[Mindfuel]

Hi there,

What an interesting post! I just thought I would put my two cents in, as I used to find positive affirmations a little hard to pull off with my overactive ego! Personally I do not believe that when you say 'I am not poor', that your brain or the universe filters out the 'not' and hears 'I am poor'. Instead, I think that when you say 'I am not poor', firstly you are giving your focus to poverty instead of wealth and secondly you will experience (consciously or consciously) the set of emotions associated with poverty. These things combined just serve to lower your vibration. But what about if you say 'I am rich', but the wealth is not yet in your physical reality? Your ego will just say 'no you're not - you're poor!' and hey presto - you're blocking your manifestation again!

Now one of the tricks behind 'switching off' the ego is to deal with your limiting beliefs - but that requires effort over a period of time. In an immediate sense, I say to myself 'I choose wealth' or 'I choose peace' or 'I choose to enjoy life' - all affirming the vision that I have designed for my future, but doesn't active the second guessing voice inside!

I hope this adds something of value to this discussion.

Love & Light

Vicky