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Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian 
The Past is but a memory, the future, an intention, the present, an act.
But if you feel comfy for now believeing that affirmations work ONLY when they are realistic, which by your standards are something like: "I will die", "I am fat" "Life Sucks" then go ahead with that. However my affirmations seem to working fine...
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I am not speaking of inaction... I was merely speaking of the affirmation process
BEFORE actions are taken. Again affirmations are good
if they are working for you, and this is just a small iota of why affirmations don't work for everyone. I am not saying that they don't work for some people. If they work for you, then wonderful... but examine which particular affirmations are TRUTHFULLY working, and which ones just simply make you feel better, and which affirmations appear to be useless. And then examine why each one does what it does... why the one that is working works, why the one that is merely a feeling "partially?" works, and why the one's that are useless don't. The ones that work... KEEP... the one's that don't discard.
Also, I do believe that self-delusion is just as destructive as negative intention, if not more so. One of the reasons why some people have a hrad time accepting affirmations is the fear of self-dilusion. But this fear is a healthy and productive fear. Understanding the concept of reality verses self-dilusion is NOT unproductive, but rather quite the contrary. Yet, ACTION comes after the affirmation, and the affirmation should reflect reality, otherwise you sabatoge yourself before you begin, because you believe in a false-hood. This is not to state that action is not taken, but the action you are referring to is in principle a state of being that comes as a result AFTER an appropiate affirmation has already taken place.