Understanding Affirmations - by Chris Jackson

An affirmation is a spoken or thought phrase that harmonises your energy field and thus evokes feelings of well being.

This really is the idea, you repeat a phrase that you find uplifting repeatedly until the reality of that statement becomes grounded in your physical world.

An affirmations job is to evoke positive feelings in you, to uplift you, or shift you into a more positive and hopeful state of being at which point the Law Of Attraction (Like attracts like) sets to work mirroring, affirming and confirming that you are indeed absolutely right to feel so hopeful and optimistic.

The key is choosing the right affirmations for you, ones that really evoke feelings of well being and thus “work”.

For example lets say you are feeling fearful over perceived dire financial circumstances and affirming that “I am now wealthy beyond measure and my debts will be paid miraculously within this week” you are unlikely to see many positive results because this affirmation is almost certainly well beyond your current rational belief system.
Basically, no matter how many times you affirm the above you will be inwardly thinking and thus feeling “yer right” which means that you or your energy field will be vibrating in the “yer right” frequency of negativity rather than in a positive state of expecting the affirmed results. You can recognise this by how you feel.

Time for a tune up…
Breathe, relax, pause and gently ask inwardly for the optimum affirmation to become conscious for you…

Using the above example this might require a selection of affirmations such as these.

“I am safe”
“Opportunities are everywhere, something will turn up”
“Every problem is an opportunity for growth and evolution”
“Lots of people have overcome similar problems, so will I”
“I am focused solely upon solutions to my problems”
“I am fully supported in finding solutions to all my problems”
“In time I will look back at this and laugh” etc

Only you really know what works for you its just a case of trying different affirmations until you begin to feel more optimistic. Trust yourself. Then after awhile try new ones that may bring even greater feelings of hope and well being. Stick with it, keep practising shifting yourself into feelings of well being make it a habit, why settle for less?

“I am safe” can be a great starting point for any fearful situation. The greater wiser you (higher self, divine self, inner being – any name you are comfortable with) simply knows this to be true even if you are dying (for we are eternal beings). We are always safe, its simply that we often don’t feel safe.

Yes, life may not have turned out quite as you might have wished but things are nonetheless as they are and once you can accept them as such and cease pushing against them you will feel some shift (however small – its a start) towards greater hope and well being.

Another form of affirmation that can be very powerful is to start phrases with “What would it be like if…” In this form you are visualising a desired set of circumstances and feeling positive thoughts in response.

What would it be like if I could be, do or have anything I desired…”