Why Affirmations (don’t?) Work
AFFIRMATIONS AND THE SUB CONSCIOUS MIND
People today are spending a lot of time and money on Affirmations. Yet they find that despite all their efforts they do not seem to manifest many of their Affirmations. Especially those which relate to money and wealth.
One of the main reasons for their Affirmations not appearing to work is that the sub-conscious mind over-rides even the most fervent Affirmations. The reason is that the sub-conscious mind does not in any way discriminate what goes into it, it just keeps soaking up information rather like a sponge.
Unfortunately, many of us from birth have been programmed to believe that money is scarce. I am sure everyone reading this will have heard or worse been told things like “money doesn’t grown on trees”. That the love of money is the root of all evil. There are many sayings along these lines and I am sure you can all think of more.
So what is happening on the sub-conscious level? All that negative information is going into it, it’s not judging one single word and as a result you, without even realizing what is happening, are programmed to believe that money is scare, evil or any other negative connotation attached to money.
The result is that when you make your Affirmations regarding wealth, abundance, riches, whatever you use, the sub-conscious mind kicks in and over-rides all your positive thoughts. For it has been deeply ingrained into it that in some way or another, you really do not want money. All the negatives come into play here. All those negative things you have been told about money which are buried in your sub-conscious mind cause your Affirmations to remain unfullfilled. It is what is known as “the poverty mind-set”
You may say, I don’t have a poverty mind-set. I really would love to be wealthy. But until you re-program your sub-conscious on a daily basis to rid it of the negative programming, your desires will remain unfullfilled.
The sub-conscious, as I have said, doesn’t judge or discriminate, it just absorbs everything which is sees, hears and reads. As it has been doing this from birth, some experts say even pre-natal, that is one whole lot of negative programming.
The only way to start to manifest Abundance Affirmations is to start to re-program the sub-conscious mind. It takes time and persistence to re-program the sub-conscious mind but it can be done. First and foremost be grateful for what you have now. Giving thanks in whatever way is appropriate to you, is the first step towards re-programming the sub-conscious mind. Every day without fail be grateful for everything, even the smallest seemingly unimportant things, don’t miss anything at all.
It doesn’t matter how bad your current circumstances are, you can I am sure find something to be grateful for, even if it’s just waking up each day. Look around, open you eyes and your heart, start to re-program your sub-conscious mind and direct it towards gratitude.
By being grateful for what we already have is one of the fastest ways to re-program the sub-conscious mind. If this sounds Pollyannerish, well try it and see. Once you implant thoughts of gratitude, you mind will at the deepest cellular level start to attune to Abundance.
Your sub-conscious mind is very very powerful, it is the driving force for your whole existence. So make sure you start today to re-program it and you will soon start to see positive changes happening in your life.
