You can take a much greater degree of control over the external events and circumstances in your life than you have probably ever realized. You have most likely heard of the unconscious or maybe the subconscious mind. This is the part of you that is hidden beyond or below conscious awareness. This ‘other than conscious’ mind, is the seat of tremendous power, motivation and energy and it is the key to unlocking your dreams and achieving your goals.
Any time you are struggling, unsatisfied or unhappy in your life then you can bring this power into operation and begin to make the kind of changes that you need.
This deeper aspect of yourself understands and thrives on the language of feeling and of symbol. The affirmations we use, which are short, positive statements about our intended goal, are designed to generate positive feelings, so that as you say your affirmation, you can begin to feel the reality of your goal whatever that may be.
This feeling will grow stronger and stronger as you speak the words and sentences over and over again, creating a powerful association which impresses your subconscious mind. This is why affirmation work must be accompanied by an emotional reaction. In order to take command of the infinite resources at your disposal lying ready in you deeper mind you must feel the words as you say them.
Many people working with affirmations unfortunately fail because of misunderstanding this part of the process. Mental or verbal repetition of the words without any accompanying feeling state will make very little impact upon the subconscious behaviour patterns. Emotion is the fuel, the life and the energy that is needed to start the engine and without it you will not get very far at all.
What emotions am I talking about?
I’m talking about excitement, expectancy, desire, belief and certainty. When an affirmation or positive visualisation is working you will feel and be in one of these states and sure of the outcome.
The positive feelings that are generated changes your entire attitude and your internal state immediately. The more you can hold on to that feeling then the more powerfully and dramatically will you be able to change your external world. The more you hold this feeling then the easier it gets to hold on to it and so it grows exponentially, getting easier every day.
This ‘feeling energy‘ has been talked about in every major religion from the temples of Mesopotamia to the modern new age exponents. Ancient priests and magicians would talk about ‘enflaming oneself with prayer.’
‘That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing’ is a quote from the ‘Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismestigus’ which is several millennia old, and is commonly shortened to ‘as above, so below’. This means that the reality you create inside yourself will be reflected in the reality of your external world. You have incredible power over your life and its circumstances and the opportunity to shape them to your will.
Whatever the definition or explanation of this phenomena, know that it exists and that it is waiting for you to make use of it.