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Originally Posted by mikej  does the brain really filter out the word "not"?
many people go through life thinking they are not good enough, does this have the effect of eventually making them feel they are good enough?
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Despite what people say, it isn't as simple as just filtering out a word. Saying the brain doesn't respond to negatives is a simplistic way to get people to stop saying things like "I don't want to be in debt" and to start looking at positive avenues.
The thing about negative statements is that your brain concentrates on the subject and what you're feeling. So if you say "I don't want to be in debt" while constantly fearing being in debt, your brain will pick up on the feeling of being in debt. You could be saying "Toaster," and your brain would pick up on being in debt if that's what you were feeling.
You don't have to believe affirmations at first--like Louise Hay says, they're seeds you plant--but sometimes the inner resistance is too much. What Lauxa's doing is phrasing it in a way that her subconscious can't argue with the construction of the sentence, but it still focuses her subconscious on the topic.