The Law Of The Power Of Your Thoughts - Affirmations

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CONTENTS
PREFACE....................................................................................................................... 5
I. PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES ......................................................................... 7
1. The process of creaton by guiding the power of thoughts: affirmations........... 7
1.1. Description of power of thoughts and affirmations ........................................... 7
1.1.1. Thoughts are creative is a Law of Nature ............................................... 7
1.1.2. Thoughts are acting from the subconscious............................................ 8
1.1.3. Thoughts create their equivalents in the material world...................... 9
1.1.4. There are two fundamental thoughts .................................................... 10
1.1.5. Love is always more powerful ................................................................. 10
1.2. Phrasing................................................................................................................. 11
1.2.1. The importance of the personal pronoun.............................................. 11
1.2.2. The importance of the present tense..................................................... 11
1.2.3. The importance of accuracy and dimension ......................................... 12
1.2.4. The importance of positivity ................................................................... 12
1.2.5. Last but not least : the importance of the “Golden Rule” .................. 13
1.3. Method for phrasing affirmations....................................................................... 14
1.3.1. Think about what you want..................................................................... 14
1.3.2. Forget what the others want .................................................................. 15
1.3.3. Eliminate what does not feel right.......................................................... 15
1.3.4. Reverse doubts.......................................................................................... 16
1.3.5. Make changes whenever necessary : when your wish changes............ 19
1.4. Discipline when pursuing the affirmations........................................................ 20
1.4.1. Each day..................................................................................................... 20
1.4.2. Do not pay attention to situations which do not correspond with your
affirmation ........................................................................................................... 21
1.4.3. Be persistent until you achieve the materialization, for years if need
be .......................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.4. Keeping affirmations for yourself............................................................ 23
1.4.5. Minimum number of times the affirmation has to be used................. 24
1.5. Interference with the collective mind when making affirmations.................. 24
1.5.1. What is the collective mind? ................................................................... 24
1.5.2. How can we protect ourselves ? ............................................................. 25
1.5.3. The affirmation can also be used for collectivity .................................. 25
1.5.4. An individual’s wish, providing that it corresponds to the universal
principles of love, kindness and peace, is favourable to us all........................ 26
1.5.5. When you do not know whether you wish is good for you and for all,
terminate your affirmation with an affirmation of general welfare.............. 26
1.6. Interference with a third person involved in the affirmation.......................... 27
1.6.1. Repetition of the “golden rule” .............................................................. 27
1.6.2. Time needed for materialization............................................................ 28
1.6.3. Building in guarantees.............................................................................. 30
1.6.4. Distance or time are not important....................................................... 30
1.6.5. Transmission without being aware of it................................................. 31
2. Why using affirmations .......................................................................................... 32
2.1. For oneself ............................................................................................................ 32
2.1.1. In order to grow ....................................................................................... 32

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2.1.2. In order to purify and increase the energy one has.............................. 32
2.1.3. The future.................................................................................................. 33
2.1.4. In relation to others ................................................................................. 35
2.1.5. To realize that guilt does not exist......................................................... 36
2.2. For others ............................................................................................................. 36
2.3. For the collectivity............................................................................................... 36
2.4. To have (and recognize) the effect on all aspects of life ................................. 37
3. How to use affirmations......................................................................................... 38
3.1. Affirming in thoughts........................................................................................... 38
3.2. Saying the affirmation out aloud........................................................................ 38
3.3. Writing down the affirmation ............................................................................ 38
3.4. Visualizations........................................................................................................ 39
3.5. Index card ............................................................................................................. 40
3.6. Various affirmations at the same time?............................................................. 41
3.7. Concentration ...................................................................................................... 41
4. What may hamper the effect of an affirmation ?................................................ 42
4.1. Abstract formulation : need of accuracy........................................................... 42
4.2. Contradictory phrases or contradictory thoughts........................................... 42
4.3. Wondering how it works..................................................................................... 43
4.4. Resistance ............................................................................................................ 43
4.5. Doubts................................................................................................................... 44
4.6. A negative mood, a lack of faith......................................................................... 45
4.7. Disability to forgive and resentment ................................................................. 45
4.8. A lack of gratitude for what you have ............................................................... 47
4.9. Letting go.............................................................................................................. 47
4.10. The will................................................................................................................ 48
II. ON YOUR WAY TO PRACTICE: a summary of some essentials ................... 49
CREATE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE............................................................. 49
VALUABLE TIME............................................................................................... 49
OUR FEELING IS THE TOUCHSTONE......................................................... 49
YOU CAN CHANGE ANY FEELING WITH A THOUGHT........................ 50
CONSCIOUSNESS ............................................................................................ 50
IT IS OUR ONLY KEY ....................................................................................... 50
BECAUSE THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE PRESENT ........................... 51
BE AWARE NOT TO CHANGE YOURSELF IN RESISTANCE.................. 51
USE WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL................................................ 51
NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME, EVERYTHING CHANGES ................... 51
ATTENTION IS THE CENTRE OF THINGS................................................. 52
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WISH ..................................................................... 52
FEELINGS LINKED TO THOUGHTS WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD
MUCH FASTER .................................................................................................. 52
BECAUSE IT ALL HAPPENS IN THE MIND................................................. 52
WE CONTROL THE MIND.............................................................................. 53
PRECISELY DEFINED WISHES....................................................................... 53
DO NOT FORGET THAT OUR SUBCONSCIOUS OPERATES LIKE A
COMPUTER........................................................................................................ 53
FOR MATERIALIZATION TIME IS NONEXISTENT ................................... 53
NOW.................................................................................................................... 54
EXECUTION ...................................................................................................... 54

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ONE BIG QUESTION : WHY IS MY AFFIRMATION NOT REALIZED?... 54
BELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED, DISBELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED, NON-
BELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED ............................................................................. 55
BECAUSE THE TECHNIQUE ANSWERS TO THE PATTERNS OF THAT
TECHNIQUE ...................................................................................................... 55
IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT IT IS “LAW”................................ 56
THE LARGER THE FAITH THE EASIER THE MATERIALIZATION ........ 56
BE GRATEFUL ................................................................................................... 56
FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED....................................................................... 56
IMPORTANT FOR THIS TIME ........................................................................ 57
ACTION AND REACTION .............................................................................. 57
III. EXAMPLES OF AFFIRMATIONS....................................................................... 58
1. About relationships................................................................................................. 58
1.1. With a partner ..................................................................................................... 58
1.1.1. A partner has not been found yet........................................................... 58
1.1.2. A partner has been found but he/she is difficult to approach.............. 59
1.1.3. A partner has been found but you doubt whether it will last.............. 60
1.1.4. A partner has been found but there is no harmony ............................. 61
1.1.5. A partner has been found but there is a new partner.......................... 61
1.2. With a child .......................................................................................................... 61
1.2.1. There is no child yet................................................................................. 61
I.2.2. A child is on its way................................................................................... 62
I.2.3. The first years............................................................................................ 62
1.2.4. Coué........................................................................................................... 62
2. About oneself .......................................................................................................... 63
2.1. In general .............................................................................................................. 63
2.2. Love, peace and joy.............................................................................................. 64
2.3. To eliminate jealousy or rivalry.......................................................................... 64
2.4. Concerning the time schedule............................................................................ 66
2.5. Concerning a task ................................................................................................ 66
2.6. About health......................................................................................................... 66
2.6.1. In general................................................................................................... 66
2.6.2. In case of a treatment.............................................................................. 66
2.6.3. For one specific part of the body () ........................................................ 67
2.6.4. Getting out of negative habits................................................................. 67
2.6.5. Increased energy....................................................................................... 67
2.7. Appearance........................................................................................................... 68
2.8. Success .................................................................................................................. 68
2.9. Exam .................................................................................................................... 68
2.10. Wealth................................................................................................................. 68
2.11. Faith..................................................................................................................... 69
2.12. Peace ................................................................................................................... 69
2.13. Professionally...................................................................................................... 70
2.13.1. No satisfying job yet ............................................................................... 70
2.13.2. The job is satisfying but difficult relationship with.............................. 70
2.13.3. The job is satisfying but no pay increase.............................................. 70
2.13.4. The job is satisfying but you want or can have another ..................... 70
2.13.5. Nice colleagues but no satisfying job.................................................... 70
2.14. Forgiveness ......................................................................................................... 71

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2.15. Emotional disengagement ............................................................................... 73
2.16. To be informed by the subconscious ............................................................... 73
2.17. Protection........................................................................................................... 74
2.18.Gratitude.............................................................................................................. 74
IV. EXAMPLES OF VISUALIZATIONS................................................................... 75
1. In relation to others................................................................................................ 75
2. In relation to yourself ............................................................................................. 75
EPILOGUE................................................................................................................... 76

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PREFACE
You will find in this book the practical point of view of the
law of “creating thoughts”, of how to handle the power of
thoughts, as I have experienced it during a quarter of a century
now. That approach has proven to yield awards, looking back,
amazing awards even. In view of efficiency I wish to share my
approach without much scientific basis, without having to refer
to the theories on which it is based. That is why I am confining
myself to what I consider essential. The key issue is that the
people applying this, will create a certainty for themselves, the
certainty that it works.
This is not about my selection of literature – that is why
there is no bibliography included – but about my own
experience. That is why this book is not just another copy of the
books being published at a high pace. The thought that what
really helped me, could be useful to others, urged me to write
this book.
Since I wanted it to be a true-life book, I wrote it from
memory and the “affirmations” mentioned in chapter III, which
I partially apply, have already proven their effectiveness. They
already exist for quite a long time, but they are still of much
use. I have added some affirmations so that they can be used
across many areas. When writing this book I found it quite
difficult not to consult the books on power of thoughts I started
to buy ever since 1979, first because I was interested and from
1983 onward because I used them as a source of inspiration.
However, I have made some references, for instance to the
work of E. COUE or to the card scheme drawn up by Shirley
Mc Laine; in chapter III there are also some affirmations, which
have at the time been selected and adapted from the books of
Joseph Murphy, Louise Hay or Florence Scovell Shinn, drawn
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Michael Losier for explaining in a practical way something that
remained a big question mark, in his book “Law of Attraction”.
But that made it all go faster and I felt quite comfortable
about it being so authentic. Even if it is all about age-old truths.
It was already written in what is usually called to be the World’s
most read book: “Your Word is Law””.
So many have described it :
“Nous aurons le destin que nous aurons mérité” (Albert
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I. PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
1. The process of creation by guiding the
power of thoughts: affirmations
1.1. Description of power of thoughts and
affirmations
Affirmations are among the most powerful instruments
given to us to master our lives. There is no wish inside us that
cannot be realized. An “affirmation”, as it is used in this book,
is a consciously chosen and continuously repeated expression of
a wish. This book describes the way to do this and the results
yielded from it.
1.1.1. Thoughts are creative is a Law of Nature
Thoughts are creative: this is a Law of Nature, as is
gravity or as it the principle that seeds, when planted, produce
plants. The complete Universe is energy. We have at our
disposal an unlimited field of energy, which gives us what we
want it to give us thanks to our power of thoughts. The Power
of thought concentrates this energy.
Nothing is lost, nothing is added, only the appearance
changes. Thoughts are energy, energy always has a destination
in the Universe; energy does not disappear into nothingness. So
it is a fact that each thought has its effect. On your own life and
on the lives of others/all the others.
But in any case it always has an effect on you. This effect is
not linked to time nor space.
We are all constantly thinking; it needs a lot of practice to be
able to think about nothing for a couple o minutes. Most people
do not pay attention to whether or to what they are thinking,
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positive or negative. It has to be stressed that it is characteristic
of thoughts that they materialize, that they work, whether we
want it or not. Being conscious of this fact means that we can
guide thoughts and being conscious of this fact as much as
possible is the key to controlling the events. This law apply both
to the individual and the collective level. The collective level
refers to thoughts present in the mind of individuals of a nation
or even of the whole world. These can be thoughts about war,
about the origin of certain illnesses, but it can also be about an
increasing awareness. The future of a country is already present
in the collective subconscious. The collective mind will be
discussed later on in this book.
1.1.2. Thoughts are acting from the subconscious
We have a consciousness, which allows us to think, but we
also have a subconscious where all thoughts are being saved. It
has an infallible memory and it accepts what it is told without
protesting. It controls the functions of our bodies, but also our
actions. When there is a conflict between our will and our
subconscious, the latter conquers.
Just like a computer our subconscious has a certain saving
pattern. Similar thoughts which are being thought, expressed
or written down will – when repeated - become fixed in our
subconscious, which is in fact our hard disk. From there they
act autonomously, even when we are not aware of this. They
act upon our environment since the others unconsciously catch
these thoughts and act according to them, unless they want to
realize other things through their own chosen thoughts. These
have priority because the own mind has its free will and this will
is of course more powerful in the own mind.
Saving these thoughts is done in clusters, in patterns of
thoughts. Thoughts of a certain theme, a certain event, a
certain emotion will attract each other and will bundle up. That
makes them stronger and they can act better on what they
represent. When there are many thoughts about the same
subject, these become concentrated around that subject
forming a hard core. This core can be fed with many or only
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thoughts of both kinds. Whether it is a positive or a negative
core thus depends on which kind of thoughts prevails.
When it is a negative core and when it gained a fixed form, it
will start to attract its equivalents, this means the negative
things integrated in it. The same happens with a positive core.
As a core of thoughts is being formed, it becomes more and
more powerful and able to realize clearly and firmly what it
represents, in accordance with the thought with which it was
built.
All thoughts that were once saved remain there until we
decide to erase them and that is why they can be seen by
others. Thoughts always materialize, do not forget that, unless
we intentionally decide to change them.
1.1.3. Thoughts create their equivalents in the
material world
It is a Law of Nature that, as we said before, that each
thought is a form of energy, each thought will provoke a
corresponding reaction in the material world, meaning in the
world of our sensory perceptions. It is a fact that a positive
core of thoughts can never provoke a negative reaction in the
real world and vice versa. Thoughts or cores of thoughts
always manifest themselves, however, one does not know
when this will happen as we do not have a clear idea of the
intensity of the core of thoughts versus the totality of our
subconscious on the one hand and the factors influenced by the
thoughts in the material world on the other hand, either in
relation to the human being or to the circumstances in which
the thoughts are being materialized.
The more a group of thoughts is fed with ideas, the
stronger it becomes. Each new idea is like hammering a nail
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1.1.4. There are two fundamental thoughts
There are in fact only two fundamental thoughts: fear and
love. All the other thoughts can be traced back to those two
thoughts. It can be quite illuminating to discover the real origin
of our and other people’s thoughts. When the fundamental
thought is fear as it is for jealousy, anger, resentment,
arrogance, etc. and when we recognize this fundamental
thought in someone else, this helps us to realize that the other
one in fact only expresses his own fears and that e.g. his
outburst of anger is based on the fear of not having (not having
love), not being (not being loved) and that it is not anger as
such. When we are afraid, there is no love at that moment and
vice versa.
Fear cannot be banned by fear, but by a loving approach.
Loving in the broadest sense of the word, since it is impossible
to ask us to love someone we do not love. However it is at that
moment possible to try to achieve a situation of rest, for
instance by sending the thought: “I wish you harmony and
wellness in any area”. When even that is too much, and this is
perfectly possible, one can then send a thought such as: “I bless
you and set you free” or still “We leave each other’s lives in
harmony or we are both free”.
1.1.5. Love is always more powerful
Love is more powerful than fear as the vibrations number
is higher. We can opt for it at any time, it is our choice.
Consequently, thoughts borne by love have a stronger power of
realization. These thoughts correspond to the truth of our
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1.2. Phrasing
1.2.1. The importance of the personal pronoun
The affirmation which in principle only refers to yourself
has to be expressed in the first person. The phrasing “I am...
(followed by whatever you wish”) is commonly considered as
very powerful. Using your own name in an affirmation is also
very good. You can do that when erasing a condition, so when
you created for yourself a truth, which you want to erase from
your subconscious (see “underlying patterns” below), it is very
effective to make the affirmation using the three personal
pronouns and to mention the first names: I, X, are …; you, X,
are.. ; she, X, is…. This way of making affirmations, as if you are
talking about someone else, is also advisable when you have
some doubts about your affirmation.
Phrasing an affirmation can also be done for someone else,
however, when the wish only concerns that one person, you
cannot do this without his consent. When the wish concerns one
or more persons, for instance you and your partner, the wish
always has to be phrased in a positive way and without harming
what you know or think to know about your partner’s wishes. An
innocent and very simple example: your partner wants to visit a
friend and you do not want this, then you would go against his
wish when you express your wish. To solve this conflict you can
then use a phrasing ending with the following consideration “this
is done according to the cosmic harmony; when the wish is good,
it will be materialized, when not, it will now be cancelled” or
“this is what I wish and I leave it to the cosmos”.
1.2.2. The importance of the present tense
A wish has to be expressed in the present tense; a wish in
the future tense will be interpreted by the subconscious as if we
want it to be far away from us in time. So that will happen. The
Law of creativity is very precise. A wish can only be materialized
when it is felt and experienced now, at this very moment,
because in the energy flow of the Universe between the mental
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there cannot be any difference: thinking and material
observation must not be anything else but identical.
However, it can be that because the wish is expressed in the
present (now) and the fact that “now” indicates that the wish
has not been realized yet, gives us a negative feeling, namely
that we are fooling ourselves. When you feel like that, use for
your phrasing point 1.3., which handles about the way you can
express your wish.
In other words, the phrasing has to express the desired result as
an accomplished result: “you are” and not “you will be”.
1.2.3. The importance of accuracy and dimension
Your wish has to be :
- As accurate as possible, each word has to be chosen carefully
and all nuances you find in them have to be considered; the
more accurate, the better
- As short, as concise as possible; the pithier the affirmation is,
the better it is; then it takes less time to repeat it
- It is advisable not to phrase it as a plea since the tone of it is
not “affirmative” enough.
1.2.4. The importance of positivity
It certainly has to be stressed that the affirmation has to
be phrased in a positive way; as a rule it cannot contain any
negations. Eliminate words such as “not”, “no”, words with a
negative connotation or words which make you feel bad, such as
“angry, sad”. It is better to replace the formulation “X does no
longer make me sad” by “From now on it is fine to experience
that X always makes me happier”. Whenever you affirm
something, your feelings react to the words you express.
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So do not make the affirmations “I do no longer want (this or
that).”
Make the affirmation: “I speak frankly”.
Always reverse the negativity: do not talk about “no pain/fear or
whichever problem you have” but formulate the positive
equivalent.
When you conclude your affirmation with the words “I trust it
will happen” or start with “I believe that”, it is a very efficient
and positive approach.
You give a lot of materializing force to your affirmation when
you start with “I love it that…”.
The subconscious takes everything literally “at heart” and it also
wants to materialize the words that are negative since it cannot
distinguish between what we do not want or what we want and it
only listens to the order as it is given. You can also compare this
part with a computer. In that sense such a processing unit is
easier to control since the computer, when a wrong command is
given, will not react or give an unwanted result, while the input
in our subconscious does not give a (direct) evident result since
it needs some time to manifest itself.
1.2.5. Last but not least : the importance of the
“Golden Rule”
Your wish has to answer to the “golden rule”, which
means that you cannot wish something for somebody else
which you do not wish for yourself, so the wish must no harm
anyone. A wish like that will materialize as well, but it will have
a boomerang effect, it will harm something or someone very
close to you. Hatred or revenge are not solved by that, but by
sending the person or the circumstance peace and harmony, by
setting them free and by redirecting your thoughts after having
sent that. In that way you yourself will find more peace and
harmony. You are what you think and when you think negative
about something or someone, this will surely show in your own
life. So you also hurt yourself when you think bad about
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1.3. Method for phrasing affirmations
1.3.1. Think about what you want
This is a very important item. You must first decide what
you want exactly. Not what someone else wishes, no
compromise between existing situations, but what you wish,
deep in your heart. When you have doubts, when your wish is
vague, continue to think about it until you are sure about what
you really want and about the – at least a minimum - of
feasibility of it. Then the phrasing of your affirmation will be
more convincing.
You can also determine what you want instead of what you
have and so define an unwanted situation, which you can then
change in its opposite, namely a wanted situation. It can be for
instance, that you feel you are being neglected in your
relationship because your partner does not take into account
what you want. You can then define precisely what it is and
write down the opposite concept, something you do want.
Refer also to the chapter on “underlying patterns”.
You can aim high, even very high, but your wish should
remain realistic, not something of which your are quite sure
that it is impossible to realize. In general you yourself can
establish whether it is a real wish for you. Still you have to try
to discover whether this wish is of any use for your personal
development. The wish can be situated in any area. You do not
have to be afraid to wish something situated in the material
area.
Do not talk about what this wish could be precisely unless
that person wishes you all the best and has a very positive
attitude (that means that you very rarely can talk about your
wishes before their realization).
Wishes can sometimes be used as a cover to get out of a
certain situation or they can hide a lack of love or be a
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be more fundamental. It is necessary that you should think
thoroughly about this phase. Do not be afraid of what you
might discover and of the real problem. Imagine that you have
accomplished your wish: does this make you happy? Does it
make you feel good? Is the motive behind it really good? Is it
something that is really yours? We must answer the question
whether something feels good for us, only for us and we are the
only ones that can give an answer. Even if objective experts
already have given us an answer. There is no absolute expertise
in the field of other people’s wishes. Nothing is impossible if it
feels good for us.
Do not ask for something that is not specific : if you wish to
have more wealth, then do not ask for a highly paid job, but ask
for what you truly want. If you want to travel, do not ask for the
money to go on a trip, but as for the trip itself. It could be that
even if your wish for money is materialized, all kinds of
obstacles prevent you from making the trip.
1.3.2. Forget what the others want
When expressing your wish forget for once totally that
one has to be altruistic, that you do not have the right to wish
exclusively what you want. Do not take the wishes of other
people into account. Just consider the following important
condition that your wish must not harm anyone to any extent.
Consequently you do not have to ask the permission of
somebody else, do not ask what he thinks about it, only ask
yourself about it. Your deepest self. You know for certain what
can be harmful for others, so you yourself are perfectly able, in
all openness, to determine what you can “stand up for” by
means of affirmations.
1.3.3. Eliminate what does not feel right
When thinking about what it is you really want and
writing it down in order to create the affirmation form, it can
be that you write something down that goes against your
feelings. When a wish does not feel right, then leave it. Feelings
are a very good standard to determine whether a wish is good
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need to link it to the feeling you need in order to realize your
wish as soon as possible. So you have to be happy when you see
what you have written down. So happy that you shout with
happiness when you image that your wish will accomplished.
When this is the case, then it is alright.
Feelings are also a good standard to measure the energy of an
affirmation. When you wish to be slim and use the affirmation :
“I am now slim” while you are looking unhappily in the mirror
thinking that you are not slim at all, that will make you feel bad
when expressing your affirmation. The energy to materialize
the affirmation will not be very high or even negative, in other
words it could even give you more of what you do not want.
This is because your conviction conquers.
That is why it is important to redirect when you are not feeling
so good, either by eliminating the underlying patterns, the
negative convictions, either by persuading and convincing
yourself of the fact that what you wish has already become true
so many times for other people, by imagining your own
affirmation and possibly by making an index card (see the 21
days index card below).
1.3.4. Reverse doubts
In the process of writing down it can happen that you are
expressing your wish, but that at that moment the following
thoughts pop up:
- Do I deserve this?
- Is it realistic ?
- I do not have enough talent for that
- I am too old for that
- I do not have enough time for that
- Shall I still be loved when I have this or when I am that?
- Won’t I lose it right away ?
And so on. Thoughts occurring to you when phrasing your
own wish are connected to the way you see things. Possibly
without you being aware about it. They show you the point you
need to “work on”. These inner resistances are good standards
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respect. Eliminating those resistances is a process that may be
more important than materializing your wish. They are in any
case a tremendous improvement. They show you what you
need to clean up on your way to developing your wish, in other
words, yourself. As we have seen before, your wish is a part of
you. It is the guide to the more complete person you can
become. The perfectness within your reach. Otherwise, I want
to repeat it, you would never have that desire. It would not
have been put inside you. Wishes are not arbitrarily put into
someone’s heart, but only if they are meant for that specific
heart.
How to do the cleaning up ? Writing an affirmation expressing
the opposite of the “thought of resistance”. For instance when
you have doubts about whether you deserve it: “I deserve (e.g.
to be love or to earn X Euros)”. Or when you wonder whether
you can still do this on your age: “Age does not matter, now is
the right moment. Or in order to erase a feeling of uncertainty:
“I always feel peaceful and calm”.
When such an affirmation provokes another thought of
resistance, in for instance the example mentioned above “I
always feel peaceful and calm” and you suddenly think “except
when X says something specific or when he gets angry”, you
have to change this into something positive for yourself: “I feel
peaceful and calm also when X says this or that”.
So, at the beginning you can, along with the new and chosen
affirmation, also write down the opposite of the convictions
hindering the accomplishment of your wish. Maybe you can put
right opposite each other. This may lead to another “cleaning
up process”. So leave enough place to write down new fears or
emotions. Then you have to make new affirmations expressing
the opposite of these fears, emotions, negative considerations.
These “provoked” affirmations have to be made until these
opposite thoughts stop popping up, until you are completely at
ease with the new positive thoughts about your wish. So that
you no longer stand in the way of your wish. Underlying
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It goes without saying that when you are expressing an
affirmation without thoughts of resistance occurring, you can
go on with it. Then you have to feel that what is in your
affirmation can become true, even more, already is true for you
and as we have seen before it important that you feel good
when expressing your wish. In that way you can really believe in
it.
So in the hypothesis mentioned above, the doubt or
scepticism arising is a reflexion of what is in our subconscious.
Doubt based on a lack of believe in one’s own possibilities, due
to situations in the past or to comparing oneself with others
instead of responding to your own unique self. So listen to your
own unique being, formed by your own unique abilities and
skills, by the completely unique form of energy of it.
So when your subconscious “protests” when you express a
wish, phrasing the affirmation is not enough. After all, we are
always the sum of all thoughts saved at some time and these
continue to produce their effects. So, there should not be any
contradiction between what you phrase as a wish and what you
think might happen. In that case you do not believe strongly
enough and it could have an opposite effect. As we have seen
before, opposite convictions neutralize each other and the
strongest conviction always conquers.
On the other hand, doubts which are in fact the non-
conformity between consciousness and subconscious, can have
an opposite effect as well, which is in fact in line with what we
said in the previous section. It can be that what you feel, that
your subconscious, your intuition tells you that it is best not to
take that new job, but another one. Still you have doubts
because you think about prestige, wages, etc. Your conscious
mind tells you that it not reasonable not to choose the well-paid
job as from the objective point of view, that job will give you
many advantages. When you do not choose the job in
accordance with your feelings and intuitions because your
reason tells you that the other one is much better, this would
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It is also a fact, even if that appears impossible at that
moment, that allowing that incredible opportunity to pass, may
create possibilities for an even better bargain. You remain true
to yourself. You being conscious of that allows you to realize
your wishes faster.
1.3.5. Make changes whenever necessary : when
your wish changes
So your phrasing always has to be identical in order to
anchor a strictly defined image in your subconscious. Thoughts
that are being expressed in one and then in another way, will
lead to a vague equivalent of which the materialization will of
course take longer or show the same vague pattern. When you
give your computer contradictory commands, it will crash at
some point.
However, you shouldn’t be too strict. Nothing stagnates. When
you have already strictly and consciously defined and phrased
your wish, but quite some time ago, you may feel that it is
necessary to adjust your wish since it has changed and then you
should do that. Thoughts in all serenity, yes, obsessive thoughts,
no. Your wish should at any time correspond, very precisely,
with what you desire in that specific phase of your existence.
That is why it is extremely important to know well in advance
what you want. However, do not change it too often or this will
confuse your subconscious.
However, when you notice that what you affirm or visualizes no
longer corresponds with what you wish to obtain, accept this
change in your desires and change, or more radically, drop that
wish. Be grateful that you became aware of it in time. In that
way you can distinguish the real from the fictitious wishes.
It can also happen that certain circumstances put your
affirmation to the test, for instance when we make an
affirmation to get more inner peace. In that way the affirmation
can maybe be strengthened or refined. What is important is
being able to recognize what hampers your affirmation. It is
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deeper and the quicker one is “put to the test”, namely
circumstances occur which we have to ignore in order to
remain focussed on what we desire. Our skills in pursuing the
faith in what we affirm will thus evolve.
1.4. Discipline when pursuing the affirmations
1.4.1. Each day
- moment : recommended in the morning and in the evening
At these moments the “distance” between our consciousness
and our subconscious is smaller and it is easier for thoughts to
penetrate into the subconscious.
This is about the so-called alpha zone, where the right half of
the brain is involved. The right hemisphere can also be reached
by meditation, autogenous training methods or by other
methods and is also addressed in the phase between sleeping
and awaking.
Making affirmations while you are quiet is also much more
efficient.
- Do not skip making affirmations during the first 21 days,
unless the wish has already been materialized, of course
As I recall, Shirly Mc Laine argued that it is a scientifically
proven fact that our subconscious needs maximum 21 days to
absorb a thought and to save it in the subconscious (refer to
chapter III, the scheme). In my own experiences, sometimes
affirmations were materialized within a couple of seconds and
sometimes it took two and a half years. However, it is my
opinion that this has been modified slightly due to the increased
vibrations number of the Earth : a couple of decennia ago, the
materializing power of affirmations was not the same as it is
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1.4.2. Do not pay attention to situations which do
not correspond with your affirmation
It is also important that in order to solve a problem, one
does not have any feelings of revenge or hatred or another
negative emotion. One should pretend not see what one sees
and try to avoid any vibration that is not positive. It is no use
trying to ignore the fact that one bears hatred, because then
you confirm this hatred. Hatred is a force just like love is: one is
attracted to whom or to what one hates. It can help to remind
oneself that the principle of harmony is always active and that it
cannot be stopped by anything, except by ourselves when we
have different thoughts.
Not seeing in your mind’s eye what your senses observe is one
of the hardest things to do. You have to deny, but without
resistance, whatever is contrary to your wish. When someone is
hostile to you, then in your mind you see a friendly person.
When your living conditions are poor, you see wealthier
conditions in your mind. As long as you allow yourself to be
stopped by clinging to the reality you see and which you deem
to be impossible to change, you take away your affirmation’s
force. Give it new power by deleting all negative thoughts ever
again, until they stop popping up and replace them with your
own wishes.
1.4.3. Be persistent until you achieve the
materialization, for years if need be
I never stopped affirming once I had started. It would not
have been possible. You choose whether you do something or
not and then you have to persevere. This is essential. When you
go for it, when you believe in it and by consequence, when you
know that only time remains between your wish and its
materialization, you keep approaching its materialization, in full
faith that your wish will come true.
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This point is where many people fail: they do not persist. The
affirmations have to be repeated, every day – at least during the
first period (3 weeks) – until they are materialized. This can
take three hours, three days or even three years. But they
always materialize, at least they always have some kind of
effect. Most people repeat the affirmations for a short period of
time and then they fail to do so, or they only do it once in a
while or they skip days. But the system does not work like that.
Only enthusiasm drives you. Do not consider affirmation to be
a tough job. Do not try to force things, this will slow you down.
Some of my most important affirmation have taken months or
even years. But they came true, every detail of it. Literally.
Totally, even when they covered a whole page. Or even those
sometimes linked to another affirmation.
You can choose a certain moment of the day to write down
your affirmations. I for instance wrote them down when I
opened my laptop in the morning on the train. It was a kind of
routine. A start of the day. It becomes a real habit so that you
do not have to think about it, you just start writing down your
affirmations. The only thing I saved on when I had a loaded
timetable was the number of times I wrote. But never on
regularity.
Making a special computer file for it, has the advantage that the
affirmation can be rewritten in the same way and that you can
protect it by password so that nobody else can read your
affirmations. When you write it on paper, be sure to hold on to
the different papers.
As we have said before, it is better that no one notices the fact
that you are making affirmations and their nature. Only people
who think exactly the same way. In other cases: the more
reticent you are, the greater the power of the affirmations.
Even if one is sure that he will persevere, suggestions of other
people and especially of people playing an important role in our
lives are not entirely without risk.
We can ask ourselves whether we have to continue or whether
we can stop after 21 days and “release” the affirmation and
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I always continued making affirmations until my wish
materialized or at least a part of it. I think that Ernest Holmes
already described at the beginning of the previous century how
a bond was being made between the wish and the thought, a
bond stronger than iron, which became stronger with each
confirmation, thus bringing the wish more and more within
reach. That convinced me to keep on making affirmations, once
I had started to do so.
In theory it is possible that one affirmation is enough to
materialize the wish. But then our faith has to be extremely
pure and strong and it should not be hampered by anything. I,
however, think that the current “constellation” of our
subconscious does not work like that and that underlying
patterns can be present.
Letting go of something sometimes appears in literature and
the Universe will realize what we entrust it with, in full
confidence about its result. I for instance have a couple of
examples of my own (in my case it were some secondary
wishes, which means that there was only little or no resistance
against them) – but the materialization will be slower when
affirmations are not constantly made.
Additionally the normal pattern of thoughts will in the
meanwhile (after the wish has been released), continue and
daily thoughts will be added, which means that what has been
“sent” can be eroded. Continuing to make affirmations will
retrieve the existing or additional patterns of resistance so that
these are visible and can be eliminated by making affirmations
until these thoughts stop popping up. It is a fact that the wish
comes true when nothing hampers its materialization.
1.4.4. Keeping affirmations for yourself
Do not mention your wish or the way you want to
achieve it to others unless they wish you the best and do not
oppose to your affirmations. It is possible that someone really
wants your wish to come true but that he in fact does not have
faith in the method you are using. By interference of minds, he
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your wish. You are the only thinker in your mind but the less
resistance, the better.
Suppose that you want more revenue, but your partner is
convinced that wealth is not meant to be for you. He or she of
course wants to have more financial resources, but inside he or
she is convinced that it is impossible. Then it is harder for you
to manifest the contrary, as you have to overcome the
negativity of your partner. People living together have closely
related auras. Unwillingly we capture and absorb thoughts of
other people. So this means that you have to take that obstacle.
But, on the other hand it can also prove to be useful. When this
is not the case, talking about it can be an additional obstacle. It
is also true that the more you keep a wish for yourself, the
bigger the energy load. By talking about it, the wish is being
“demagnetized”. The force of materialization spreads. So
concentrate your forces and keep your wishes to yourself, even
if this proves to be difficult. Once your wish has become true, it
is also advisable not to talk about it as the result is then visible.
1.4.5. Minimum number of times the affirmation
has to be used
Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, that is the
minimum. Changes are made faster when your make more
affirmations. It would not have to be like that should we have
absolute faith. Then one affirmation would do. It is my
experience that 30 times a day always gives result. But half of it
is fine as well when it feels right considering your time schedule.
Some even recommend x 30 times a day. The more, the better
of course, but you have to be able to keep that pace up.
1.5. Interference with the collective mind when
making affirmations
1.5.1. What is the collective mind?
We have already mentioned that people living together
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have common goals and make each other stronger. But as said
before sometimes their convictions about these goals may
differ. In the same way, they are a group of persons constituted
by country borders or by a common goal, urged by the same
convictions. They thus make each other many times stronger.
These convictions can be positive.
But maybe they are not. Why are we subject to a process in
which our physical body does not keep its normal form? Why
are animals subject to the same process? Why is it possible that
a group of people suffers in the same period the same kind of
health problems?
People take some collective opinions as being true, for example
that colds are caused by draught. They then become collective
convictions, of all kinds due to the fact that a massive number
of people believes them. They are very strong. So strong that
repetitive personal affirmations are necessary in order not to
succumb to them.
1.5.2. How can we protect ourselves ?
We can protect ourselves with a general affirmation of
protection or with a specific affirmation. For example in a
group, when everyone has a cold, one individual can escape
from that cold when he is convinced that he is not liable to
colds. There are many examples to protect oneself writing the
corresponding affirmations. They can be connected to those
fears against which you are not protected, according to you.
Refer to the last part.
1.5.3. The affirmation can also be used for
collectivity
As the subconscious of all individuals are connected, there
is a kind of collective and universal subconscious linking all
parallel thoughts. There is a constant manipulation. Thoughts
of peace, joy and kindness have their effects. No thought goes
back to its creator without having had its effect. Energy going
unfailingly to its destination. Thoughts of harmony for all
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As a person with kind thoughts has at that moment a stronger
energy flow than someone with negative thoughts, the persons
with harmonious thoughts already has a certain protection
against negativity. It is only when he goes along with a thought
opposed to love, that this thought can be strengthened by the
negativity sent by people on the same wavelength. At that
moment it can seem hard to get back on ones feet, away from
sadness and fears.
But as we said before: a thought comes before the feeling and
by thinking about something else, for instance a pleasant event,
a wish, positive things in general, the negative feeling can make
room for a better mood.
1.5.4. An individual’s wish, providing that it
corresponds to the universal principles of love,
kindness and peace, is favourable to us all
The Universe and everything being part of it seem to be a
combination of precisely tuned wishes. A wish stimulating your
own growth, also stimulates the whole. There is no
competition. To be aware of this, can create a deep serenity
where isolating egocentricity does not exist. It is not like that
there is not enough for everyone. There is plenty, so that
everything can be materialized by mental power. Wishes come
to us when we have the power to materialize them. They do
not come to someone else in the same way. Being convinced of
the fact that your wish is unique and that you do not have to
fight for it with someone else, but that it is also favourable to
that other person, enhances its materialization. On the
contrary, when you continuously compare yourself with others,
you can hamper your own progress.
1.5.5. When you do not know whether you wish is
good for you and for all, terminate your affirmation
with an affirmation of general welfare
It is not about the doubt within yourself, for instance
whether your wish is worth it, but about the doubt whether it is
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The question may arise whether it is a real wish, a true desire
or whether it is inspired by some negativity, for instance a kind
of rivalry or aggression. This question only arises when after
having done everything possible in combination with a long
period of affirmations, nothing seems to happen, when one
seems to be paralysed, when no changes appear to be possible.
Then you have to let go, stop focussing on it and say in full faith
and without hesitating:
“This is now solved in the most harmonious way and in the public
interest. When the wish is good for me, it will come true, if not, I
will achieve its equivalent or even something better”.
Taking into account the interest of others we can be sure that
what we do is right and this gives us peace. Peace gives more
strength to the formulated wish since doubt is no longer
present. It can be that Universe has a similar thing in mind for
you, even better, with more quality, more tuned to what you
truly desire. The kind of doubt described here differs from the
one that has to be eliminated based on other patterns within
us. Here it is about the fact that the wish may be bad for us,
without us being aware of it and not about the fact that a
negative pattern inside us should not cross our wish.
Furthermore the attitude created by the affirmation
mentioned above, will always continue to yield in the long term.
We are all part of the whole and as said before, what is good for
someone else, will be good for us. It should be stressed that our
ideas always have a – sometimes small – impact on all people.
When we tune to the universal energy, ours will be so much all-
embracing.
1.6. Interference with a third person involved in
the affirmation
1.6.1. Repetition of the “golden rule”
This refers to point 1.4.5. “Never do something to
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positive thoughts provoke similar reactions. When
affirmations are used to manipulate, to gain something of
which one knows or suspects that the third party does not
want it, the affirmation will have its effect, but it will act as a
boomerang and have a reverse effect in a field deemed to be
very important by the one making the affirmation!! Florence
Scovil Shinn writes that a woman made an affirmation to have
a certain house. She wanted that one specific house and not a
similar one, which would have been her right. The house she
wanted belonged to someone else living in it. She got what
she had wished: the man died and she could move into the
house. But it so happened that her husband died soon after
that. This real-life example quoted by Shinn has always stayed
in my memory.
That is why I think that one cannot make an affirmation to
marry a certain person when one has doubts about the fact
whether the other person wants it as well or even when one
does not know it.
Nor can you use affirmations to make a certain person love
you: this would be an attempt to limit the liberty of others. You
could use affirmations to have more love in your own life and to
increase your ability to love.
I do think that you can make an affirmation so that you have a
growing harmony with a certain person. Because this is good
for both of you. The effect will go its way.
1.6.2. Time needed for materialization
When another person is involved in the affirmation you
might get resistance by obstructions in the subconscious of that
person. It can also be that the circumstances in which the other
one lives, have to change first. For example you are looking for
the ideal partner, but that person first has to take care of his
own business or he has a relationship with someone else he or
she wants to end.
Nobody knows when a wish comes true. It depends on
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free will always exists and when the mental power of the
individual or of the parties involved focuses on another point
of interest, the materialization of the affirmation may take
longer.
But, as said before, nothing is static, unless one
intentionally chooses to continue making the choice he once
made.
Traditionally it is said that the time needed for
materialization may vary from a couple of hours to a couple
of years. A rather small wish, such as finding a parking space
at a certain place, can take little time (and it should be like
that) while obtaining a harmonious relationship, which
furthermore was really blocked, can take a long time. In that
case the affirmation has to “take effect” in the subconscious
of the person involved (see below).
In my own experience my affirmations were materialized
as soon as a couple of seconds or as late as after two and a
half years. However, it is my opinion that this may differ
slightly now as the number of vibrations of the Earths is
increasing: some decennia ago the power of materialization of
affirmations was not the same as it is now. We live in a time
where material is much more easier to “manipulate”.
It goes without saying that you cannot see what your
affirmation does in the energy field and how the parts of the
puzzle are moving, it is a matter of trust in the “law”.
We have said above that obstructions in the
subconscious of third parties – which are totally beyond our
control – may hamper or slow down the materialization.
But of course the same is true for ourselves.
That is why we paid so much attention to eliminating
those obstructions in the section “Underlying pattern”. It is a
fact that the less resistance there is in our subconscious, the
quicker a wish will come true. These two data are
proportional to each other. When there are many doubts, the
manifestation will take a long time. When there is no
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before that, strictly spoken, an affirmation only needs to be
made once when no resistance at all is present.
When resistance remains, the materialization will take a
very long time or will not take place at all. This means that
even when you follow all the rules concerning the
formulation, the number of times to formulate, the objective
belief, etc. it is always possible that your wish does not come
true or that it will take too long.
1.6.3. Building in guarantees
A special formula can be used when choosing the best way
in the knowledge that the affirmation is good for the other
person(s) implied. Also here the explanation given in the
section “a collective mind” applies.
It can happen that by using the affirmation: “this or
something better will show in accordance with the Cosmic
Law” or “I am grateful to receive this if it is in harmony with
the Universe and if it only brings good things to everyone””,
the thought is being directed correctly and that when it would
be harmful to others, which cannot always be known by the
one making the affirmation, it will not be realized in that
damaging way. A built-in guarantee, as you wish. It is very
important as one always has to direct oneself, not only to
what is good for oneself, but also to what is not harmful for
others, for anyone. An affirmation that does not respect this
and that has been realized, often does not last or it harms the
person making the affirmation in a domain not known
beforehand.
1.6.4. Distance or time are not important
Thoughts originating in Australia, can be captured in
Europe. The same invention is then created without having
communicated the concept by means of the senses. When
someone with whom you are close, thinks about you, you can
feel it. At least, you feel it in an unconscious way and that
person does not have to be with you. It is the same feeling like
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Thoughts travel faster than light and nothing can stop them.
1.6.5. Transmission without being aware of it
It is a fact that we are not always aware of having received
thoughts. It is only when we investigate our acts and our social
environment, that we know what is controlling our way of
thinking and which thoughts we have emitted.
An example is the partner who fears that the other one is no
longer interested in him or her, but fails to tell this to him or
her. However, this persons does lead the interest of the other
one in one or another direction, since these thoughts of fear are
being received by the subconscious of the other one and in that
way they can be realized. A process which occurs entirely
beyond the consciousness, the awareness of the other one.
This means that the concept of guilt, as we have already
mentioned, has to be considered in a different way. The only
guilt the partner would have is that he or she has no knowledge
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2. Why using affirmations?
2.1. For oneself
2.1.1. In order to grow
Is all this really useful ? Wishes are put into us because
their materialization is good for us, because they make us feel
good, enhance our development, make us move along. Wishes
make us feel alive. As we have said before, a tricky issue is to
know whether our wishes are really our own true wishes and
not inspired by fear or similar feelings. Examine the motive of
your wish.
Learning the affirmation technique helps us to retain the
state of happiness, to make us less susceptible to changing
moods. Affirmations can be used to feel more serene, to be
able to see the unity with others. Each step is permanently
acquired. Thanks to this technique you have the means to cope
with all kinds of situations that first appeared to be
insurmountable.
2.1.2. In order to purify and increase the energy one
has
Affirmations have the ability to undo what has been
hammered into our subconscious for years by negative
thoughts, without us being aware of it. Do not be surprised or
desperate when an affirmation does not instantly become
true. It first has to face and erase all the negative things in our
subconscious impeding the realization of the affirmation.
Furthermore, there can be a lot of obstacles around us, of
which we have no idea.
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Affirmations can block unwanted intentions : “I am in
any way protected from damaging influences of others”. This
can be useful to protect us from people stealing our energy,
mostly unconsciously, which happens more often than one
may think.
2.1.3. The future
The future is determined by our current thoughts, which
are as we have said before, embedded in our aura. When our
pattern of thoughts continues to be parallel, we can identify a
future event based on how we have created it. This means that
we have the power to change our future at any time by
changing our thoughts. Nothings remains constant, nothing
stagnates, everything is constantly evolving.
The question whether our complete course of life can be
change, in other words how much of it is predetermined, is one
of the most difficult issues. It appears to me that everything is a
result of our own choice. A choice to materialize a wish or a
choice not to materialize it, a choice not to believe that it is
possible. It is due to the lack of belief that undesired
circumstances in life occur.
Such circumstances are often referred to as “it is my
destiny”. Affirmations saying that “it always happens to me, I
am always the victim, etc.” materialize a self created so-called
“destiny”, which can at any time be changed.
Is there a general lot, a predestination ? In the sense that
no wish can be put into us without us being able to materialize
it, which also means that the capacity to do so is present and at
the same time in the sense that no wish is the same, that
everyone expresses it in a unique way, that he in fact has to do
this and that wishes never can be contradictory in respect to
both the individuality and the collectivity of individuals, there is
the predestination that wishes harmonize with each other. This
means that that wish is good for all of us. Departing from this
basic principle means that the wish will be materialized in a way
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good will. If not, there will be chaos and all kinds of negative
circumstances, including disputes.
The complete machinery is based on one fact that was
given to our consciousness. Freedom of thought. We cannot
change the law that thoughts become things, but we can use it.
Freely. Always freely, for right and for wrong.
However it is not really necessary to know how everything
works, it is even not necessary to know that it works.
Without individual choices on the one hand, the
collectivity of thoughts on the other, the different situations in
which individuals are living, are born, die, would not occur.
These conditions confirm the pattern.
Can one argue that, when one is not familiar with the
power of thoughts, he is forced to go along or to peacefully
accept the realization of his own wishes or the negativity in the
world? And that he is not the cause of a life with our without
complete self-realization? We can only answer this by saying
that also ignorance has its effects. Also ignorance is a choice.
Although currently this is being addressed more and more.
What it is about is that everyone is the only conscious
thinker in his or her life if he or she wants it and that he or she
can go beyond the unwanted circumstances. History gives us
many examples. People have managed to go from bitter
poverty, both material and spiritual, to great wealth, also both
material and spiritual, by realizing great accomplishments and
inventions, by become great leaders, be acquiring great wealth,
by all of that at the same time.
When we want another future, it is important to stop
focussing on the past. I repeat that by focussing our attention
on something, we strengthen it. We can use for instance the
following affirmation for this: “The past does not longer exist.
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It is also important that we realize that each day is a new
beginning. An eternal possibility to start again. We do not have
to carry the load of previous experiences. We have the power
to erase them when we do not want them to be part of us.
Your “lot” is in fact your mental attitude: the way you
feel, believe and think will mould your future.
2.1.4. In relation to others
Just listen to conversations: when someone says that he
always has bad luck when... or that he always has bad
relationships or that he always attracts the same type of
partner or that he is always lucky when doing this or that, etc. ,
what you hear are clusters, hard cores formed by repetition in
the subconscious and these clusters will express themselves
repeatedly and fiercely in that person’s life and they will then be
the confirmation of what he told before.
It can be useful to have a closer look at the circumstances in
which that persons lives: that is the mirror of his mental
patterns. It can help us to understand him or her better, to help
him to build up or to break down something in that respect.
When there is someone in our world, for a short or longer
period of time, it is useful to wonder why that particular person
is there. He reflects a certain aspect of us: an aspect that we
have or have not recognized before. How someone behaves in
our presence, is an answer to what is inside us. That is why no
interference between persons occurs in the same way, as it is
principally based on the emission of the thoughts and the
reaction of the other person is the answer to the emitted
thoughts. Also animals have this reaction. An animal reacts
correspondingly to the fear or kindness of human-beings. Like
the human-being, the animal also captures the thought about
him. One will for instance not have the wanted effect when one
is acting friendly while at the same time he is having negative
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2.1.5. To realize that guilt does not exist
The world around us is the reflection of our own mental
image. It is the expression of what is present in our depository
(our subconscious). The reason for this is that, as said before,
things around us are made of matter, which eventually will be
energy. That is why “matter” – any matter, also the hardest
one – can be changed as to its form and in fact it continuously
changes its form. Nothing remains unchanged, it all changes in
one way or another. Nature has no blanks and no stagnation.
Inside and outside us, there is always the “mental equivalent”.
It is important to know that matter can be changed when we
want to change it. It can be that the house we live in, the car we
drive, the relation we have, the work we do, is not what we
really want. These circumstances are a consequence of the own
creation through the power of thoughts. No one bears any guilt,
except for the person living in these circumstances. But the
wish to change these circumstances, is the motor behind
human progress.
2.2. For others
Failing to accomplish what we really want as a kind of
compromise, is not good for anyone or anything, not for us, not
for other people. It may happen that the universal scheme is
unable to put a true whish into our mind that is at same time
good for us but not good for others. It can of course be that our
true wishes are not materialized because we prefer not to
make “all those efforts” to write down affirmations, but this
means that were are stagnating or not progressing very quickly.
That is of our own free will.
2.3. For the collectivity
There have always been people whose aim it was to send
thoughts of harmony without precise addressees. With the aim
of bringing good things wherever necessary. And there are still
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But some people aim at something specific. They seek to
increase harmony in the world, so that the positive elements
would prevail. And as said before, love is more powerful than
hatred.
Also individuals can act as a group when expressing their
wishes. If a group strives for independency, they can bundle
their wishes to achieve their aim. If a group aims at peace and
another group not, the intensity, the amount of energy in one
direction or the other, will prevail. As everything on which we
focus is also present in our auras and multiplies, sending
harmony and good will to others will increase our own
positivity and thus our capacity to manifest. Hatred is
destructive and may harm our potential. Making an affirmation
for good health and hating a person at the same time, can cause
a conflict. The collectivity can take advantage of the mental
power of individuals. History has given us some examples.
2.4. To have (and recognize) the effect on all
aspects of life
Affirmations can change life much faster when we use them
than when we don’t. A wish can come true much faster. When
one does not materialize a wish (quickly) – although
affirmations always have results – it is a sign that what you wish
is not really meant to be or that you will have something better
or that it really takes that much time to achieve it (for
example when a third party is involved and when that third
party has to go through a mental process). But it is a sure fact
that your affirmations have effect, that you will achieve what
you want (much) faster and that you will achieve what you
really want instead of floating on the waves of existence. It is a
law of Nature: nothing compares to the focussed use of
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3.How to use affirmations ?
3.1. Affirming in thoughts
How converting words in reality ? The more the wish differs
from what your world shows you, the longer or stronger the
“affirmation” will have to be. Once you have found a sentence, a
formula that translates your wish completely and truly, you can
say this formulation in your head. Once or repeatedly. It goes
without saying that it is better to repeat the wish. Coué
recommends to say the affirmation repeatedly and very quickly.
In his method this was : “it passes (ça passe)”.
You can also, when formulating your wish in your head, move
your lips, which is more effective. Sometimes it is just not
possible to say your wish out loud.
3.2. Saying the affirmation out aloud
Saying the formulation out aloud is more powerful than in
thoughts; in literature we find that it is very effective to say the
affirmation out aloud before the mirror while looking yourself in
the eyes.
You can also do this in a low voice, you can do it without
stressing and it has to be done without effort of the will. As
monotone as possible Coué confirmed. However, I think that
saying a wish out aloud with enthusiasm must increase its power,
due to the tension and emotion this expresses.
You can also listen to the formulation on tape. When you let it
play at night, the affirmations go directly to the subconscious,
which increases their effectiveness.
3.3. Writing down the affirmation
Writing down the formulation is the most effective way. It is
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subconscious. As said before, thinking is less powerful, saying
your wish out aloud is more powerful and writing it down is the
most powerful way: it is a combination of visual and locomotory
aspects and it leaves something tangible.
You can save the affirmation in a computer file so that it
remains the same, because it is necessary to use always the
same text (unless you sense that another text reflects your
needs better, then you have to change it and keep to these
changes, see before).
You can write the affirmation on a card and look at it
whenever you have the opportunity (refer to the index card).
3.4. Visualizations
There is another way to make “affirmations” and that is to
visualize them. This means that you have to keep the image in
mind of what you wish, as clearly as possible while imagining
yourself in the situation that you see, that you experience. This
inevitably means that imagining the wish goes hand in hand
with emotions, with the joy one feels when seeing the fantasy
and this is a good thing. The more senses involved in the
process, the better. When it is hard to see the wish in one’s
mind’s eye, it can help to combine it with smelling and feeling
things, to see the joy on the faces of other people, to hear them
say how happy they are.
To make visualizations – a strong way to change reality quickly
– work, it goes without saying that you do not have to see the
reality in one’s mind’s eye, but the changed and wished reality
and to imagine oneself in that reality, as if it were true. As true
to life and as illustrated as possible. Concentrate this in an
image with the essentials, a picture of the results obtained.
Then you can always evoke that picture during daytime. What
one can image, can become true, as it seems that no one can
image something that cannot exist.
Here the same conditions apply as for affirmations and we wish
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- having faith in the method is required – it even makes your
wish come true faster than the mere use of affirmations; the
combination of both things is perfect
- when your faith has not yet been strengthened by proofs of
the method or are you still a bit sceptical, then you have to
concentrate on goals that are easier to achieve
- the fact that what you wish should not hurt anyone or thwart
someone else’s wish
- create a very precise image in one’s eye’s mind, an image that
can be retrieved easily
- ‘look’ at this image especially in the morning and in the
evening and try to retrieve it during daytime as many times as
possible, when you are relaxed
- do not try to unravel the way a wish becomes true
- do not waste your time on the question how long it will take,
as this reduces the power of the wish
3.5. Index card
As I recall, Shirly Mc Laine has developed a practical system.
She made an index card of her formulation, with the
affirmation on top and she drew 21 boxes referring to 21 days,
3 x 7 days (see the example at the back). Each day you make
the affirmation, you have to put a cross. You cannot skip any
day of the 21 days or all your “efforts” made before will lose
their power and you will have to start again or add days. She
based this theory on a scientifically proven fact, namely that the
subconscious requires 21 days to save something permanently,
which means that from then on the materialization will start.
The index card can also be replaced by a computer file, where
the affirmation can always be completed in exactly the same
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3.6. Various affirmations at the same time?
It is recommended to have one subject per affirmation, unless
it is a very general affirmation, aiming e.g. at success.
It appears that it is not effective, in view of the realization, to
try to solve simultaneously family problems, professional issues
and health problems. It definitely has to be avoided to put three
different formulations one after the other.
When it is about a general formulation, like the one made by
Coué, “things keep going better and better, day after day and in
every respect”, then these formulations can be combined.
However, non-specific formulas will need much more time to
materialize when one wishes to change specific circumstances.
Wait some time – one day is amply sufficient – before phrasing
specific affirmations concerning a different subject. It is my
opinion that the subconscious is able to store thoughts there
where similar thoughts have already been stored, in order to
enhance their effects. It is also true that each wish has a certain
vibration; only one vibration can be emitted at a time.
3.7. Concentration
Even if it is a fact that nice manifestations occurred when the
affirmation was rattled off, without any emotion, I feel that
concentration and immersion, which originate other similar
feelings, will speed up the materialization.
It is also recommended not to be restless or to make nervous
movements when making affirmations. A relaxed body and
mind stimulate the affirmation’s force.
As said before, an affirmation should not be made when you are
in a negative mood, for instance, when you are angry or furious
or when you are in a big hurry and make your affirmation really
quickly in order to have it all over.
When making affirmations, impatient thoughts will push away
the realization and they will confuse the aura since they reveal a
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4.What may hamper the effect of an
affirmation ?
4.1. Abstract formulation : need of accuracy
The aforementioned formula of Coué, “things keep going
better and better, day after day and in every respect”, is
fantastic, but as we said before, it will not lead (directly) to the
realization of a specific wish. The formula will accomplish what
it says and being so general it is complete and effective at the
same time because every aspect is involved in the formulation
and because the words “better and better” will neutralize any
resistance in the subconscious.
But if you want something specific, be as accurate and clear as
possible or else its accomplishment will take more time.
4.2. Contradictory phrases or contradictory
thoughts
Mind your words. When you want to travel to a certain
country, which you have mentioned exactly in your affirmation,
do not say during daytime to yourself or to someone else: I
would like to go to that country, but it will be very difficult. I try
but I really do not have the means. Etc.
Mind your thoughts.
Next to the fact that you have to be calm when thinking, saying
or writing down your affirmations, without any fear (refer to
point 3.7.), you also have to neutralize any feelings of fear and
restlessness immediately by saying: my affirmations are being
accomplished right now or X and I live in an increasing
harmony, I believe in the mental power, I am capable of doing
what others have accomplished or even better, things are like
that now, etc. … Or you will destroy the power of it partially or
even totally – you will erase the positive elements – and that
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It has to be stressed that minding your thoughts requires a lot
of discipline and a lot of mental efforts. Try to recognize your
thoughts and to abandon them immediately when they oppose
your wish.
When they keep popping up, replace those thoughts by
something that makes you happy. Apply the law of substitution.
You can only think about one thing at a time. Try not to stay
too long in a depressive mood. Think intentionally about a
positive situation in order to change your energy. When these
negative thoughts keep coming back and you do not manage to
suppress them, clear your mind by using general formulas and
by repeating “everything is working for my own good”, “chaque
homme est un maillon d’or dans la chaîne de mon bien”. Think
and even better, be convinced that what you say and feel, each
circumstance, how difficult it may seem, will eventually bring
good things for you. Do not wonder, be convinced.
4.3. Wondering how it works
Once you have made your affirmations, do not ask questions
about how they will be accomplished ! Making the affirmations
works independently and has its own growth. It is the same as
for a flower you plant: it grows automatically when you water it
from time to time (just like repeating your affirmation, possibly
in combination with visualization). When the seed is still in the
ground, it is not necessary to go and look whether it is shooting
or not, because this will slow down the growth process or even
stop it: wondering when it will come true and why it does not
happen sooner, is harmful. One thing is sure: the affirmation is
working, even at a distance. And sometimes, when one least
expects it, it will come true. And it won’t have a reduced effect,
because at that moment all resistance will have disappeared.
4.4. Resistance
A good method is to break the resistance of the subconscious,
as said in the point about the general aspect of affirmation. You
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better, always stronger, etc...”. The subconscious hears then
very clearly that a certain direction has to be chosen.
This can be important when a person is unable to stand
aloof from what he or she sees. When he sees a lack of comfort
around him and when he wants more comfort, his
consciousness can tell his subconscious that the affirmation he
made is in fact nonsense, since it is the contrary of the situation
he is living in. The subconscious will register these thoughts of
disbelieve – these are linked to conviction, which is a feeling and
to visual observation – and as a consequence there will be no
improvement. Whereas when this persons adds to the
formulation that there will be improvement, maybe slowly in
his conviction but also closer as for quantity, time and intensity,
his subconscious will react correspondingly.
So add to your formulation, next to the inversion of your
limitative convictions, in order to avoid resistance, that what
you wish will happen in a way that is “always more, always
more intense, more often, quicker, etc.”. We often know that
when making affirmations we deny reality, but the mere fact of
knowing this, leads to it that what we consider to be reality
happens faster than what we formulated in the affirmation. This
is due to the fact that what we know at the back of our mind,
goes hand in hand with a stronger emotion or to the fact that
we have more faith in that reality than in the affirmation.
Emotionally charged affirmations tend to materialize quicker,
as we said before. In order to erase resistance you can also
make the following affirmation: “I leave this to the law of the
mental power, which attracts everything necessary to realize
my wish”.
4.5. Doubts
Having doubts about whether your wish will come true is what
hampers the materialization of a wish or stops the creative
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obstacle, which may arise when the result of the affirmation is
delayed.
When such a thought occurs, make an affirmation to
cancel that thought and replace it by the affirmation. Always
remember that you are using a law of Nature. You can for
instance make an affirmation that you leave the materialization
of your wish to the law of mental power, since it knows the
perfect solution for your worries, for the realization you wish to
accomplish. You can add to it that you will recognize that
perfect solution and react to it.
Also very pressing affirmations making use of your will,
may give the signal that you have some doubts about the
outcome of the affirmation. Will is not appropriate here, quiet
conviction is.
4.6. A negative mood, a lack of faith
It helps to realize your affirmation quicker when you are happy,
especially when making your affirmations. When you have a
depressive mood, your energy is negative and you cannot be a
magnet for the positive elements you want to attract. At that
moment you keep these positive elements at a distance. Try to
attract positive energy by having high hopes, by being happy
and then you are ready to receive it.
Your energy condition attracts similar energy. Also this
conversion will require your attention.
Examine your mood and change your mood, or in other
words your vibration, by changing your thoughts.
Examine the amount of faith you have and if necessary
make an affirmation to increase your faith. Faith is essential. If
possible, do things in the direction of your wish in order to show
your faith.
4.7. Disability to forgive and resentment
Being unable to forgive makes people unhappy, steals energy
away from us and more important, it ties us to those whom we
do not want to forgive. We are bound by love, but also by
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people, which are stronger than steel. Hatred can hamper the
materialization of affirmations.
For your own progress: ask yourself whether there is
someone you haven’t forgiven and talk about it with that
person, at least in your own mind. Try to forgive: if you fail to
do this (immediately) and as we said before, you do not have to
blame yourself for this, because you cannot force this, then try
to say: I set you free. Or write it down in affirmations. Because
as long as there is a bond of hatred, love cannot come into your
live as you would wish.
As long as we have resentment and we cherish the idea
that our resentment is justified, we harm ourselves, sometimes
even more than what caused the resentment. Hearing this may
cause resistance, but it does not imply that the behaviour of the
other one is approached with kindness or even with some kind
of approval, we only said that the rule is that what gets your
attention, becomes larger. Larger inside yourself, larger in your
own life. There is no room for two things at the same time.
We are not always able to identify (immediately) the cause
of the circumstances occurring in our lives. What we can do, is
to stop feeding the thought of guilt and to accept, affirm, that
what happened to us, will finally be good for us. Approaching
this in such a way means that your new thoughts will bring you
better conditions and that you will (eventually) benefit from
this situation in the form of personal development, love or
wealth in your life. The formula of “being good for you” can
come true whenever it is necessary.
Forgive yourself in particular and examine your thoughts
to see whether there are no feelings of guilt left, since this may
make you very unhappy and hamper your growth. Feelings of
guilt accumulate inside you. They bring you less love and by
consequence you will meet less love in your life.
When you forgive yourself, then it is immediately forgiven
in the absolute, in the collective mind. This means that you are
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terminology. You are then your own guardian of your ‘karma”,
to use this term with its many meanings.
What is called karma is in fact nothing more than an unsolved
programme, which hunts you until you have erased it by
replacing it, so that it is deleted, by having accepted and
abandoned it. But each judgement or prejudice, criticism, in
short each negative thought in the present creates a new karma
because it is able to install a new programme.
That is why being happy is: not building up karma. Everything
that doesn’t feel right, is karma. Living in the present in a way
that feels good is the best you can do to avoid installing new
programmes. Being skilled in feeling good today gives us better
skills to feel good tomorrow.
4.8. A lack of gratitude for what you have
When you are thankful for your current situation, you create
space for new things. By thanking you accept what you have,
you accept yourself, you do not have resistance against what
already exists and you do not strengthen it. You know that this
is the result of what you created before. You thus express your
conviction that you know that and how it was realized. By doing
so you remove the obstacles to realize more wishes.
Affirmations starting with an expression of gratitude for
what one asks, are the most powerful ones. They bring you in a
certain state of susceptibility and positive energy. Also ending
the affirmation with thanks for what one received, is very
powerful.
4.9. Letting go
This arises from the preceding paragraph, it also means that
one commits his wish to the power of materialization without
trying to control it, without trying to force it in any way; when
thanking for the ongoing materialization, you do not have to be
concerned about it and you can leave it to the Universe, which
has its own laws of manifestation. Exactly according to the
instructions of your mind. Until you make other affirmations.
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about the time needed to realize your wish, have to be
abandoned.
It is also easier to let go when you know that there is no
reason for concern. There are thousands of channels the
conscious mind is not able to think about and which can still
bring you what you asked.
4.10. The will
Even if we have talked about this before, it is approached
separately here. The will combined with efforts and thus
tension must not play a part : the will is not capable to convince
the subconscious, this has to be done by imprinting the
“instructions” gently, without stress.
Trying to make the affirmations more “powerful” by using your
will can harm the effects or even destroy them completely.
When you want to get rid of your sleeping problems with the
formula “I want to sleep”, this will most probably not be
achieved. This forced expression causes inner resistance in the
subconscious. When you want to use your will to suppress your
stammering, you will not stammer less, but by putting
emphasis on it, you may make it worse.

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II. ON YOUR WAY TO PRACTICE: a
summary of some essentials
CREATE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE
The first part contains a description of the technique and
a short explanation. Here we want to recall some important
aspects.
Virtually nobody has perfect control of the technique of
making affirmations. Start with wishes that are within easy
reach for you and with short periods of time. But do not forget
to say a general formula, like the one of Coué, every day. Next
to this you can make an affirmation about one of your big
dreams. Part III gives you some examples of affirmations and
visualizations.
VALUABLE TIME
Time spent on affirmations is extremely well spent time;
ten minutes per day can accomplish quite a lot, can reverse
years of negative thoughts.
We often think about things that are not so positive : this
has to be countered ! Since scientists say that we have about
60.000 thoughts every day and that we do not control all of
them in a conscious way. By replacing the negative ones
immediately by positive ones, our feeling has given us the
means to do so.
OUR FEELING IS THE TOUCHSTONE
When we are not feeling well, we need to replace our
thoughts. This is the test. When you are in a good mood, this
means that what you are thinking and by consequence what
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YOU CAN CHANGE ANY FEELING WITH A
THOUGHT
This is very important. When you are sad, you can think
about something else right away and make your sadness
disappear. It is impossible to about a nice experience and be sad
at the same time. The power to control this, gives you the key
to cope with depressive feelings. To avoid that you drown in
grief. To stop being afraid of melancholy. With a lot of practice
you will soon be able to replace sad thoughts by joy. Do not give
up when you have a setback, when it does not work right away.
Each skill requires exercising. Ever again. No one can do this
right away. We must not judge ourselves, we just have to
observe how we are doing and be conscious.
CONSCIOUSNESS
This is the centre of it all. Your consciousness makes you
realize, examine, know which thoughts you have and by
consequence why you act, with all the corresponding feelings
involved. Often you will automatically slip into thinking without
control. The more often you examine what you are thinking,
the more often you will remind yourself to do this.
IT IS OUR ONLY KEY
But also the most difficult one. It is much easier to float
on the course of life, on the rhythm of conversations, on what
your way of thinking brings you. To go along. This can be good.
Daydreaming is good, provided that it are good daydreams.
When you know it and accept them. Then you can only get
more good moments.

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