Affirmations & REAL Affirmations

In the last lesson we talked about the reason some people's lives are filled with a constant flow of tragedy, distress and heartbreak - and how we can permanently break free of that pattern.

Today, let's talk a bit more about HOW to break free.

Everybody agrees that thoughts are our most powerful asset.
.......... • We GET what we think about.
.......... • We BECOME what we think about.
.......... • We ARE what we've thought about for years.

First off, nobody deliberately sits down and decides, "I think I'll fill my life with sorrows and tragedy."

No, all that stuff simply gets drawn to them automatically, while they're sitting around thinking about how hopeless things are, how rough life can be, and how helpless they are in the face of all those overwhelming events.

And slowly, slowly, after they've set the theme with their thoughts, things begin to happen that prove they're right about the awfulness of life.

They've done it to themselves and don't even realize it.

Oh, a lot of people have read about the power of positive thinking. They "know" that if they think positively, it'll improve their life.

And they set out to "think positively" and improve their life.

Unfortunately, most people have the wrong idea about positive thinking (or affirmations or prayer). Most appear to consider it to be some sort of hex or quick-fix magic amulet, to drive away whatever is confronting them right this minute. Then when things don't get fixed instantly, they get discouraged.

Know this: whatever is happening today was brought to you by the thoughts you've been thinking for a while. So you won't change things instantly. I once read that it takes an ocean liner a couple of miles to execute a 90-degree turn. It has built up a lot of momentum, and it takes a while to redirect that momentum.

Well, people have a lot of momentum in their thinking. Most people call this "habit."

Since people often take the short-term view, they almost always ignore one big point: they don't match their words with their feelings.

Here's an example.

When I was 20, I once borrowed a car from a friend to go pick up my girlfriend across town for a date. This was Chicago in December, and it was rainy, icy and cold.

I was so afraid that I'd have an accident that I constantly repeated the word, "safety-safety-safety" over and over as I drove. Even though I was saying safety, however, I was feeling fear and dread that I'd mess up my friend's car.

You've seen people in movies hold up a cross to keep a vampire at bay? I was doing more or less the same thing, trying to use a positive word as a sort of magic charm.

In any contest between our thoughts and our feelings, which will always win? Right - our emotions - and that's what happened.

I had reached my girlfriend's house and was swinging through an empty parking lot to turn around when I ran head-on into a light pole. Smashed the radiator, cracked my head, and of course completely destroyed my belief in "positive thinking."

It wasn't until years later that I realized the overriding role that emotions play in forming our reality.

Now, when you repeat your mantras of "love" or "happiness" or "success," don't do what I did. I was holding up the word "safety" in fear, trying to drive away the encircling misfortunes that I imagined were hounding me mercilessly.

My surface affirmation was "safety-safety," but my REAL affirmation was that feeling of "fear-fear." This is often called a "PS" or "tail-ender" or "hidden saboteur." My mind was filled with all sorts of negativity.

With such an image of reality, is it any wonder I used to attract "bad luck" like a magnet?

So, yes, say the positive words. But at the same time, be sure to work on generating within yourself those positive feelings you're describing.

Then you won't have to go out seeking success, love, happiness and riches.

Those things will appear... if you're consistent and give them the time and opportunity to be drawn to you like a magnet. Momentum will now be working for you rather than against you.

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