Make Your Life Better Through Positive Affirmations

By Chris C Collins

For a moment I want you to imagine that you can have anything. Can you see how wonderful it would be? I don't mean picture it and then say to yourself, "yea right". Genuinely place the thought that your desires are going to be met in your mind. Once you gain this belief in your brain, you are well on your way to turning your life around for the better. This is not magic nor mumbo jumbo, what I propose is convincing your brain you have the skills to be a winner. Once you can actually believe it things, start coming around for you. Things will get better, and you can place all of the praise for this miraculous change upon your own shoulders. Your confidence will build, for the first time you can become truly honest with yourself and begin to know yourself more than you ever did before. I did not make this discovery there are many other articles and concepts that report many of these same facts. However I developed my own creative approach to this method after discovering it for myself nearly by accident. The changes it has made for me have been astounding.

You may read this, and claim this is an impossible feat. That there is no way that you can make anything better than you have right now. At least not without hard work and so many struggles you will barely be able to handle it. The latter part of these comments has a partial truth. However if you are ready to convince yourself you cannot make a positive change in yourself, you may want to stop reading now. This is not an advertisement nor a fallacy and if you choose to read on, I suggest you place your total confidence in these words. The reason for this is simple, this will begin to force your mind to comprehend you are ready to change.

Here is the only mysticism you are going to find in this article. Your brain has enormous power and once you channel it correctly to believe in yourself, the positive changes you can make in your life are tremendous. So you might ask to yourself why everyone is not rich, famous and happily ever after? The reason is actually quite plain, our education system, our lives, are traditions are based on placing ourselves in a particular place. Some rise to a comfortable plateau and stay there. Others take much longer to gain a comfortability and are much to tired once they reach where they are going.

Believe me, I have been in a rut so long I wondered if I would ever begin to come out. Even now I still am making changes. However mark my words I have been able to take many remarkable steps too making my life better. First of all a simple interest in Hypnosis and NLP(Neuro Linguistic Programming) began to take root several years ago. To make positive changes, to learn new skills and simply because they are cool. In the beginning I would listen to a few hypnosis tapes, and skim texts. I learned quite a bit, and learned these are both very viable techniques in making positive changes in your life. Let me tell you without a doubt, I have never slept more peacefully than the night I fell asleep while listening to my first hypnosis tape.

Through research and discovery I began to learn what hypnosis really was, and how it helped you. NLP is a technique to reprogramming your brain. It is based on theories such as that your brain may actually be wired wrong, and how to rewire it. I have learned through experimentation that NLP is as authentic as Hypnosis for a more healthy mind. Hypnosis can be used for fun and treatment. NLP can be used to improve a healthy brain, but is often used in cases where the brain is not working correctly. In these cases NLP is usually the way to go. Your cerebral control is not working correctly and NLP can teach you to live more healthy and control your brain. At the same time I began thinking, there are links between the two that are undeniable. Both of these practices have some of these common factors:

1) You have to have a comfortable belief that these practices are real and can work.

2) Hypnotists take you on a journey and plant seeds, but your brain does all the work. NLP teaches your brain to focus, yet your brain restructures itself.

3) Both are based on Positive Affirmations that you plant within yourself.

Then a light bulb went off in my head, Positive Affirmations. Could it be that simple, that strong Positive Affirmations from your conscious to sub conscious mind can help you gain your hearts desires. As I played this over in my mind, I began experimenting. First of all I had spent several weeks being depressed, jobless, little energy, constant headaches, nightmares, cold sweats I was a wreck. The more I dwelt on my problems, the worse my life was becoming. Usually many people would take that time to go begin a regiment of medication from a doctor. At the very least, they would drowned there sorrows in booze and make there lives worse. When you are down and out your self control dwindles. You begin to lose the ability to deny yourself things that may hurt you. Finally you begin a stage where you make bad choices for temporary relief.

What I learned through my experimenting was astonishing! Through the wonderful techniques called positive thinking, belief that it would work, cleansing breaths, the power of eight, a mirror and my own voice speaking Positive Affirmations my life started improving drastically immediately. The best part of this, is no special training is needed. Once you read this article you can do this yourself.

If you are feeling to overweight, uncreative, non-energetic, cannot sleep, and many other afflictions that are plaguing you this is for you! Are you having uncommon medical problems that seem to pop up, could they be anxiety based? This could work wonders for you! Do you have unrealistic dreams and you want them to become realistic goals? This is for you! What you will gain is not the ability to create a reality out of thin air, but the ability to compel yourself to work towards your needs, wants, and desires.

First lets discuss how your mind actually works. First of all your brain is really two minds in one, the conscious mind and the sub- conscious mind. The conscious mind, is a logical, orderly part of your brain that functions to process bits of data at one time. Your sub-conscious mind is like a super computer and intuitively operates your body and processes information easily. Your body is the most amazing machine on the planet, and your sub-conscious mind controls every last bit of it. Your sub-conscious mind can also do so much more.

Once you accept this as fact, here is the simple road map.

1) Read this article.

2) Believe in your minds ability to make powerful changes in your life. Essentially believe in yourself.

3) Be open to making a difference in your life.

Would you believe some people are so comfortable being in a rut, they would rather stay in it? The actual truth is they have so little belief they can gain a positive break, they have given up.

4) Read this article.

5) Begin to learn how your conscious mind can send Positive Affirmations or Messages to your sub-conscious mind.

6) Read this article.

7) Practice your Positive Affirmations everyday, experiment with new ones, do not stop until you gain a positive and lasting result.

8) Enjoy your new life!

It really is this simple. Basically all of the methods that are used by therapists and entertainment professionals, all have many things in common when it pertains to conditioning the mind. Theses non-pharmaceutical methods are all based on the simple premise of getting thoughts past your conscious mind to our sub-conscious mind. I mentioned your sub-conscious mind was like a super computer didn't I. Super computers are like a big dummy appliance, they do what they are programmed to do. Hypnosis, NLP, Persuasion Methods, so called Mind Magicians, and even seduction techniques all know how to send programming to your sub-conscious mind.

Don't believe it? Have your doubts? Well I am a skeptic too! What changed my mind is that finally I had concrete scientific evidence that it was real. One tip that is often used in side shows or seduction techniques is misdirection. A masterful form of misdirection is you make your conscious mind concentrate on one thing just long enough to send a command or programming line to your sub-conscious mind. Another is a repetitive thought or sound sent to your sub-conscious mind to be picked up and learned.

Since beginning this method I have quit smoking, lost 25 pounds, gained energy and more importantly focus. I have become more creative and have a better memory. The most amazing thing coming from a life long insomniac, I have begun to sleep peacefully. My life is on the path to achieving realistic goals I have set. The seeds have rooted with a determination to achieve my wants and desires each day, each breath I take. Ultimately this path will take me on a trip to achieve my desires.

This method is completely simple, almost painfully so. I could not believe it works this well. I could not comprehend why I had not been able to think of it before. The answer is actually simple, scientists are just now beginning to truly understand the brain. A long known theory is that we only use 1/3 of our brains. That means that each of us are already at some disadvantage to the world around us. Understanding how to take it back and control our minds can be enormous.

Now that I have proven to you why this works, here is the process:
1) This can easily be done as many times as you would like during the day. It also should be done everyday for at least the first two weeks. Then you can do this three times a week or continue several times a day.

2) Now you will look in a mirror and your are going to take a hard look at yourself. Begin evaluating what changes you would like to make about yourself. It is very important to start small. Once you have decided on the things you would like to change, make a mental list. It actually might be a better to buy a poster-board and put these goals on it. Hang this poster-board in a place where you have to look at it many times everyday.

3) Once you are armed with your goals in mind, you are going to structure your Positive Affirmations. You are making these Positive Affirmations one for each goal. It is important not to be vague, be direct and commanding. For instance say that I want to lose 10 pounds by next month. I begin my month with a Positive Affirmation that states I WILL LOSE 10 POUNDS BY NEXT MONTH.

4) Begin by taking a few moments and take deep cleansing breaths. In your nose, hold for three seconds, out your mouth. Try to imagine your body is relaxing. For instance begin thinking you are an ice cube. An ice cube is hard and not relaxed. However you are going to slowly turn the heat up on that ice cube. As you take deep cleansing breaths, imagine that ice cube is melting. Eventually you will be able to imagine your body as a bright blue pool of water. Remember water is free flowing it can flow virtually anywhere and it is free.
5) This may take a couple of days of practice but everyday it will become more and more easier to place your body in a relaxed free state.

6) Now that you have your Positive Affirmations, you are relaxed and ready to begin you will stand in front of a mirror. A bathroom mirror or even better a full length mirror. Now you will take your list of Positive Affirmations while staring yourself in the eyes and repeat each Affirmation out loud to yourself eight times. You want to use positive, enunciated, and commanding speech while speaking your intent. While you are speaking these Affirmations eight times to yourself, each time it is important that you try to visualize achieving this goal. If you cannot get a clear picture that is fine. The importance of the visualization is that each time you say your affirmation you believe it will happen.

7) Repeat! Repeat! Repeat! For the first two weeks repeat this simple process three times a day. Do not let surprise over initial success cause you to stop doing this. For positive results it is important that you plant these commands deeply.

A final note, it does not matter how many items are on your Positive Affirmation list. Keep in mind you want to keep it simple in the beginning. As this process becomes habit you can add more complicated items.

Now you can understand how simple this re-programming of your sub-conscious mind really is. With very little practice, a little effort and some time you will be well on your way to obtaining your life goals. Unless you were to win the lottery this cannot make large amounts of money appear from thin air. Instead what this will do for you is open a whole wide world of opportunity for you, you have never seen before. That is a priceless commodity that you can use to obtain all of your wildest dreams and desires. Honestly I am not telling these formulas can make you a success, a celebrity or rich. What I am telling you is a door will open to a powerful potential you never knew you had. With Positive Affirmation the sky really has no limit.

Christopher Collins Sr. is a freelance writer living in Northern Kentucky. This article is being worked up as a 150 page e-book and will be released in March of 2008. If you wish to contact him you can do so at chrchcol@fuse.net. Or view his other writing at http://www.associatedcontent.com/chriscollins

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