Affirmations - a tool to convert negative energy into positive energy!

Affirmations help us change from where we are to where we want to be. Change can be exciting, challenging or overpowering:

"When the winds of change blow,some people build walls,others build windmills!"

Thanks to Brian Mayne for the lovely windmill idea!

THE 'WINGS & ROOTS ACHIEVE-MORE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE' IS ABOUT:

a) getting as much energy or life-force running through you as you can d) focusing that life-force on achieving your personal & professional goalsc) maintaining that flow of life-forced) if necessary re-claiming any energy that is 'leaking' away because of 'negatives', such as anger, fear, anxiety, hurt etc.

This section of the course is about using affirmations to deal with 'negatives' - unhelpful patterns of thought that 'steal' energy away from us.

TRANSFORMING NEGATIVE 'LEAKED' ENERGY INTO POSITIVE ENERGYSuch negatives can cause 'resentment'. In this state, through repressed hurt or anger, we habitually re-send some of our energy to repeating our responses around things that happened in the past. It's a kind of addiction.

Continually re-sending energy to keep the hurt submerged takes an awful lot of our life-force. That is lost energy leaked away – lost to us to use creatively to help others & achieve our life goals.

The re-send-ment is cyclical. It is an endless looped tape of repetition to which we get addicted – until we learn to let go and re-claim that wasted energy and re-dedicate it to positive goals. Those positive goals can start with very very simple steps such as saying to ourselves, “I feel terrific, I feel terrific, I feel terrific....” and then smiling at someone. Immediately we are choosing to experience the positive, and radiate the positive.

The thing to do with vicious circles is to un-learn the reason for doing them. We learned to start doing the in the first place, so we can learn to stop doing them by doing other things that serve ourselves better - and help those we want to serve – loved ones or customers.

Here is the good news - vicious circles can be replaced them with virtuous circles!

WHAT ARE AFFIRMATIONS?To affirm means to say 'yes'. Affirmations are messages we send to ourselves to release the hold on us of negative patterns of thought. Releasing the negatives gives us back positive energy to use to help others and achieve more of our life-goals.

HOW TO MAKE AFFIRMATIONS WORK WELL FOR YOU:1 Choose the affirmation/ that has the most 'tingle' around it. Try putting in different names! 2 Write you chosen affirmation/s on a card and keep them with you at all times.3 Repeat them 20 times in the morning and in the evening and whenever you can during the day.

BREATH IN THE POSITIVE-GOOD, BREATH OUT THE NEGATIVE-BADAs you are doing them breath in light and love – and breathe out all the negatives – for the Universe to re-cycle into good things!

It takes at least a month for the bad stuff to float away and for the message to be accepted by the unconscious "reacting" mind.

Don't be a perfectionist – you will know when you are feeling lighter, more energised!

If after a month you haven't made the progress you wanted try writing the chosen affirmation/ every morning and evening – and say them aloud as you write them – this makes the whole process much more powerful.

When you write out and say aloud your affirmation stuff will 'come up' Stuff like 'You must be joking!' or 'bleep that' or 'It can't ever work for me!' This is what you do – which incidentally is exactly what you do if you get 'bad' thoughts at any time – e.g. in meditation. Imagine a cinema screen. Imagine the 'bad' thought coming on to the screen from off-stage left then travelling across and disappearing off the screen right. Say to the 'bad' thought, “Hello, good morning, goodbye!” And that's it.

Imagine the negatives or no more substantial than bubbles – when they get to the surface they no longer have existence. Instead they are being re-cycled in to good stuff by that great system we call the Universe! Waaaheyyyyyy!

We are not our thoughts!

WHY DO WE DO THE NEGATIVE?The only reason we go on doing negative things is that they make more meaning or provide more satisfaction – when we are trying to cope. The solution is to get greater meaning from positives – greater meaning, greater satisfaction, a greater sense of achievement and success (the same is true of criminals and vandals – they need positive alternatives!)

YOU CAN MAKE THE PROCESS INTO A LITTLE CEREMONY IF YOU WANTSome people use 'worry beads' to count as they say their chosen affirmation/s.

Some put their 20/30/40 beans, coins or beads on the table and then put one into a receptacle with each affirmation. This way, you can fully feel the experience of the affirmation without worrying about counting

Don't forget to breathe in the positive, and exhale the negatives – just let them go - the Universe knows how to re-cycle them!

It's good if we say the affirmation/s with feeling and at the speed that allows us to experience them fully in body, heart and mind. Feel all around you the love in a love affirmation, feel all around you the prosperity in a prosperity affirmation, feel all around you the forgiveness in a forgiveness affirmation.

APPLYING A BIT OF EXTRA UMPH!Some people suggest that if we miss a day we should start right over at the beginning i.e. Day 1. If your affirmation/s does the work without this discipline that's great. If not start all over and this time write and sound out the affirmation. Another way to strengthen the process is to put your affirmation on a tape, CD or MP3 file – use other voices if you want.

Another 'strengthener' is to record each affirmation in I, & he/she forms e.g. I Roger – right now - freely and fully forgive all those from whom I have taken hurtRepeat it aloud to yourselfHe Roger – right now – freely and fully forgives all those from whom he has taken hurt.Repeat it aloud to yourself

Why say 'from whom he has taken hurt' – well its the first step towards taking responsibility for myself – for all that is. I took the hurt – whether or not it was intended.

ENJOY & CELEBRATE EACH STEP OF PROGRESS – YES EVEN THE LITTLE STEPS!"Enjoy" saying your affirmations and welcoming in the power of your spoken & written words – it is yet another step toward becoming your best self! Celebrate each small step forward through acts of love & gratitude – any act between a simple smile for someone right through to creating universal peace and justice! Hooorrrrraaaayyyyyy!

Acknowledgements & 'Respect'!Bow to all the energy masters – tai-chi masters, masters of social change like Ghandi, Mother Theresa & MLK, masters of dance and music, of image-making and poetry. Bow to them all because their gifts to us are what raises our consciousness and gives purpose & energy to our actions!

Namaste!

NB Always write them in the first person. Always include your name. Always include freely & fully. Always include 'right now'.

NB Fill in your name in the ..................... space/s. Where appropriate fill in the name of the person the forgiveness of whom is important to you.

I ..................... freely & fully forgive others and I AM easily forgiven - right now.

I ......................freely & fully forgive myself and release my past to its highest spiritual progression.

I ......................freely & fully forgive and communicate love, easily and effortlessly now - right now.

I ..................... right now freely & fully release my past from my mind, body and affairs. I am free.

I ......................freely & fully forgive my family/mother/father/brother/sister/uncle/aunt/grandfather/grandmother etc.and embrace them with Love and compassion - right now.

My ..................'s forgiving nature flowing freely and is contagious right now.

I ......................set my past free and freely & fully forgive myself for my participation - right now.

I ...................... forgive and I am forgiven"

I ..................... freely & fully forgive all those that long for forgiveness – & I freely & fully forgive myself – right now.

Forgiveness is a gift I .....................freely & fully give to myself and those around me - right now

The past, right now, has no power over me.................. I freely & fully let go & let in en-light-en-ment, love & compassion.

Freely & fully forgiving makes me ...................feel light and free - right now

The more resentment I ................... freely & fully release & let go, the more love I have to express - right now

As I learn to freely & fully love myself I ...........................find it easier to freely & fully forgive

If you are a believer you might choose to use these (Atheists/Agnostics might want to use 'The Universe')

God Loves me .................and freely & fully forgives me - right now.

God freely & fully forgives me ................. as soon as I ask Him for forgiveness - right now.

I ....................am grateful to God for my ability to freely & fully forgive - right now.

Namaste!