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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.
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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.
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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.
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