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What You Say Is What You Get - The Power Of Affirmations

Affirmations are statements of what you want in your life. Some people have trouble with affirmations because they feel they are not speaking the truth when they use an affirmation. For instance, if you are sick and you say, “I am whole, healthy, and energised,” it might feel like a lie; however, affirmations are not the facts of your current situation. They represent the experiences you want to have in your life. 

Affirmations are not a method of communication – they are a tool of creation. If you want to tell your neighbour about the facts in your life, you wouldn’t use an affirmation. But, if on the other hand you want to create a new reality, then you would.

Remember, even your idle words have power. Talking about the facts of your current problem adds energy to those problems. Use the power of your words to create what you want in your life, not what you don’t want. 

Your words have more power in your life than the opinions of the people around you. Use your words wisely. Develop affirmations that represent the life you would like to live. Use those affirmations on a consistent basis. Watch your life transform to reflect the power of your words.

An affirmation is a positive statement expressed in the present tense. It should not contain references to what you don’t want - only what you do want. Keep all statements positive and in the present tense – referring to the condition you are trying to create.

Learn to use the power of affirmations and your life will reflect the new image your words express.

You Are What You Think - The Power of Thoughts

Categories of Thoughts

Worry Thoughts

If you were surprised to find most of your thoughts were worry thoughts, you are not alone. Most people are not aware of their thoughts. They go through the day with uncensored mental programming playing in the background of their minds. They experience feelings and reactions that they do not understand. 

They believe their emotions and thoughts are something that happens to them; something over which they have little or no control. Many people feel it is their duty to worry. They adamantly defend their worry thoughts. They believe that if they do not worry they have not done all they could to prevent something negative from happening. 

These people resist positive thoughts because they see no value in them. In their mind thoughts cannot affect the outcome of a situation, so why waste time thinking positive. It is almost as if the negative thoughts are preparing them for the worst possible scenario. For most worry thinkers, such mental activity is learned behaviour based on faulty information about the power of thoughts. 

Let us examine some of the premises upon which worry thinking is based. Note which of the statements listed below seem true to you. These may be some of the beliefs out of which your worry thinking has developed. 

My thoughts are a reflection of who I am. I cannot control them, they simply happen to me.

You are not your thoughts. Thoughts are an activity of your mind. You have the right and the responsibility to choose your thoughts. Your thoughts are based on the things you believe about the world. They are a perfect reflection of your core beliefs, not your True Identity. At some point in your life you accepted certain belief systems out of which your thoughts are formed. You can change your beliefs and your thoughts. 

Many of my thoughts are unconscious; therefore, I cannot know what they are. 

Thoughts are readily available in your mind. You may not easily see them because you do not consciously listen to your thoughts. You allow them to play repetitively in the background of your mind. When you focus your awareness on your thoughts you will be amazed at what you spend your time thinking. 

My thoughts have no effect on my emotions or the events of my life.

Emotion follows thought. If you are thinking positive thoughts you will feel hopeful and uplifted. Worry thoughts create fear and anxiety. Worry thoughts inhibit the flow of energy blocking you from taking action in your life. Positive thoughts stimulate activity, assisting you in transforming your life. Worry thoughts keep you from seeing options, blinding you to possible solutions to your problems. Positive thought relaxes your thinking processes allowing you to see new ideas and recognize opportunities. 

The fear and anxiety caused by worry thoughts will flow into your personal relationships, creating discord and conflict. The joy caused by positive thinking will improve every aspect of your life. Positive thought enhances the body's immune system, while worry thoughts inhibit the body's natural healing response. 

If I do not worry, I have not done all I can to prevent disaster from happening in my life.

As I mentioned earlier, worry thoughts inhibit action. Action thoughts are fundamental to preventing disaster. When you have taken all the action there is to do, thinking positive thoughts is the most productive action you can take. There is no positive benefit to worrying. 

If I spend all my time thinking positive thoughts and disaster comes anyway, I would have wasted my time. 

I believe faith and positive thought create positive events in your life; but, even if that were not true, thinking positive thoughts has tremendous benefits for you. Positive thoughts create healing, produce enjoyable emotions, and reduce the stress in your life. Positive thought stimulates you to look for solutions to your situation and increases the energy you have to take action. Positive thought makes the journey worthwhile no matter what the outcome. 

If I don't worry, I won't be prepared for the worst possible scenario.

If the worst possible scenario does happen (and it rarely does), you will have plenty of time to be upset when it arrives. Spending months in anxiety does not prepare you for anything. You cannot pre-experience emotions caused by a disaster. Worrying ahead of time will simply weaken you, limiting your natural ability to cope with crisis or loss. 

Thoughts As A Tool of Creation

Seeing Is Believing - The Power of Visualisation

Visualisation is easy to use. Like all the other tools of creation, we use visualisation every day to create our experience of reality. Daydreaming, fantasising, mental rehearsals, and imagination are all examples of visualisation. We have all daydreamed about an upcoming holiday or a visit with a favourite friend. Many of us have fantasised about winning the lottery or getting a better job.

Unfortunately, due to lack of knowledge about the power of our images, we also often use visualisation to create experiences we do not want in our lives. We mentally rehearse our greatest fears over and over in our minds. 

Have you ever imagined how you would respond if you were robbed or attacked, mentally rehearsed an imagined arguments with a co-worker, had a daydream about the death of a loved one, or imagined the worst possible outcome to a situation you were experiencing? 

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you are using the powerful force of mental imagery to create things you do not desire in your life. Although humanity has always used some form of mental imagery, it has only been in the last few years that the power of visualisation techniques have been taught widely in our society. 

Businesses train their employees to use visualisation to improve performance and production. Coaches use visualisation with athletes because research has shown that mental rehearsal is an effective way to increase athletic performance. Students use visualisation to improve test scores while therapists use imagery to enhance relaxation skills.
 
Dieters are taught to image a thin and beautiful body. Medical scientists have watched the power of mental imagery increase the immune system as well as lower a person’s blood pressure and heart rate; therefore, medical professionals often teach patients visualisation techniques to assist in their healing process. 

Visualisation techniques can be applied to many areas of your life, and if you will use them to consciously create what you want to experience, these techniques will assist you in soaring above the crisis.

Positive Visualisation

The two components of an effective positive visualisation technique are a clear image of what you want to create combined with a strong positive emotion. Mental images do not always come in the form of a picture. Some people use words, thoughts, or sensations to create a mental image. 

You can determine what components you use to create mental images by observing your daydreams or fantasies. Do you see clear pictures, or do your daydreams consist of blurred images with clear thoughts?

Visualisation Process

The first step in doing a positive visualisation is determining what you want to create in your life. If you do not know specifically what it is you want to manifest in your life, you can create with “broad brushstrokes.” 

Broad brushstrokes define the general events in your life while omitting the specific details. For instance, you may not know the particular person you would like to have as a life partner, so you visualise yourself in a relationship that is harmonious, joyful, and romantic. You imagine yourself and your future partner sharing a fun and fulfilling life. You generate the feelings of love and joy as you create these images in your mind. Once you have created the broad brushstrokes, you patiently wait as the Universe fills in the details of the picture you have created. 

If you are certain of the specific details you want to manifest, you can clearly imagine these events in your minds eye. There is nothing wrong with creating something specific; however, manifestation often comes more quickly if you leave the details of your creation to your Higher Self. 

If you need a new car, you can trust that the Universe will bring you the very best car possible. Visualise yourself driving a beautiful car without seeing a particular model or colour; then wait for the Universe to surprise you with something better than you could have imagined.

Visualisation is a powerful tool of consciousness. Combine visualisation with affirmations, and positive thinking, add a touch of faith, and you have the magical ingredients of co-creating the life that you want.

Finding your Heart’s Desire

Unplan Your Life

At the point you decide to stop rushing about controlling each bit of your life and let natural Divine Order take its course instead, you have reached a landmark and major turning point in your 3rd dimensional career on Earth.

When you decide to drop the programming of lifetimes that tells you that you have to ‘stay on top of everything,’ you have made a major leap in your evolution.

Maybe you have concluded (after numerous emotional traumas) that the route you’ve been following could be a bit more fun! As you climb above the latest chaos that the Universe has sent to test your wits, a desperation takes place – oops! I mean awareness - that tells you that maybe it is time to ‘Let go and let God'. After all, we hear that in the end, we have to do this anyway. Perhaps it is an easier route, so why not try it!

OK.  Here it is straight - exactly how it is.

Once you have surrendered, allowing yourself to follow your intuition (inner tuition) in each moment, you are now ‘in the flow of the natural order of the Universe.’ Life now takes a major swing into the positive stakes. Faith and trust comes hand in hand with this resolution to stay free of the dictates of your mind and emotions and be guided by your spirit/heart/intuition.

At first it may not seem so easy, as the old fears and 'need for security' flash past your mind and you break out in a sweat with visions of being cast out penniless onto the street. Release, trust and detachment are needed here. Release the fear, trust the Divine process and 'detach from all outcomes.' Maintain a spiritual viewpoint, not a 3rd dimensional one. Recognise that a part of your mind is presenting you with a fear and just let it go. Keep re-focusing back to Divine faith and trust. Stay centred. Don’t allow yourself to be thrown off balance. Once this mode of operation is established, you find you are living in each moment, saying and doing only what resonates and feels right to you.

You will know you have really made it, when you can remain focused on the Light, loving everyone and everything, acting without judgement or criticism, trusting in the Divine plan and the abundance of the Universe, even if World War 3 were to break out around you. Now you are the Christ Consciousness.

Because you are actually present in each moment and not being distracted by the myriad of 3rd dimensional details involved in the 'planning out' of your life, you now easily see the subtle signs reflecting life’s lessons.

With your new awareness and perception, you won't need to experience the brick walls and traumas anymore. Now you can use your higher mind, blended with Spirit. Lessons are presented lightly and rapidly. Everything now moves quickly and joyfully, and you experience great leaps taking place in your personal evolution.

From this place of being, ‘you will know what you need to know, when you need to know it’. You are now able to easily carry out the Service role you came here to do. The weight of the world lifts, as struggle, effort, pain and suffering are replaced by joy, happiness, love and excitement.

Now you can live in the world, but are not of it. You just became the truth - Spirit. There is nothing else you need to do. Just remain in the flow. You have gone beyond what was and what will be, and moved into 'now'.

Now you discover the sublime joy of Service and Unconditional Love.

Now life begins.

Sandy Stevenson

Twin Flames, Soul Mates?

Something to Think About:

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the coffee….

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some things in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.  He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.  So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the empty areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.  Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.  The students responded with a unanimous "yes."  The professor then produced two cups of coffee and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.  The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff.  "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.   If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.   Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children.  Take time to get medical checkups.  Take your partner out to dinner.  Play another 18.  There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.  "Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter.  Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.  The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a cup of coffee with a friend."


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