by Anne Marie Evers "How do I change my life? Why am I so unhappy? Why can't I meet my special life partner? Why does everything seem so hopeless?" These questions can be answered in a single sentence: You must become aware of, awaken to, and use the wondrous, creative inner God-power.
You have one mind with two characteristics. The conscious mind is your objective, or waking, mind, and the subconscious mind is your subjective, or sleeping, mind. The sleeping giant is your subconscious mind, which is a part of God's mind and, as such, has all power and knowledge and is always present.
The process I use to activate this wondrous power is what I call the Personal Contract Affirmation Method. This method consists of four cornerstones: affirmations, thoughts and mind power, forgiveness, and creative visualization utilizing the five senses. The goal, wish, or affirmation is stated via the conscious mind.
Affirmations are similar to prayers, wishes, or goals, only they are more structured and specific. To affirm is to make firm. Simply put, the basis of all affirmations is positive thinking. The process of doing affirmations is similar to planting a garden. By way of an example, let's say that you desire that special person in your life.
The Procedure
1) Prepare the soil of your subconscious mind by forgiving everyone and everything that has ever hurt you. Then forgive yourself and affirm, "I (your name) now love, respect, and approve of myself just the way I am."
2) Select and plant the seed. The seed is your master affirmation, goal, or wish. Your master affirmation is your order to the universe. Make it specific, colorful, exciting, and individual. To make your written master affirmation, place a sketch of your desired mate and yourself at the top center of the page, date it, and then write:
"I, (your name) deserve and now have a loving, lasting, happy relationship or marriage with the perfect person for me. He or she is _____________ (take as much space as you need to describe the person). We are happy to the good of all parties concerned. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
3) Water and fertilize the seed. First, jot down your short-form affirmation (three or four key words from your master affirmation, such as "loving, happy relationship") three or four times on a separate piece of paper. Then, in your mind, jump ahead several weeks or months, using creative visualization to "experience" the desired event taking place. Bring in the five physical senses: See the person (the outline is sufficient) and hear him or her saying, "(your name), I love you." Feel that person's arms around you and smell his cologne or her perfume. If you cannot taste a kiss, take a drink of sparkling water or bite into a juicy apple to complete the five senses.
Place the date on the upper right corner of your master affirmation. Below it, write, "I, (your name) now fully accept this affirmation." This now becomes a legal, binding contract with yourself, your subconscious mind, and God. Like a check, an affirmation is worthless unless it is dated and signed.
Check your master affirmation
Does it contain the three Ps (personal, positive, and present tense)? Is it designed not to hurt or take from anyone? Is there at least a fifty percent "believability factor" that it can manifest? Did you have fun? Did you say, "to the good of all parties concerned"? Did you say and really feel that you deserve what you are affirming? It is so important to add the word "deserve," with feeling and emotion, to your affirmation. If you don't, you could be hindering the manifestation of your desire.
When you affirm for that loving, happy relationship or marriage, use the color pink, as pink represents love. You could use white paper and add splashes of pink hearts. Color wakes up and excites the subconscious mind and speeds up the manifestation of your affirmation. Some people put symbols on their master affirmations, such as hearts, dollar signs, or happy faces.
Thoughts and the Power of Mind
Another important part of the Personal Contract Affirmation Method is using thoughts and the power of the mind. Thoughts are things, and they are powerful. What you think about, you bring about, and like attracts like through the law of attraction, which says, What you are seeking is seeking you, and more gathers more. I liken the conscious mind to the captain of a ship who gives the orders to the crew, which is the subconscious mind. The crew carries out the captain's orders immediately and without question.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is also a very essential part of this method. If you do not forgive, your Personal Contract Affirmation Method will not be successful. Forgiveness heals even the deepest of wounds.
It is a choice to forgive, and it is also a choice not to forgive. When you do not forgive, you only hurt yourself. The other person could be off eating an ice cream cone, at a picture show, or making love. They are not the least bit concerned about the fact that you are mad or angry with them, or they may not even know that you are upset. Who is suffering?
Creative Visualization
Next, creative visualization is an integral part of this method. Creative visualization is a method of creating and picturing in your mind. The more detailed and vivid the picture, the quicker the manifestation. It is important to bring in the five physical senses when visualizing.
This is a powerful, highly successful, powerful method, and comes with a warning: You must never hurt or take from anyone, and what you are affirming must be to the good of all.
Don't become discouraged
Be patient and persistent. Do not become discouraged; just know that your desire, goal, or affirmation will manifest as affirmed. The seed you planted in the rich, fertile soil of your subconscious mind may not be ready to be harvested. Never concern yourself with the modus operandi. You know the "what," and God knows the "how." Have and maintain an attitude of gratitude, belief, and acceptance. You already have that perfect, lasting, successful relationship or marriage; it just has not happened yet!
Refrain from doing improper affirmations. One woman was doing the Personal Contract Affirmation Method and complained that it was not working for her. She had been doing the same master affirmation for a happy marriage for the past seven months.
Affirmations, when properly done, always work.
I checked her affirmation, and discovered that she had affirmed that she and John Smith were happily married. I asked her who John Smith was. "Oh," she said, "he is married to an acquaintance of mine, but they are not happy." I told her that this was an improper affirmation for two reasons: (a) She was affirming or ordering up a certain person (this could be against his will), and (b) She was affirming to hurt or take from someone (John's wife and family).
She realized her error and changed her affirmation to read, "I, (her name), deserve to be and now am happily married. " Three months later, John was transferred down east. Five months ago, she met the perfect man for her, and they are now engaged to be married. She is so happy that she learned that affirmations, when properly done, always work!
Use the same procedure when affirming for that perfect, lasting, successful career. When doing your career master affirmation, be certain to add the word "lasting." One woman omitted that word and secured the perfect career for her, but it only lasted six months. Also be sure to designate "net" or "gross" when affirming for that perfect career:
"I, (your name), deserve and now have the perfect, lasting, successful business for me, where I earn in excess of $_______ (net or gross). I am happy and fulfilled to the good of all parties concerned. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
One reader did an affirmation for increased business. He specified a certain amount, and his affirmation manifested exactly as he affirmed. He was disappointed because it was in the gross amount, and when he deducted his expenses, the net was considerably less than he anticipated.
When doing your career master affirmation, use green paper, or else white paper to which you've added splashes of green or dollar signs. When affirming for health, use blue paper, and happy faces or whatever your higher self suggests.
Saturation Process
Another procedure to use if you have a very pressing, important issue is to do the saturation process. Write your short form affirmation 77 times for seven consecutive days. For marriage, you might write, "happily married." This process can be intensified even further if you take one day off after your first full week, beginning another seven-day cycle on the ninth day, and so on until seven seven-day cycles have been completed.
One woman did this procedure, posting the short form affirmations all over her apartment, on mirrors, in the bathroom, on the dresser, in drawers, on the fridge, and just everywhere. Upon completion of the complete set of saturation affirmations, she met the man of her dreams. She called me from Hawaii last week and said that she was having a wonderful time with her perfect, affirmed husband. She says he was worth all the work she did and advises anyone desiring a happy relationship or marriage to do the same process. "It really works," she says, adding, "Be certain to say 'Thank you' three times to God for your miracle. Oh, yes, most of all, have fun!"
These simple, effective techniques have proven powerful at bringing excellent, welcome results. All you need do is take action. Happy affirming!
Anne Marie has written four books on affirmations and designed a set of cards called the Cards of Life. A freelance writer, she conducts workshops and seminars and appears on numerous talk shows. For information and a copy of her latest book and cards, write to 4559 Underwood Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. V7K 2S3, Canada (604) 988-9907 or e-mail:annmarie@portal.ca.
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