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Repeating affirmations
What you verbalize will eventually
materialize. You have the power to talk
aspects of your reality into existence.
Don’t underestimate the power of affirmations. Affirmations are positive
statements that describe what you wish to achieve. Simply saying something
over and over again, with great conviction, creates a belief deep in our
subconscious that this statement is true.
It’s visible in everyday society. We’re fed certain notions about the world and
they’re repeated over and over again. For example, a mother who constantly tells
her child that they’re shy will reinforce this idea in the child’s head. The child
may not actually feel shy. But, through repetition of this idea, the child might
start to believe it. Consequently, the child may grow up to be shy – the mother’s
words become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Once again, this leads me to stress the importance of surrounding yourself with
people who are feeding you empowering thoughts. This isn’t to say that you
should only keep friends who say nice things about you. But it does mean that
you should pick people who are supportive, not destructive.
If you keep on being told you can’t do
something, you’ll believe you can’t.

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Repeating affirmations is a conscious process. It’s the act of sending instructions
to your subconscious mind. Once these beliefs are planted, your subconscious
mind will do everything it can to bring these ideas into fruition. It’s like writing
instructions into a computer program to carry out a process for you. Once the
lines of code are in, the program can run automatically to bring the desired
result.
From personal experience, reciting statements that I simply cannot trick myself
into believing doesn’t work effectively. Going back to my example about
changing beliefs, I couldn’t just tell myself that I could change my future and do
big things. I had to find 
proof
to challenge my old beliefs rationally.
The same thing should be done before affirming ideas, so that these statements
aren’t rejected. This is a much more effective way to use affirmations. Adding
substance to affirmations before you repeat them gives them greater power.
Maintaining a high vibration is important throughout life, and I find that if you
can say your affirmations during a period when you’re feeling good, they’ll have
greater momentum; though repeating affirmations can raise your vibration
whatever your mood. Saying something out loud like you really mean it can
completely change your state.
Affirmations should be in your own words. Say them in your voice, as if you’re
telling facts to a friend. Only repeat positive statements – don’t recite what you
don’t want. What we resist often persists, because the energy we exude in
avoiding it is also returned to us. So, for example, you might say, ‘I have great
confidence in everything I do,’ rather than, ‘I am not nervous anymore.’ And
affirmations should be spoken in the present tense.
When you act as if the goal is already the
truth, your subconscious mind believes
that it is and acts accordingly.
The amount of time you spend on your affirmations is entirely up to you.
Anything between two and five minutes a day is reasonable. However,
emotional investment is more important than duration, so say them like you
mean them.

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