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Affirmations
We have been programmed from birth
by the thoughts and emotions of the people who raised
us and cared for us. We have inherited our belief
system, the way we think, feel, and respond to our
environment through this programming. Affirmations
are short, declarative sentences, designed to reprogram
your thoughts about the way life is experienced.
Affirmations are most powerful when spoken and written
with strong emotion.
Success
in any area of our lives begins with thoughts. Thoughts
control our actions. Actions soon become habits. Habits
shape lives. Emerson, Troward, and Holmes, all Early
pioneers of the new thought movement in the 20th Century
articulated this principle, although it is really
nothing new. Thousands of years earlier Solomon wrote:
“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped
by your thoughts,” and later Jesus said, “It
is done unto you as you believe.”
Affirmative
Prayer
Affirmative Prayer or “Spiritual Mind Treatment”
as it is called in The Science of Mind faith is a
tried and true method for creating a mental equivalent
for a desired physical manifestation. Think of it
this way: For every physical object in the universe,
there is a mental equivalent. A chair was just an
idea about sitting prior to becoming a real place
to sit. A chair is not a random creation, but rather
a design that first had to exist in a mental state
before it could exist in a physical one. A Science
of Mind Treatment is a process which moves us mentally
from idea to action, and knowing that once the idea
has been initiated, the creative stuff of the universe
works in a focused and consistent manner to make the
invisible (idea) real. There are 5 steps used in the
Treatments: Recognition, Unity, Realization, Thanksgiving,
and Release.
Recognition
is knowing that God or Spirit (substitute the word
you are most comfortable with) is all there is. The
power that fuels the universe, fuels every living
and growing being there is, and we are one with that
power. Unity
then affirms our oneness with God, and with the power
of God. If God is all there is then God and I are
one. This Realization
leads us to understand that as a child of God, creator
of all, we are heir to all creation. Abundance and
prosperity, good health, wisdom, and joy are our birthright.
For this we give our deepest Thanksgiving,
for the knowing and the ability of spirit. We are
grateful to receive this awesome gift of spirit. Finally,
we Release
our word to the Law, or principles which govern creation,
knowing that the subjective part of creation, the
part that always says yes, has no choice but to respond.
It is the nature of the subjective mind to create
whatever thoughts are impressed upon it, much the
way the soil grows the seeds that are planted in it.
In the soil of your mind there exists a garden, and
in your life you bring forth the harvest each and
every day. The thoughts and ideas you think are the
seeds, which create your reality, and your experiences
are the fruit of your own imagination. The soil is
impersonal, and impartial. It always says yes. If
you plant a tomato seed, the soil does not judge it
unworthy and grow a cantaloupe instead. The soil responds
yes.
The thoughts you think and the beliefs you hold are
the conscious and unconscious seeds you plant in your
own life. Once you understand this, you can consciously
direct the flow of good into your life by choosing
the thoughts you think. This idea may seem strange
at first, and your thoughts may seem to be beyond
your control, but truly, your life is a product of
the thoughts you choose to think. If you change your
thinking, you can change your life.
The soil contains the thoughts and ideas of generations
since the beginning of time. Jung called this the
collective unconscious. Metaphysicians call this Race
Mind or Race Consciousness.
Reflect for a moment on what the soil of your own
mind might then contain. Television and the media
have also contributed a great deal to this Race consciousness.
The seeds of love have been sown alongside generations
of misery and pain. The soil always says yes, even
to the unconscious and misguided use of the law. The
sun shines on the roses and the weeds equally.
Preparation then involves clearing the ground of
these weed thoughts, and clearing your mind of the
old ideas that planted them.
(reprinted with permission from Planting the Moneytree
© 1999-2002)
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Change Your Thinking . . .
Change Your Life!
I first discovered the power of affirmations through
a little book by Louise
Hay called, You
Can Heal Your Life. I discovered the most basic
concepts underlying new thought, and began a transformative
journey which has ultimately led me to the creation
of this website. This tiny volume introduced me to
the idea that if I changed my thinking, I could change
my life.
I
began to understand that the power of life was in
this moment, and in this moment, I held a belief about
my life that was based on my past experiences. Everything
I felt about my life came from a thought about it,
and a thought could be changed. Louise told me that
it did not matter what I used to think about my life,
only what I thought here in the present moment.
Using
affirmations, or brief positive statements about these
new thought choices I was making in my life, I began
to get to my core belief system. I discovered my beliefs
about who I was, what I deserved in life, were the
very things that were creating my future. I began
to love myself, and I became capable of providing
for myself the kind of life I wanted to live.
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Life Design Statements:
Creating Affirmations That Work
Rev. Mary Murray Shelton has put together an
Action Guide which explains the process of creating
affirmations that are personal Life Design Statements,
a carefully crafted affirmations designed to include
juicy words and ideas that appeal to you personally.
Used consistently in a repeated pattern for the purpose
of reprogramming your own belief system toward a chosen
consciousness.
The
Repetition works with the brain to create a solid
internal program--of your choosing-- to replace or
enhance your old programming. The use of color, emotion,
and variation of form repeatedly draws your attention
back to the basic message and reinforces it as important
over time, while keeping the process interesting and
engaging.
Rev. Mary's website, revmary.com,
includes a wealth of information, and a "Nourishing
Thought for the Day."
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