Power
Your Affirmations With Feeling
Power Your Affirmations With Feeling
by Linda-Ann Stewart
How are you feeling about your life? Are you affirming abundance,
but believe you have to struggle to make ends meet? Do you affirm
ease, but expect obstacles in your path? Do you want appreciation,
but anticipate criticism? When you state an affirmation, it's the
feeling behind it that counts.
The emotions you feel are what power your affirmations, whether
you're affirming what you want, or unconsciously affirming what
you don't want. When you mutter "I can't afford a new car,"
you're affirming that circumstance. And the emotion that associates
with the declaration energizes it. Therefore, you won't be able
to afford a new car.
Why do you think you have to believe that your good can happen?
Belief is an emotion. Expectation is an emotion. Identification
is an emotion. Fear is an emotion. Whatever you're feeling about
the object of your affirmation is what will manifest in your life.
Emotion is simply energy, good, bad or indifferent. The subconscious
follows to where you're sending your power, and gives you what you're
focusing on. Whatever is your dominant thought about the issue wins
the race. Your feeling gets the attention of the subconscious.
If you've been affirming something in particular, but feeling its
opposite as you affirm, you will manifest the feeling. I've done
affirmations for abundance, but since I couldn't see how it could
happen, I still felt financially restricted. What happened? Every
time? The prosperity I did have faded away. I got to experience
the physical reality of my fear.
Maybe you're confident while you say your affirmations, but later
you undo all your good work. If you make statements afterwards that
contradict your affirmation and reinforce your present beliefs or
circumstances, you'll manifest that. All of your thoughts, words
and feelings about it have to be consistent. It's like a balance
scale with two pans. Your old beliefs are on one side, and your
new ones are on the other. Until your new beliefs constantly outweigh
your old ones, they won't manifest to the degree you want.
You don't have to know how your affirmation is going to manifest.
You simply have to feel the emotion of having your desire. Stir
up the feeling. There's an old adage, "Fake it until you make
it." You won't see the reality of your desire until you can
feel it. If you have to pretend, do so. You may not know how it
can happen, but the Universe and your creative mind know how.
When you affirm, remember that you're affirming the truth. You're
not changing the Universe's mind about this issue, you're changing
your mind about it. The Universe is always offering you everything
you could possibly want. You don't have to believe it yet, but recognize
that the Universe believes it for you.
Think of the result from the Universe's point of view. The Universe
knows your goal is possible and available for you. By identifying
with the perspective of the Universe, you can channel that feeling
through your affirmation. Whenever you
think about the issue during the day, remind yourself that the Universe
is taking care of it. Your trust in the Power of the Universe will
energize your affirmation, and you'll experience it in Divine time.
©Linda-Ann Stewart is a nationally known hypnotherapist, writer,
speaker and leads seminars on empowerment and stress reduction.
At her website,
http://www.Cedarfire.com
, she offers personal development articles, a free newsletter and
much more. Download her Free Ebook of thirty-one affirmations and
personal development articles at http://www.cedarfire.com/free-ebook.shtml
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