Affirmations - talk yourself up

[Tuumble]

Affirmations are free, easy and can be very effective. Repeating a positive phrase in front of the mirror, in the car, or writing it down on paper embeds it into your mind.

The following are just a few techniques you can use - I will come back to some of the others at a later date.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall...

Stand in front of the mirror and say positive things about, and to yourself like: 'I AM intelligent' and 'There is NOTHING that I cannot achieve' etc.

A strange thing happened while I was using this affirmation exercise. The mirror mysteriously fell to ground without me touching it and when I picked it up my reflection showed my face with 6 eyes, 3 noses and nearly 100 teeth. This was rather disconcerting as the mirror wasn't broken.

Some people recommend doing the mirror technique naked. This is fine in your own home but you're liable to be arrested if you start talking to yourself in an unclothed state in public. It's behavior that tends to be frowned upon by the vast majority of the population.

Exercise for body and mind

Particularly useful for those people on a health kick. Repeat your affirmations while exercising and they will become part of your thought process.

While running chant the mantra: 'With every step I take, I grow stronger - NOTHING can stop me.' However, be careful to avoid that raised paving slab on the corner of Prince's Street or you'll end up in a hedge. Look out for the Pit Bull Terrier on Mayor's Walk and the batty woman with the umbrella on Oundle Road. On second thoughts use a treadmill.

Integration

While repeating your affirmation, actively think of ways to integrate it into your life. If your affirmation is "I have a great xxxxx": find ways of loving your xxxxx, improving your relationship with xxxxx, and best ways of achieving xxxxx.

The x's are intended as blanks but all they're doing for me is make me think lurid thoughts about the girl at the bakery!

Here are some affirmations you may like to try:

• "I am healthy." [That was my last burger, honest]
• "I am happy." [I'm watching 'Bilko']
• "I take charge of my life." [at the extortionate rate of 26.9% APR]
• "My eyes see clearly see the world around me." [except when I haven't got my contacts in]
• "I am free." [Actually I charge £90 an hour]
• "I am listening to spirit everyday." [It says: 'Drink me!']
• "I am wise." [That's a laugh!]
• "I am a spark of divine love." [You've got to be joking!]
• "I am beautiful." [Ha Ha Haaaa!!!]

So there you have it - get naked and talk to your reflection. Hmmm,
which way is it to the asylum?

TODAY'S CHALLENGE: Get a new mirror or stop taking hallucinatory drugs.

[Akashic_Librarian]

I always feel like a fool when I do this.

It doesn't work for me. I have to DO it. Not just believe it. Thousands believe in God, but so few ever show true belief. They show mindless adherance to rules. And in my opinino, Affirmations are just that, rule. Rules you set yourself. Rules that are not always justified properly. Rules that arn't always purposeful. Only when you become yoru affirmation do they have any effect. Merely reciting some ukayze or Edict you have yourself decided upon and expecting change is...well...pointless.

[Shamou]

Hello Tuumble....

I am certain that you do not suffer from insanity... you seem to enjoy every minute of it...

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[Tuumble]

Originally Posted by Shamou

Hello Tuumble....

I am certain that you do not suffer from insanity... you seem to enjoy every minute of it...

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Indeed not - it was in the subject of Insanity that I gained my Masters Degree!

[dulaney0330]

I have tried positive affirmations and I have found them to be helpful. Although, I have trouble remembering to do them daily!

[lsm285]

Ya those are awesome tips. Saying them in front of the mirror while looking in your eyes works really well.

Also during exercise is a fantastic idea that never occurred to me.

A couple other tips are to vary your affirmations around a certain theme. Sort of just free form it around a theme of an area you want to improve.

Also RIGHT when you wake up and RIGHT before drifting to sleep, you are naturally in the alpha state and your conscious mind is not awake giving you access directly to your subconscious mind.

I hope this is allowed here, but I wrote a blog post about this (if it's not let me know and I will remove it, but I basically gave the cliff's notes here

Positive Daily Affirmations

[Andrew Brunelle]

"I'm going to do a great show today because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."--Stuart Smalley