Tips for Using Affirmations Effectively

Many years ago in France a man named Emile Coue came up with an idea which was different for the time. His idea was that if you repeated something (like a phrase) to yourself often enough, you could bring about personal change. No one had ever come up with such an original thought as this before Coue.

You probably have heard of Coue’s short, famous phrase:

Every day, in every way I m getting better and better.

For some reason people began to recite this phrase and it seemed to work. But of course, neither Coue nor anyone else had any real idea of why it might work. People just began saying these few words and the phrase eventually became famous.

Apparently, Coue had invented what today we call Affirmations. They are a short phrase or sentence which “affirms” what we want to occur.

Are Affirmations effective?

Yes, Affirmations do work. Virtually every self-help program or method extant today uses Affirmations. Some call it by a different name, but they are in the end all just Affirmations. Today, a large proportion of the population has apparently heard of Affirmations and many use this technique.

Why Affirmations do work.

(1) The more determined you are to make your changes, the better they work.

(2) Then, the more you are prepared to accept those desired changes, the more effective Affirmations are.

(3) When change actually happens you should be prepared to accept it and let go of the past..

The more closely you follow these three steps, the better your Affirmations wlll work Being willing to accept change is a big part of making Affirmations come to pass. Your success is, as they say, up to you.

There is a reasonable reason for Affirmation success.

Those who study Affirmations, indicate that the subconscious mind is the key. We all have a subconscious mind, of course, and it is powerful.

When we say (and think) that an Affirmation is true, we are forcing our subconscious to make a choice — will it accept or resist the Affirmation?

Eventually, the subconscious will accept what you are saying to it. Dont be surprised if it takes awhile. Your subconscious may not agree with you at first blush because it is zeroed in on your past beliefs. Some of these past beliefs may have been installed by your parents when you were very young. These early beliefs are often difficult to overcome.

Although, if you subconsciously believed all along in what you said in your Affirmation, things could change quickly. That’s what happens when some people say that the change was miraculous.

Affirmations will reprogram your belief system. This is what leads to change. Once resistance is broken, your subconscious is able to re-examine your core beliefs and patterns. The effect of this reprogramming can be startling and things can change very quickly as dysfunctional beliefs get identified and replaced by your own new inner truth.

Because Affirmations reprogram your thought patterns, they actually change the way you think and feel about things. Because you have replaced dysfunctional beliefs with your own new positive beliefs, positive change comes easily and more naturally

A new computer program is reputed to be useful when it comes to Affirmations and making your changes. This program will run on your computer. The author claims it takes but 10 minutes a day to become effective.

This article’s scope does not encompass more details than those given above. To go into detail would require writing a very long piece about computers and the mind, which we do not want to do here.

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