Affirmations Demystified: Unveiling the Secrets to Making Them Work for You
Have you ever wondered why many profess their praises for the practice of affirmations?
Only to come up short practically every time you attempt to do the same. Perhaps you’ve read the books, attended the workshops, and repeatedly recited inspiring affirmations daily to no avail.
Or, just maybe out of sheer frustration, you’ve surrendered to the fact that this practice wasn’t meant for you.
Whatever the case may be, know that you are not alone. This piece will delve into how to make affirmations work for you.
The Power of Affirmations
Affirmations promise to provide us access to our untapped potential. After all, who wouldn’t want to tap into a practice that empowers you to completely transform your life for the better with just a few short steps? Aside from repeatedly affirming statements and clearly stating your desired intention, it seems it couldn’t get any easier. Most, if not all, are willing to create space within their daily routine to allow for this practice.
Understandably this is why many are more than willing to access practically every piece of information and resource they possibly get their hands on, making it one of the most widely used practices.
From self-help books, podcasts, webinars, workshops, masterclasses, TED Talks, and every other accessible medium, there is an overabundance of resources that all profess the many success stories of others who have experienced transformative success. Only many, self-included, often need to realize their intentions. They are often leaving many to wonder where they went awry. Like with most things in life, if, at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Interestingly, many do just that and persistently work, and rework their approach, to achieve their intended goal. Only for most, the inability to master the practice often results in apprehension, frustration, and every other possible energetically charged emotion that could potentially call into question whether this practice is intended for them.
The Secret to Making Affirmations Work for You
While many swear by positive affirmations, many tend to have a completely different experience, as they need help understanding how and why they fail to work fully. Contrary to popular belief, affirmative statements are not just repeated attempts to convince yourself of something you want to be accurate; they are definitive statements of truth that align with your underlying belief.
If one regards the evidence of their physical senses (aka bank account statement) over their stated intention for financial wealth and abundance, repeating a statement that affirms, “I am financially free, and money flows to me freely and abundantly,” is but wishful thinking, if one solely bases their beliefs on what you can visualize and affirm with your senses. Likewise, suppose your account balance is significantly less than required to satisfy your monthly expenses. In that case, there’s no way you will ever believe that statement until you expand your awareness beyond the visible realm. Interestingly, so much of what we have been taught is rooted in shaping our beliefs into what we can observe and affirm with our senses, especially those that connect us to the physical plane. In other words, no matter how often one repeatedly affirms the statement to convince themselves, it will not work.
As spiritual beings having a human experience, wealth and abundance are our inherent birthright. In other words, repeatedly affirming what one wishes to be accurate and believing its polar opposite is futile. Hence the secret to making affirmations work for you is shifting your belief. Should one desire to tap into the power of affirmation, long-standing beliefs that hold steadfast to the notion that financial wealth and abundance are limited to a select few need to shift to the frequency (aka feeling) of all needs met. Beliefs reaffirming lack and limitation vibrate at a lower frequency than abundance. Hence change your thoughts and beliefs, change your experience.
Abundance Is Your Birthright
As spiritual beings, we can close our senses to everything external to our inner world and feel into our desired state, regardless of what our senses may outwardly affirm. In other words, our objective world can be and often is in exact opposition to our intention, from a low bank account balance and a shitty boss to a job that literally and figuratively makes you cringe the moment you step into the office, as well as everything else in between that, misaligns with your external reality. However, the key is to use your imagination to completely feel yourself into the desired state, remaining faithful and steadfast to the feeling of attainment until it materializes.
Allow yourself to explore what you seek to invite into your experience honestly. Explore what it will feel like to actualize your desired experience and affirm your truth in written form.
Designate time to rest in quiet solitude and shift your awareness away from your external experience and onto your desired state. Naturally, your attention will habitually be drawn to the objective truth of your current external reality. However, the key is consistently referencing your written affirmations as frequently as needed. Whether morning, noon, or night, everything else in between allows it to serve as a reminder of what you seek to invite into your experience. Allow yourself to live in the desired outcome.
Repetition is key. However, please don’t allow yourself to get caught up in a cycle of repeatedly reciting empty words and phrases without feeling the energy of truth behind them. Feel, speak, and repeat it.
Repeat it aloud, allowing the feeling of the wish fulfilled to emanate through your being. Allow yourself to feel that your desired state is your current reality. Completely surrender to the end goal, feeling into every felt emotion and sensation your imagination grants you to experience. Feel the wonderous joy that resides in the now moment, not in some far-off time point, but in your present experience.
Unlike most things in our lives, when it comes to manifestation, the actual process that explicitly outlines details of how it will come to fruition is not our concern. For the ways of the Divine are beyond the scope of our awareness, release the need to control the how, and allow the universe to deliver you its best.
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