I am loved. I am adored. I am filled with Love and Abundance. I attract loving people to me easily and abundantly.
Affirmations
Do you ever wonder why your repeated efforts at reciting daily affirmations doesn’t work for you?
When you repeat phrases like that, how does it make you feel? We hear so much about the importance of speaking positive words and affirmations and yet some people aren’t having success with them so they may give up.
The Baby and the Bathwater
Remember the old saying, “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater!” Well, this would apply with this idea also.
Let’s call it a brain thing. Part of your brain is agreeing saying, “Yes, I believe this. I really want this.” Then another part of your brain is fighting it saying, “Uh, no! That’s not true at all. Not in a million years!”
What’s most important when reciting affirmations is how you are feeling. If we aren’t feeling it, then somehow our subconscious mind will sabotage our efforts so our actions will not align with our desires.
Yeah, Right!
Here is an exercise you can do to eliminate those feelings of disbelief. First write down the affirmation. Then listen carefully to what immediately comes up as your initial thought/reaction.
It could be a response like, “Yeah, right! That may be true about my brother but it’s not true for me.”
Whatever thought immediately comes up is the truth of how you FEEL about this affirmation.
“Our ability to create is determined not by what we want, but in believing we can.”
-Eleesha
Take Action
Pull out a notebook and write three pages on whatever the response was and the feeling you had about the affirmation. Do this without stopping to think about what you are writing. Allow your writing to flow through you effortlessly. Keep writing until you have completed three pages of writing.
You will be pleasantly surprised. Either you will have written your way through the part that was holding you back or you will now have information of why you were feeling this way.
If you are familiar with the Emotional Freedom Techniques, use this information to ‘tap’ on to release those feelings. Feel free to reach out to me if you would like some guidance.
Once you can say the affirmation and truly believe it, magical surprises are on your way.
What are some of your favorite affirmations? Are there some that you feel resistance to? I would love to hear from you in the comments below.
It would be a pleasure to share a Skype visit with you to discuss any questions you might have.
Affirmations have literally saved my life. I do a three step process when I find myself arguing with the affirmation: First I say ” I choose….. to satisfy my left brain, then I say ‘I feel….., then I can say the positive affirmation ‘I AM….. with more conviction and feeling. AND just this past week, I was taught to say ” I am willing to be …… ‘ And that has created a whole new feeling of confidence in the power of the intention. My latest affirmation this week has been so profound and powerful: “I am willing to be Free and emanate Gratitude and Joy!”
Thank you Elda for the additional tool of EFT and writing that you suggested. I am sure it will be very very supportive to my process!
Mary Welch recently posted…A time to BE and DO
That is WONDERFUL, Mary! Thanks so much for sharing your tips. So happy that it’s working well for you. AWESOME!!
I like both your ideas Elda – engaging with the thoughts by writing them until you reach clarity and using EFT. One of my beliefs is that you really need to move thoughts into action, so you can affirm until you’re blue in the face but nothing might happen. The magic part for me though is that you simply need to get yourself into the vibration of what it is you want – you’re looking for a vibrational state, not necessarily the exact physical item. You idea of writing feels like a very helpful way to me to get into the aligned vibration.
Deborah Weber recently posted…Three Things Thursday – July 7, 2016
Your comment Deborah, reminds me of a book I read from Danielle LaPorte, “The Desire Map”.
Although she doesn’t speak directly about our vibration, it’s the same theory. She tells us to focus on how we want to feel when we set out our desires or goals instead of focusing on the actual material thing.
And that is exactly what I do now, I LOVE it!
Great article, Elda. This is one of the best explanations of how to use affirmations I’ve read. YES! My feeling is YES. 😉
Oh, THANK YOU Amy! Glad to hear this was helpful.
Affirmations can be powerful, but if doubt sets in, or reality intrudes, they can turn hollow in a trice.
‘Reality’ is a mindset, Scott. Think of Viktor Frankl who wrote the book, “Man’s Search for Meaning”.
Reality for the people around him was that they were going to die…and they did. He chose to have a different mindset thus making it to write a book about his experiences.
Thanks for your comment.
What? It’s like a light has gone on. I often say my intentions out loud and give HUGE thought to when they “work out” and VERY little to when they don’t. Just kind of dismiss them without thinking on it further. Huh. I’m going to try your three pages of writing, Elda. Thank you.
Kelly L McKenzie recently posted…Guess Who I Met This Summer
I LOVE it when lightbulbs go on!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Kelly.