Affirmations Do They Work Or Not?

Affirmations Do They Work Or Not?

by Joanie

Affirmations first became well known by the mother of the self help movement, Louise Hays. Her original books talk extensively about affirmations, what they are and how to compose them to our specific need. As well, she gives many examples of affirmations for different purposes.

Essentially, they are a set of words that we say to ourselves that are meant to uplift and empower.

Now, as our understanding of the universe expands, the idea of whether or not affirmations work becomes clearer.

When we understand that we are vibrational beings and we are governed by the ever powerful law of attraction, we learn that we are part of a feeling universe. What we feel in any given moment is of upmost importance. It is our attention to how we are feeling and a movement towards that which feels good that is the determining factor of our well-being.

And so what is key in the area of affirmations is how we feel. If we say “I am beautiful” and we are feeling depressed, this affirmation, while better than saying “I am ugly,” is not really of much benefit because the universe is not responding to our words but rather to our emotions behind the words.

So if we say “I am beautiful” and we are in a happy state of being, this affirmation is very powerful to our well-being.

Affirmations in and of themselves are just a set of words, it is the emotional component that is key in any given set of words .

Always, it is the consistent movement towards that which feels good, that is key.

Usually affirmations become a practice when we have become disconnected to who we really are. For example, happy children do not walk around saying wonderful things to themselves purposefully, they are just being who they really are, loving and powerful beings trusting that life is suppose to be joyous and fun.

And so, it could be said that the need for affirmations are helpful only when they are attached to a high emotional vibration.

Once again, when  we realize we can be, do or have anything that we desire – that we were born to be magnificent and powerful, and move into a state of knowing and joy around this idea, all that we are asking for and meant to be will become a physical reality.

Until we move into this high emotional state on a consistent basis, we are holding back that which we are and that which we have asked for.

Tagged as: abraham-hicks, emotions, Law of Attraction, louise hays, vibration