Affirming
Definitions: (1) asserting conclusively; (2) confirming with reasonable proof; (3) making a positive statement; validating
Synonyms: assertive, asseverative, assuring, aver, avouching, declarative, pronouncing, ratifying
Quotes:
I will act as if I make a difference.
— William James (1842-1910) American Psychologist and Philosopher
An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.
— Shakti Gawain (1948 – ) American Inspirational Author
Affirmations:
I am (name your desired quality), and I am growing in understanding of (this quality) as I continue to live it.
I am a lovable person. I have the right to say “no” to people without losing their love.
— Leonard Orr (1938 – ) American Teacher
Observation:
You can read your environment, it is giving you feedback. I used to think that Indians used to think <Oh, there goes a crow. That means something.> Now, I know, from my own experience, that when I’m thinking something, what I see – the crow – shows up to affirm my thought while I’m thinking about it.
— Jerry Downs (1949 – ) American Artist
Tips:
• Affirmations help you stay focused on the positive.
• The key to affirmations is to let your higher self, your cosmic identity, do the talking. Transfer the seat of consciousness from the ego-self to your soul-self.
Suggestions:
Applying the technique of autosuggestion to affirmations:
- Write each affirmation ten to twenty times.
- Work with one or more affirmation every day until they become part of your consciousness: at the start of the day, just before bed, whenever you feel the need.
- Record your affirmations on tape multiple times and play them back to yourself.
- Make a list of your most meaningful affirmations.
- Put specific names and situations into your affirmations.
- Make your affirmation personal and invent new ones.
- Say the affirmations in the first, second, and third persons.
— Adapted from The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder (1927 – )
Symbols: 1) the column; 2) yes [nodding the head up and down]