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Self-affirmations

Speak a loving truth to yourself

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Our emotional suffering is often perpetuated by our thoughts and the emotional charge ignited by them. However, self-talk forms the foundation of our perception, and when we change our self-talk, we change the structure of our inner world.

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Through their repetition and concentration, mantras (or statements of profound spiritual truth) offer us a powerful way to calm our minds, clear away judgments, and to feel a greater sense of peace.

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Mantras can come from a diverse array of spiritual traditions and languages, but they also can be personally created.

Practice

Thank you affirmation

Either from where you are sitting right now or perhaps during a walk, try looking around and saying “thank you” to whatever you’re seeing. Consider all the things that don’t often receive thanks too, like the sidewalk, the sky, trees, your coffee mug, etc.

This is not a dull or passive practice, but instead alive with creative potential and a pearl of deep primordial wisdom which is as old as the universe itself.

Try this mantra of gratitude and lovingly say this aloud or mentally repeat, “Thank you...thank you...thank you...” By blessing everything, you are imagining them as divine and appreciating the abundance around you.

Reflections

During this heart-centered meditation, did you feel a sense of gratitude for someone or something that surprised you?

What did gratitude feel like as it filled your heart and mind? How would you describe it?

What would happen if you started each day with a simple gratitude prayer?

Reminder

“I am grateful.”

Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. A gratitude prayer as you wake up in the morning can change your day and over time, the direction of your life. By saying thank you for our healing journey, thank you for the lessons, and thank you for all the stuff we've worked through and have yet to get to, we open ourselves up to the magic of acceptance and unconditional love.

Print out or download a sticky note of this reminder and place it somewhere you can look at regularly.

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Two Affirmation practices

1. Simple daily practice.

Take an affirmation you like that is short and try to repeat it mentally throughout the day. Try to keep the affirmation as simple as possible, but one with emotional resonance for you.

You can get a wide elastic band and write the affirmation on the elastic band as a reminder. See how often you can say it throughout the day. A few examples include, “I am enough,” “I belong,” “I am capable...”

2. Sitting affirmation practice.

Sit in a comfortable position on a chair or on the floor, or you can also practice lying down if you prefer. Devote 5 to 10 minutes to the practice.

Choose your affirmation and repeat all of it, first loudly, then softly and more slowly, until your voice becomes a whisper. Then gradually affirm it mentally only, without moving the tongue or the lips, until you feel that you have attained deep, unbroken concentration not unconsciousness, but a profound continuity of uninterrupted thought.

If you continue with your mental affirmation and go still deeper, you will feel a sense of increasing joy and peace. During the state of deep concentration, your affirmation will merge with the subconscious stream, to come back later reinforced with power to influence your conscious mind through the law of habit.

During the time that you experience ever-increasing peace, your affirmation goes deeper, into the superconscious realm, to return later laden with unlimited power to influence your conscious mind and also to fulfill your desires.

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