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When your Affirmations backfire

Affirmations are thoughts, words or a phrase that are constantly repeated until they enter the unconscious mind and become part of your ‘programming’.

Most of us affirm unconsciously all the time. We consistently repeat thoughts until we anchor them in our mind. We make the same statements again and again, until they become our reality. Our constantly repeated statements may be both positive and negative. Your unconscious mind does not discriminate, and accepts all information. Therefore, your affirmations enter the files of your unconscious mind and profoundly affect how you feel and act, your emotions, day to day activities, and ultimately, your entire life. The more energy and emphasis we put into our affirmations, the more deeply they enter our belief system. If you constantly think ‘I am a failure’ you will gradually believe that you are indeed a failure.

For example, if you constantly repeat that you always have miserable holidays, you bring it about in three ways.

• You selectively remember only the bad times.
• You act in ways that cause you misery.
• The Universe brings to you what you believe.

Over the next 24 hours have an awareness of any negative statements you may be repeating or have repeated to yourself in the past. Write them down in a journal. Ask yourself if they are really true? Ask yourself what makes them true?

Then stay tuned for part 2 of Affirmations: Bringing About Who You Really Want to Be.

Explore The Process of affirmations!