This is a big one so get ready! Confession, not the kind where you confess your sins, is a very powerful tool in manifesting what you desire…good or bad. Also known as affirmations, this will be a very important principle so please take your time to absorb it.
Affirmations are the cornerstone of any self-improvement attempts. When you use affirmations correctly, you are basically reprogramming your mind for success. The repetition of positive phrases will help you create the thoughts, emotions and actions that you need in order to bring your goals to reality.
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue” Proverbs 18:21
In my opinion, truer words have never been written. What we say is critical to what we have and what we will get. If you recall, I have mentioned that in order for you to attract your desires you need to change your thoughts, actions, and emotions. Well, confessing is one way to take action. But mind your tongue.
Words are serious business friend and you need to get serious about learning how to use them. Most of us don't have the faintest idea how to do that. We've spent our lives "telling it like it is."
We've constantly used our mouths to report on the sorry state of affairs around us. As a society we interact with each other on a daily basis.
Whether it be in person or by phone, you are usually speaking with someone several times a day. Most often than not we are not aware of what we are actually saying in terms of how we view ourselves.
For example, I’m sure you’ve heard people around you saying things like “I’m such a loser” or “this job is going to kill me.” They may be saying this as a joke or an expression, but if it’s said often enough it will become a true fact in the subconscious mind.
Therefore, those people will become “losers” and their jobs will kill them because that is the vibration they would be sending out. Please don’t take this lightly. Be careful of what you say because there is much power in words.
You need to consciously watch what you say and how you say it. I guarantee that if you keep saying negative things about yourself over and over again, it will become your truth and your life.
I purposely watch over the words that come out of my mouth and I will never say a bad word about myself. Even if it crosses your mind, keep your mouth shut.
It does take practice because I have noticed that as a society we easily speak negatively about ourselves and others for that matter. It’s common to want to tell others what is wrong with you and your life.
That only keeps you in the same vicious cycle of negative energy being sent out and negative energy coming back. You need to retrain yourself to start speaking positive words which, by the way, will come more naturally once you have established positive thoughts.
I realize old habits are hard to break, but with practice it can be done and new positive habits can be established. Just how do you go about this? There are several ways. Some people like to write down there positive confessions (affirmations) as a list.
Others memorize them and repeat them several times a day. Then there are others that will carry a tape recorder around with them and play back their positive confessions throughout the day.
Whichever method you choose is not important as long as it’s something you will remember to do and do consistently. Remember, the main goal is to replace any negative confessions with positive ones.
By developing a habit of using positive confessions, your subconscious mind will eventually come to believe those confessions as true and work on manifesting those confessions as your new reality.
Please note however that just saying something positive will not get you want you want unless you believe it can be true and put emotion behind it. You can’t start to confess things that, in your mind, are so out of the realm of possibility that all you are doing is wasting time and energy.
That’s why I recommend that you start with smaller, more believable, goals and as your confidence in the law of attraction grows, your desires will grow. I can not confess that I will have a trillion dollars by tomorrow and expect it to manifest if I don’t truly believe it can happen.
But if I was to say that I will make $250,000 this year that would be more realistic to me and the positive emotions of that thought that I send out as vibrations will attract similar vibrations to make that manifest in my life.
By all means dream big but do so in a way that you feel comfortable. The whole point behind positive confessions is to retrain your subconscious mind with the new information you are feeding it. Positive confessions, when done correctly, will stir up positive emotions within you.
With that in mind, there are right ways and wrong ways to structure confessions. I prefer to right down my confessions (affirmations) and then commit them to memory. Find what you’re most comfortable with and will be consistent with.
The first step in making a positive affirmation is to make it believable to YOU. Don’t make affirmations that you think will please others or that in your mind are too far fetched. They can and will grow in size as you become more comfortable with the law of attraction.
Each one of us will have a different degree of belief ability and that will determine the “size” of the affirmation. If you can get worked up into believing you can make a million dollars in a week, then by all means do so. However, based on past experience, we are all skeptical by nature so starting smaller is more helpful when just starting out.
The second step is to carefully watch how you write and/or say your affirmations. What may sound positive can actually be a negative thing. I made that mistake when first starting out and when I changed my wording, things changed for the better.
For example, you may think that an affirmation like “I am debt free” sounds great. Who doesn’t want to be debt free. But notice that the focus is still on the debt. By simply using the word debt you are still thinking about the debt you have. That will in turn send out more debt vibrations and guess what you’ll get back? More debt.
The proper way to structure an affirmation like the above example could be “I have a surplus of income to live comfortably” or “I have an abundant flow of cash to meet my every need” and so on. Once the money starts rolling in from such an affirmation, you can pay off that debt and be debt free.
The third step is to make sure your affirmations are in the present tense. Making an affirmation such as “I will be rich” or “I want to be rich” is always in the future and you will never catch up to it. What you need to say is “I am rich.” Although that is a vague affirmation as rich means different things to different people, but you get the idea.
The affirmations need to be positive and in the present tense. Phrases that start out as “I am…” or “I have…” or “I own…” work very well. Pleas take note of the importance of how you structure your affirmations. It will make a huge difference in its power.
I understand that for some saying “I am rich” when you are staring at a pile of bills can be difficult. So as you are repeating this positive phrase, you are feeling negative about yourself and negative about the whole process.
It’s no wonder that many people stop using affirmations very quickly after they start. They feel silly and don’t see any progress in their goals. However, it’s not that the affirmations aren’t right. It’s their mood when they are saying the affirmation that is throwing a wrench in the process.
Feelings are a very important part of saying affirmations, and removing doubt from the situation is important. There is one little word that you can add to any affirmation that will create more positive feelings, and produce faster results.
The word is “becoming.”
Instead of “I am rich” you would affirm, “I am becoming rich.” Instead of “I am thin” you say, “I am becoming thinner everyday.” The word “becoming” removes doubt from the equation.
While your conscious mind easily scoffs at the idea that you are fit and healthy when you obviously aren’t, it really can’t argue with the idea that you are “becoming” fit and healthy. The same goes for other types of affirmations as well.
The addition of the word “becoming” allows you to remain positive about the affirmation. You can also try adding the phrase “I’m in the process of…” at the beginning of your affirmations.
“I am in the process of attracting the perfect mate”
“I am in the process of running a successful business”
“I am in the process of becoming more confident.”
Point being that using these modifiers can help you accept the affirmations as true, and while still being in the present tense. That will increase your positive emotions. The more you add positive emotions to your affirmations, the sooner they will come into being.
The fourth step is to put emotion into your affirmations by envisioning how your life will be like within those affirmations. If you’re confessing having a brand new house, picture yourself in it and how it looks. I print out pictures of the things I want as that makes envisioning them much easier. We’ll cover more in the power of visualization section.
The last step is to consistently practice your affirmations throughout the day. Two particular times is when you first wake up and as you’re falling asleep. At these times the subconscious mind is more vulnerable and repeating positive affirmations at these times will help them seep in so to speak.
One of my simple affirmations I use everyday when I wake up and before I go to bed is “I am healthy, strong and full of energy.” If for some reason I am not feeling up to par, I just say something like “I am getting healthier and stronger everyday.” The modifiers getting and becoming can be interchangeable.
Last thing you want to confess when you’re not feeling well is “I am sick, weak and always tired.” That will without a doubt keep you sick, weak and tired for much longer than you need to be.
Another thing I want to point is that too many people use affirmations robotically without really getting a lot out of them. The main reason is lack of emotional involvement in affirmations. The process of saying affirmations can be disconnected from your emotions almost entirely if you are not careful.
This makes them a lot less effective and normal happens if you view affirmations as daily “exercise” that you need to get done. The more time you spend using “disconnected” emotions, the more you will believe affirmations don’t work. Before you know it, you’ll be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
To change this, you need to cultivate a feeling of gratitude while you say your affirmations. Act as if you have already received the raise, as if you have already met the special person or if you have already been healed.
Being grateful for what you don’t yet have will put your emotions on the right level for receiving what you want. Your emotional level will then be tied directly to your affirmations. You’ll see results faster and be more confident about the process.
Your emotional state during the affirmations process is vital, and gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions. It puts you in a state of receiving and allowing manifestation to happen. You can use gratitude with your affirmations by using statements similar to the following:
“Thank you for my beautiful home.”
“Thank you for my spouse.”
“Thank you for my large raise.”
“Thank you for my healing.”
These affirmations do two things. First, they are written in the present tense, which is a requirement for successful affirmations as we have discussed. Affirmations must be written as if the thing you want is already happening or has already happened.
Notice you do not say “Thank you for my beautiful home that is on its way.” When you use a gratitude affirmation like this, you are invoking a feeling of already having that which you desire.
Secondly, you are putting yourself in a “receiving” emotional state. When you use an affirmation similar to the examples above, you are ready to receive what you desire. You are signaling that you are ready to receive, and willing to receive.
You can also increase the positive emotional state in your life by cultivating an attitude of gratitude outside of your affirmations practice. A lot of people forget to be grateful because they feel like they have nothing to be grateful for.
Know this: there is always something to be grateful for. A clear sky, a child laughing, a hot shower, a good meal. These simple things are important.
Being grateful for all that you have around you will make it easier to be in the right frame of mind and heart to make affirmations work for you. If you can’t be grateful for what you already have, you will only be a negative state of mind and will send out only negative vibrations.
I hope you have begun to understand the importance of confession and the effect it can have on your life. Whether it’s a positive outcome or not is completely up to you and the power of your words.
Remember that life and death are in the power of the tongue so it’s in your best interest to think before you speak.
