What the heck are affirmations?

No, seriously, what are they?

Because I've heard of some pretty esoteric stuff, but this is completely new to me. Is it like one of those "repeat the message aloud" sort of things?

[Kaere]

Yes, pretty much :)

Repeat something enough, and you'll begin to believe it. And wild and wacky things start to happen that you'd never expect!

Originally Posted by Kaere

Yes, pretty much :)

Repeat something enough, and you'll begin to believe it. And wild and wacky things start to happen that you'd never expect!

Even if you believe it, that doesn't make it true. But when you expect certain things to happen, you will interpret any action, no matter how insignificant, as proof of your belief's influence of the world.

Sort of like with paranoid people. They think the world is out to get them so much that they interpret everything people do as of malign intent.

[Lovely]

Originally Posted by AnnoyingPony

Even if you believe it, that doesn't make it true. But when you expect certain things to happen, you will interpret any action, no matter how insignificant, as proof of your belief's influence of the world.

Sort of like with paranoid people. They think the world is out to get them so much that they interpret everything people do as of malign intent.

It's more than just weird things happening.
Ex. Say I want a new dog.
I would write down a phrase like "I will get a new dog soon"
and say it for 2 minutes a day. I may even put a picture of a
dog I want.
To be honest I'm skeptical of the idea myself. It doesn't seem realistic.
I tried it and it ended up being horrible. I believed it so much
and put my hopes up so high it hurt like heck when reality came
and I fell.

[Kaere]

Originally Posted by AnnoyingPony

Even if you believe it, that doesn't make it true. But when you expect certain things to happen, you will interpret any action, no matter how insignificant, as proof of your belief's influence of the world.

Of course it makes it true. It makes it true to me. And what do I care of the rest of the world is convinced or not?

Does it really matter if I believe I made things happen or not? Would you take it personally if I believed after affirming for a year or so that I am a lovable person and a good mother?

I don't live my life or do affirmations for myself in order to change my world for the better so that everyone else can believe without a doubt that I did it. These things are not done for other people.

Originally Posted by AnnoyingPony

Even if you believe it, that doesn't make it true. But when you expect certain things to happen, you will interpret any action, no matter how insignificant, as proof of your belief's influence of the world.

Sort of like with paranoid people. They think the world is out to get them so much that they interpret everything people do as of malign intent.

With apologies in advance to the administrators and moderators - I am not trying to start a fight, I just can't say silent any longer.

AnnoyingPony,

I don't know how old you are - but the impression you give through your posts is that you are extremely young.

Nevertheless, do you have to be so rude?

You asked a question and Kaere was the first person to answer. You don't have to agree with the beliefs of anyone here, but a little respect for their right to believe would be nice.

White Wolf

Originally Posted by White Wolf

With apologies in advance to the administrators and moderators - I am not trying to start a fight, I just can't say silent any longer.

AnnoyingPony,

I don't know how old you are - but the impression you give through your posts is that you are extremely young.

Nevertheless, do you have to be so rude?

You asked a question and Kaere was the first person to answer. You don't have to agree with the beliefs of anyone here, but a little respect for their right to believe would be nice.

White Wolf

YES IT HAD TO BE SAID WHITE WOLF AND YOU PUT IT IN A NON OFFENSIVE WAY WELL DONE.

ANNOYING PONY,

DEAR ONE,

LETS HOPE AS YOU GO ALONG ON YOUR JOURNEY IN LIFE, YOU WILL GAIN SOME VALUABLE WISDOM FROM THOSE WHO HAVE IT TO GIVE.

TO KNOW SOMETHING IS TO FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND THE PURPOSE IT SERVES.

AFFIRMATIONS ARE AT THE MOMENT FOR YOU BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING, SO NATURALLY YOUR REPLY WAS BOUND TO GET SOME RESPONSE FROM THOSE WHO DO KNOW ON WHAT LEVEL THEY HELP US.

AFFIRMATIONS CAN BE VERY POWERFUL, IN THE WAY OF HELPING US THROUGH FALSE BELIEVES OF OURSELVES OR OUR LIVES. PUT ONTO US BY OTHERS OR CERTAIN SITUATIONS WE MAY FACE THAT BRING US DOWN, OR TAKE AWAY OUR PERSONAL POWER.

THEY ARE NOT MAGIC AND BRING US WHAT WE WANT IN THE WAY OF MATERIAL THINGS, MONEY IS NOT GOING TO FALL FROM THE SKY ONTO US BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT WILL THAT IS NOT AN AFFIRMATION THAT IS A FALSE BELIEVE OF AN AFFIRMATION.

AN AFFIRMATION EMPOWERS US ON THE LEVEL WE NEED IT TO HELP US BELIEVE IN OURSELVES MORE, OUR QUALITIES, OUR SKILLS, OR WHATEVER PROBLEM WE ARE FACING AT THE TIME, INCLUDING EMOTIONAL TRAUMA'S.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE SO YOU HOPEFULLY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AN AFFIRMATION .

LETS JUST SAY AT WORK YOU DO YOUR BEST TO PLEASE YOUR BOSS BUT EVERYDAY YOU GO TO WORK YOUR BOSS PICKS ON YOU FOR NO REASON, AND FINDS FAULT WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO, SO IN THE END YOU DONT WANT TO GO TO WORK TO FACE YOUR BOSS BECAUSE HE HAS MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A FAILURE AND THAT YOU CAN DO NOTHING RIGHT. YOUR SELF ASTEEM AND CONFIDENCE GOES RIGHT DOWN, YOU CANT BE THE SAME PERSON BECAUSE YOU FEEL USELESS THAT IS WHAT ANOTHER PERSON HAS DONE TO YOU AND MADE YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF.(OF COURSE YOUR BOSS HAS THE PROBLEM NOT YOU BUT YOU WOULDNDT KNOW THAT)

SO A PERSON SUGGESTS TO YOU TO TRY SAYING AN AFFIRMATION FOR YOURSELF TO BE ABLE TO FACE YOUR BOSS AGAIN AND DO YOUR WORK UNTIL YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR JOB AND WORK SOME WHERE ELSE, (IF THAT IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO WANT TO DO)


SO THIS IS THE AFFIRMATION YOU ARE GIVEN TO SAY.

I WORK TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY
I USE MY SKILLS TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND THE GOOD WORK I DO.
I REFUSE TO GIVE AWAY MY POWER TO FALSE BELIEFS OF MY WORK
I AM ALWAYS IN CONTROL, I AM CONFIDENT AND POSITIVE ABOUT MY
ABILITIES AND SKILLS THAT I WORK WITH.
MY WORK BRINGS ME THE ABUNDANCE I AM WORTHY OF.

THAT IS AN AFFIRAMTION TO LIFT YOUR SELF ASTEEM AND CONFIDENCE TO GET YOU PAST WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS PUT ONTO YOU FROM THEIR NEGATIVE OPINIONS OF YOU THAT COME FROM THEIR OWN STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH AND NOT PUT ONTO OTHERS. IN OTHER WORDS YOU WILL ALWAYS COME ACROSS PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO TAKE OUT ON OTHERS BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.

I HOPE THIS HAS HELPED YOU UNDERSTAND BETTER THE POSITIVE USE OF AFFIRAMTIONS THAT DO HELP US ON A LEVEL WHERE IT IS NEEDED ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION WHICH WE ARE FACING.


LOVE AND LIGHT SHAYA AND TO YOU WHITE WOLF

Affirmations are positive statements intended to put you in a positive state of mind, boost your self-confidence, and to attract desirable situation. For instance, if you want a better job, you can use an affirmation such as:

I attract the highest and the best and the most lucrative job.

Repetition helps, but visualization exercises are more powerful.

[Perspective]

Originally Posted by Kaere

Repeat something enough, and you'll begin to believe it. And wild and wacky things start to happen that you'd never expect!

Yes - & this is true even for kids! My youngest has to find some way to feel powerful against the older ones - so sometimes he has to have his superman outfit on to help his belief... As long as he doesn't go jumping off the roof, we're ok!

Originally Posted by Shaya48

AFFIRMATIONS CAN BE VERY POWERFUL, IN THE WAY OF HELPING US THROUGH FALSE BELIEVES OF OURSELVES OR OUR LIVES. PUT ONTO US BY OTHERS OR CERTAIN SITUATIONS WE MAY FACE THAT BRING US DOWN, OR TAKE AWAY OUR PERSONAL POWER.

This is gold! (If I repeat it enough, will it really turn to gold? lol j/k ) I really do like what you wrote here, Shaya.
Annoying Pony - You raise a good question. It boils down to: Thoughts are powerful! Would you rather have that power working for you or against you? That is... thoughts that are believed & felt. Maybe gratitude is most powerful.

Originally Posted by Perspective

Yes - & this is true even for kids! My youngest has to find some way to feel powerful against the older ones - so sometimes he has to have his superman outfit on to help his belief... As long as he doesn't go jumping off the roof, we're ok!
This is gold! (If I repeat it enough, will it really turn to gold? lol j/k ) I really do like what you wrote here, Shaya.
Annoying Pony - You raise a good question. It boils down to: Thoughts are powerful! Would you rather have that power working for you or against you? That is... thoughts that are believed & felt. Maybe gratitude is most powerful.

ANYTHING POSITIVE WORKS WITH US NOT AGAINST US, AND WILL ATTRACT THE SAME INTO OUR LIVES.

SOME OF US ARE STUCK WITH THE SAME THOUGHTS AND BELIEF PATTERNS WE HAVE HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD ABOUT OURSELVES OR DIFFERENT THINGS WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE TO BE TRUE.

IT TAKES SOME PEOPLE ALOT OF YEARS TO CHANGE ANY NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS THEY HAVE ABOUT THEMSELVES, BY LEARNING TO LOVE THEMSELVES AND TO HAVE THEIR OWN BELIEFS AND FEEL RIGHT WITH THEM.
SADLY SOME CANT CHANGE OR GET THE HELP TO KNOW HOW TO CHANGE.

AFFIRMATIONS AND HARD WORK ON OUR PART TO DO OUR BIT TO HELP OURSELVES ISNT ALWAYS EASY BUT IT CAN BE ACHEIVED I KNOW I HAVE LIVED THIS MYSELF.

WHEN WE BELIEVE IN OURSELVES, EXCEPT OURSELVES FOR WHO WE ARE, LOVE OURSELVES THEN BIG CHANGES HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER.

GETTING SOME SORT OF PRAISE OR COMPLIMENT LIFTS OUR ENERGY AND ALLOWS US TO FEEL BETTER ALSO PUTTING US IN THAT ENERGY OF BEING POSITIVE AND HAPPIER ABOUT LIFE.

I SIT OUTSIDE EVERY MORNING WITH MY FIRST CUP OF COFFEE, AND GIVE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING I HAVE IN MY LIFE, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MY PET, A ROOF OVER MY HEAD, MY HEALTH, THE ABUNDANCE OF WHAT I NEED TO SURVIVE, THE HELP FROM MY SON AND DAD IN SPIRIT, EVERYTHING THAT SUSTAINS ME I GIVE THANKS FOR, THEN I ASK HELP FOR ALL THOSE LESS FORTUNATE, HEALING FOR THE SICK, AND TO PROTECT OUR MOTHER EARTH, OUR ANIMAL AND SEA KINGDOM HERE ON THIS EARTH PLANE.

LIFE IS A BALANCE HERE OF BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE, THE KEY IS TO NOT ALLOW THE NEGATIVE TO OVERTAKE EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES SO WE SHUT OUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOOD FOR US.

WE LEARN AND GROW (IF WE CHOOSE TO) ON OUR JOURNEY HERE ON THE EARTH PLANE, LIFE IS OUR GREATEST TEACHER, WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN BEFORE WE COME HERE AS THE LESSONS WE NEED TO LEARN AND GROW FROM AND FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR SOUL AND OUR TRUE PURPOSE HERE.

FOR SOME OUR LEARNING WILL BE HARDER THAN OTHERS, IF THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE CHOSEN AND HOW WE CHOOSE TO LEARN.

ALL LEARNING HERE IS UP TO US, AND WE CAN MAKE OUR LIFE IN SOME WAYS EASIER BY LEARNING FROM SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES WE WILL HAVE AND CHALLENGES PLACED BEFORE US ON OUR JOURNEY HERE, OR WE CAN KEEP REPEATING THE SAME OVER AND OVER BY REFUSING TO BELIEVE WE ARE NOT AT FAULT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS , HAVE NO FAULTS AND WE CANT SEE WE ARE DOING ANY WRONG.

LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT HERE, WE CAN ONLY DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

WISDOM IS GAINED FROM CERTAIN EXPERIENCES WE WILL HAVE, GOOD AND BAD, WE ARE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HERE, AND IT IS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HELP ANOTHER WITH WISDOM WE HAVE LEARNED, AND IN RETURN THEY CAN PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER IT IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING WHILE WE ARE HERE, WE NEVER STOP LEARNING AGAIN THAT IS OUR CHOICE.

WE ARE ALWAYS GUIDED AND LOVED WHILE WE ARE HERE WE ARE NEVER ALONE, EVEN IN OUR DARKEST TIMES, SPIRIT IS ALWAYS WITH US IN MANY UNSEEN WAYS SO ARE OUR LOVED ONES IN SPIRIT, THEY TRY HARD TO COMFORT AND REASURRE US THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE MAY BE GOING THROUGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

SHAYA