Use Affirmations to take Control of Your Life

Use Affirmations To Take Control of Your Life
By Mark Morrison

Affirmations are intentional positive statements that are expressed in a simple and clear way. Affirmations are great tools in helping people defeating negative thoughts, in creating for themselves better states, in achieving greater attitudes.

Before using the affirmations, it is important to understand why they have this effect on us: our unconscious perceives everything we give to him, and just like a sponge, it stores the information, even if this is good or bad. Therefore, if you give to your unconscious positive intents, it will help them grow.

If you never tried using them, or if you feel that your results are not as expected, you have to make them work for you every time you use them.

Here are a few advices that you should to follow in order to achieve the best results:

1) Focus on the affirmation

The effect of an affirmation can be magnified through repetition, and by focusing more on the intent of the affirmation. Just like a mantra, which is repeated over and over in a strong way, in order for it to remain clear in your mind and induce a special state of being.

2) Own the terms

Use the words that come straight from your soul, in defining what you want to achieve. A good advice is to keep in mind only one thing at a time, to concentrate all your positive affirmations on the same idea, rather than disjointing your concentration in too many ways.

3) Bring your emotions in the game

You must use your emotions as well as your mind, so concentrate on speaking sincerely. Just by repeating, some words you will not reach the aim that you planned to achieve. So be sure that you maintain a permanent connection between your words and your emotions. Involve, as many feelings as possible and this will magnify the power of your statements.

Visual style

If you consider that you absorb the information in a visual way, apply this: use your imagination and find drawings, posters, paintings, pictures from magazines, fabrics, textures, etc. that represents what you wish to have in your life and combine them with the words.

Do not forget to use colorful pictures because the more enthusiastic you are, the stronger your desire of fulfillment will be. Create a montage with the pictures and the words you have chosen and hang it somewhere so you can see it as often as possible. It is possible that even the writing of the affirmation repeatedly can have great effect on some people.

Auditory style

If you feel that by hearing or speaking things they seem to have a sense, it means that your unconscious stores information through sounds. In this case, you can say an affirmation aloud or you can put it on a tape and then play it for yourself as many times as you like.

Try finding a song that brings you in a special mood and play it during the time you say the affirmation. After this, every time you will hear the chosen song, the affirmation will reappear in your mind.

Kinesthetic style

If you prefer learning new things through practical methods, you can use this also to increase the power of your affirmations. Walking, for example, works perfect in this case. You can go to your favorite place, even if this is a mountain, a lake, a sea, a garden full of flowers, a forest, feel the nature with all of your senses, reach the highest level of relaxation and say the affirmation.

If you love dancing, yoga, jogging, walking, or something else that gives color to your life, do not hesitate to use it in your best interest. Repeat the affirmations and enjoy yourself, and soon you will discover the recipe that will give you happiness.

Remember: Every person is unique; you cannot apply the same recipe to everybody. Each one of us has to experiment different things; in time, you will find what has an effect on you and you will learn to use affirmations with great success.

Live your life in a beautiful manner and maintain your spirit high. Do not forget: plant positive seeds into your mind and they will grow!

Mark Morrison is founder of http://www.QuantumLifeleap.com which is a self growth mastermind group, and is currently giving away to the first 16 people that sign, 90 days of FREE trial membership. You can also receive 2 bonus gifts just for visiting his site. They included an interview with author Stephen Hawley Martin and how you can program your mind for success as well as the ebook of “The Science of Getting Rich.”

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