Affirmations & Hypnosis
Affirmations and positive thoughts are important, but they are not a stand-alone magical answer to personal change.
If reading affirmations worked every time, then everyone would always get what they wanted, all the time. I’ve always thought it’s kind of like wishing on Aladdin’s lamp.
(When I was younger I remember those fun opportunities to make wishes. For example, every time we saw a truck full of hay, we immediately made a wish. We didn’t see hay trucks very often in the suburbs of NJ. My wish was always the same. “I wish that from now on and for the rest of my life that ALL of my wishes become true!”)
If affirmations worked, we would notice an awful lot of new cars appearing in driveways overnight. We would see bank accounts swell magically. Life would be perfect. Everyday.
I know friends who say affirmations two times a day and nothing seems to change. One of my friends even spends 45 minutes every day writing and thinking about her affirmations.
Maybe simple affirmations have worked for you, but I’ll bet there are sure a lot of people out there who say affirmations everyday who are still waiting for their lives to change .
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against saying positive things and thinking positive thoughts. And I’m not recommending that you toss stop affirmations in the trash. Please keep repeating and thinking about them.
But if nothing happens as a result of saying your daily affirmations, perhaps you might want to figure out why .
Maybe you might consider asking yourself some questions. For example:
Am I taking action as a result of my affirmations?
Do I believe that my life can improve?
Do I feel I deserve what I want?
Being positive is great. Thinking about what you want is great. Doing both may even make you feel better.
If you notice a part of you, even the tiniest speck inside of you that doesn’t feel you deserve or believe what you are saying, then you are wasting your time. Be honest with yourself. Stop trying to shove change through your life.
To be successful you’ll find it’s much easier to eliminate these old negative parts first. Getting rid of them will then smooth the way for your affirmations to work.
Imagine floating downstream in a river which has a large fallen tree in your path. Would you rather keep on bumping into that tree trunk for the next few years or find a creative way get past that large fallen tree and continue your journey?
You are absolutely right. I realize that saying an affirmation, in the present tense, is extremely helpful in pointing you in the right direction toward your dreams. But only saying these, over and over again, will make them lose their meaning, and not enough emotion and imagination will go into bring forth your goal into reality.
Also, without the intensity of the affirmations, you mind won’t go in the direction of formulating a plan in order for you to achieve your goals. Continue to do affirmations, but make sure that you develop a plan that you know you can execute to achieve your goal.
I use direct suggestions in my hypnosis, but only to supplement the hypnosis sessions that are also included. Only using one tool, such as affirmations, without developing a plan in your mind gives you a very small chance that you will succeed. That’s why I think when you combine hypnosis and affirmations, like I do, it works magically.
Brandon, you are absolutely correct. Only one tool gives people a small chance of succeeding.
When I teach my NGH Hypnosis Certification Students they learn how important it is to formulate a goal and plans to achieve their goals. Affirmations are used to help reinforce these goals without struggling.
For those who have never experienced hypnosis, an affirmation is a great first step to achieving a goal.