It was Emile’ Coue, a French psychologist who used the power of affirmations to bring healing to thousands of patients in Europe and America in the 19th century. Over the years we humans have forgotten the power of the words that we say to ourselves. I have seen tremendous results in thousands of boys and girls in and through personality development courses, especially programmes helping children to change thinking and reinvent their lives. Thoughts are real forces and the thoughts that you sow in your mind ultimately makes you what you become, therefore sow the correct thoughts and by the law of attraction you will draw to yourself exactly what you put in.

What are affirmations?
An affirmation is a statement you repeat to your self to the point where it penetrates your sub-conscious mind. Your sub-conscious mind picks up this affirmation and acts on it. The mind does not know what is true or false. It only acts on the command you give it. In short, they are thoughts that you repeat over and over again until they become beliefs to the point where the subconscious acts on them. Affirmations can be on tapes that you can play throughout the night as you go to sleep.

Affirmations have been around for centuries. I can think of the women in the Bible who had suffered from a haemorrhage for 12 years and came up from behind Jesus of Nazareth and touched the fringe of his garment. The Bible says, “She said to herself”, “If I only touch his cloak, I shall be healed”. Jesus turned and said, “Your faith has healed you”. The women was repeating an affirmation with emotion and feelings and a strong belief that, “I will make it happen”. Her subconscious mind acted on the affirmation and made it a reality. Let’s remember, will power is the biggest asset in our own lives and all the power to heal ourselves, to improve ourselves is within us.

How affirmations work
Affirmations are a great tool when it comes to creating a change; create an understanding to make use of this powerful tool in your life. One’s power is not only in one’s ability to create situations and circumstances but to achieve goals and also to help eliminate negative thinking.

A powerful affirmation introduced by Emile’ Coue’
“Everyday and in every way I am getting better and better”. Repeat this affirmation every morning and every evening and you will notice consistent and never ending improvements in all areas of your life. Students who have used these had a dramatic change in their life. The scientific principle of Emile’ Coue’s mantra “any idea exclusively occupying the mind turns into reality - the idea changes beliefs and your beliefs create the reality.” This powerful success mantra can make a difference in any one’s life and you can experience amazing results in the shortest possible time.

Write your own affirmation:
*Make your own affirmation short and simple in the first person and a positive statement.
*Your affirmation should reflect what you want to happen in your life and what you can do to make that situation a reality.
*You can learn how to work on your affirmations and give the right message to your sub – conscious mind and create the results you want.
*Through the power of imagination and creative visualisation see it (get the mental picture); hear it (loud and clear in your ears); feel it (get the vibrations with the feelings) experience their sensations through your senses as you repeat the affirmations. Students who practice affirmations say that they feel a tingling sensation in their body. Feeling is believing.
*You focus on what you want and not on what you don’t want.

The How of affirmations
You can say this affirmation in your head to your self.

You can stand in front of the mirror and repeat the affirmation with all your emotional intensity. You can walk around in a quiet place repeating the affirmation to your self. Imagine that you are experiencing the power of every word.

What happens next is very simple; you train your mind to focus on what you want. When you recite the affirmation in a way most comfortable to you, you train your mind to stay positive, think positive and stop being negative. With continuous repetition your sub-conscious mind is ready to act on the affirmation. Even small improvements are positive signs.

With a powerful affirmation you stop defeating yourself, stop limiting yourself and give a direction towards the goals that you have set for yourself.

You can create all the success and excellence you want and deserve in your life. When you act with emotions and feelings using visualisation and imagination you get fabulous results.

Some powerful affirmations you can use in the following manner.
Think  of a desire you have, be specific, select the affirmation that gels with you and makes you feel the vibrations inside of you. “I have a wonderful mind”, “Good things happen to me all the time”, “I am unique and special”, “I am confident – I can do it”.

Repeat the affirmations best suited to you, visualise it, hear it and feel it in the NOW. You should actually begin to feel the powerful affirmations acting on you as you see the picture of yourself achieving all that you desire. Add your favourite colour to it, make it bright, vibrant and notice  how your feelings change. If the picture is in front of you, draw it closer to your face and notice how energetic and enthusiastic you feel. As you associate with this picture you will begin to feel powerful positive vibrations in your body. In the process as you repeat the affirmations, every morning when you rise and every evening before you retire for bed, you will notice consistent and never ending improvements in your life.

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