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Originally Posted by Lauxa  What I have been pondering...
I have heard/read before that you can't do a negative affirmation. For instance, an affirmation of "I am not poor" would not work because your brain filters out the "not" and only hears "I am poor". But at the same time, you have to be able to believe your affirmations to make them effective. So affirming "I am rich" might not get the desired outcome if you can't believe it.
I am wondering about the effect of affirmations to the effect of "I am not rich". It seems that the brain would hear only "I am rich" but belief could be activated because intellectually there is the "not".
I have been playing with the voice in my head, anytime it focuses on something I have that I don't want turning it around to something that I don't have that I do want. It seems too big a stretch to me to turn it into repeating that I actually have something that I want, so I stick in the "not". So instead of "I am angry" I'll turn it into "I am not at peace". Starting out, I have noticed that I am at least actually focusing now on things that I do want and I think it is a subtle improvement.
Has anyone else played with this? Any thoughts on whether this could work?
I'll be playing with this for the next couple of weeks and report back with results. |
I don't think anything can 'work', positive or negative. without being true to yourself.
I think by changing your thoughts of anger to thoughts of peace (regardless of the negative) is a huge step forward for you.
I believe Mother Teresa refused to support anti war rallies but would support peace rallies. Peace rallies show that we are not at peace too. Maybe a peace rally contributes to there being no peace because they aren't being true to themselves. I am not at peace is far more honest than pretending to be peaceful.
My point is that the truth does not distinguish between negative and positive and the universe responds to both, and not neccessarily in kind.