Affirmations, Food for the soul.

Affirmations are like gentle breaths of truth that we invite into our lives, guiding our intentions through the subtle currents of thought. As a modality for healing, affirmations resonate with the ethereal qualities of air—carrying our aspirations and desires through vibrations of thought into reality. Spoken words are waves, prompted by the energies of our intentions; and those intentions stem from the boundless space of the soul. To affirm something is to declare its presence and nurture its sincerity, even amidst life’s challenges. Each thought, consciously or unconsciously, shapes our path, directing us toward a chosen reality.

As the saying goes, “We are what we think,” for our minds create ripples that shape our experience beyond what we can physically perceive. Our thoughts carry power, influencing even our physical health and well-being. While we may embody what we think consciously, we are also much more—layers of habit, emotion, and response gathered through lifetimes of experiences in our subconscious mind. Affirmations bring clarity to these unseen spaces, harmonizing our higher intentions with our subconscious self.

Methods For Using Affirmations

Affirmations help us realign with our essential truths, guiding our mental, emotional, and physical well-being back to balance. By using affirmations daily, we can elevate our thoughts and actions to support our life’s intentions. Whether practiced upon awakening or before sleep, affirmations can become powerful anchors, helping us to stay focused on our goals and aspirations.

Positive affirmations can shift our mindset from negative to positive in moments, and over time, these shifts grow into lasting transformation. It is suggested to repeat affirmations two to four times a day, focusing on the reality they bring. Thoughts evolve into actions, and actions shape reality. Choose affirmations that resonate deeply and absorb their essence with each repetition. Craft your own or select from the examples below—either way, choose words that you feel wholeheartedly.

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•        Sit facing north or east.

•        Close your eyes and focus on your highest self. Keep spine erect, chest high, abdomen in.

•        Take a deep breath and exhale it, three times.

•        Relax the body and keep it at peace.

•        Empty the mind of all agitated thoughts and lovingly release its attention from bodily sensations.

•        Direct your attention away from concerns and worry. Recognize and trust that Source is all-powerful.

•       Place awareness on the thought that all states of consciousness are changeable vibrational energies.

•        When done, take deep breaths, and soak up the positive energy!

Repeat affirmations loudly at first, to command the full attention of your conscious mind. Then repeat it softly and more slowly, to absorb more deeply the meaning of the words until your voice becomes a whisper, carrying the meaning down into the subconscious. Repeat them again, silently, to deepen your absorption of them at the subconscious level. Then gradually affirm it mentally only, without moving the tongue or the lips, until you feel that you have attained deep, unbroken concentration, not unconsciousness, but a profound continuity of uninterrupted thought. If you continue with your mental affirmation, and go still deeper, you may feel a sense of increasing joy and peace. Affirmations should be repeated in such a way as to lift the consciousness toward super consciousness. By repeated affirmation, you may strengthen, and, later, spiritualize your awareness on any quality you may choose to develop.

To cultivate faith and peace in Source, free the mind, satisfying it with love and light. Willpower itself is a combination of energy and feeling, directed toward fulfillment. Many developments are involved between the planting of the affirmation seed and its culmination. All situations of its development must be achieved to create the desired outcome. The affirmation plant must be a living one. Set free from the shortcomings of disbelief, distraction, or impatience; it ought to be sown in the heart and mind with dedication, a soil rich with harmony and intensity, and watered with pure, limitless repetition.

Though there is no trick to resolving every aspect of one’s life, however, affirmations may be the nearest thing to it. Affirmations are far more than words and expressions one says to make themselves feel better in the moment. Repeating the correct affirmations has the power to transform the way an individual thinks, and eventually, even their life as they know it.

Harnessing the Power of Affirmation

Just as air flows freely, affirmations allow our intentions to move without the constraints of disbelief or impatience. Nurture these intentions with dedication and presence, allowing them to take form in the fertile ground of the mind. By planting each affirmation like a seed, we can trust it will grow and evolve.

Though affirmations aren’t a solution to every challenge, they are among the most powerful tools available. More than mere words, they carry the ability to reframe thoughts, redirect patterns, and eventually transform one’s perspective. With the ease and fluidity of air, affirmations gently uplift our lives, connecting us to the potential of our highest selves.