make it through the day. It is our conscious responsibility to control and correct any data that is held within it's data banks. Properly programmed, the subconscious will rapidly propel us toward limitless wealth and self-fulfillment. But, only when there are no conflicts within the data of this most powerful of digital computers.
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Permalink Reply by Axiom on -
I partially agree that this technique will work, however for any affirmation to be effective it must be backed by intent.
In other words you must already be aware of the false or limiting belief that you intend to change, and consciously apply the affirmation to that belief usually by applying intense feeling or emotion in combination with the affirmation. (Unfortunately most people are not aware of what their limiting beliefs are)
Secondly the affirmation must be worded in such a way as to be "allowed" by the Reticular Activating System (RAS) which will automatically reject anything which is not in it's current program. Coupled to the RAS is the psycho cybernetic mechanism which also needs to be reprogrammed to allow you to utilise the new belief you are attempting to create. Both the RAS and the psycho cybernetic mechanism are extremely difficult to reprogram if the correct techniques are not applied. Affirmations on their own will not acheive this.
Hypnosis (self hypnosis, or with the help of a therapist) and NLP are both useful techniques for reprogramming the RAS and the psycho cybernetic mechanism and working directly on the subconscious mind. (There are other techniques and products available which may be equally as effective)
In conclusion, once you are aware of what your limiting or false belief is, and once you have "allowed" the new belief to take root in the subconscious, affirmations will work extremely effectively in reinforcing the new belief with positive results following.
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Permalink Reply by Stan Pontiere on
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You are, of course, absolutely right. Of course, to me the most difficult part is finding the limiting beliefs. Constructing non-conflicting affirmations that you can apply with intent and emotion is somewhat easier. I believe that for many of those who wish to follow the path of self fulfillment that at least initially it is very useful to seek out the assistance of a competent professional. In the beginning, it is often easier for them to route out our limiting beliefs than we can on our own. When I first started down this path, I had a number of consultations with a professional hypnotherapist. It certainly did start me off on the right path.
Axiom said:I partially agree that this technique will work, however for any affirmation to be effective it must be backed by intent.
In other words you must already be aware of the false or limiting belief that you intend to change, and consciously apply the affirmation to that belief usually by applying intense feeling or emotion in combination with the affirmation. (Unfortunately most people are not aware of what their limiting beliefs are)
Secondly the affirmation must be worded in such a way as to be "allowed" by the Reticular Activating System (RAS) which will automatically reject anything which is not in it's current program. Coupled to the RAS is the psycho cybernetic mechanism which also needs to be reprogrammed to allow you to utilise the new belief you are attempting to create. Both the RAS and the psycho cybernetic mechanism are extremely difficult to reprogram if the correct techniques are not applied. Affirmations on their own will not acheive this.
Hypnosis (self hypnosis, or with the help of a therapist) and NLP are both useful techniques for reprogramming the RAS and the psycho cybernetic mechanism and working directly on the subconscious mind. (There are other techniques and products available which may be equally as effective)
In conclusion, once you are aware of what your limiting or false belief is, and once you have "allowed" the new belief to take root in the subconscious, affirmations will work extremely effectively in reinforcing the new belief with positive results following.
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