I received this question about affirmations and visualization from a reader of The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel. He wrote:
Some say that we need repetition (via visualisation of our specific desires) in order to convince the subconscious mind that we are wealthy and to counter the past programming of poverty. Yet others say that once a request to the universe has been made, to keep going over it says that we don’t believe that we have/can have what we’re seeking and thus reinforces the poverty mentality. It would be great of you could clarify this.
That’s a very good question.
Before we get into the answer, here’s another question: What is the point of all of this?
What you are learning to do with this philosophy is to reprogram your mind.
That’s the point of all of this.
You have been “programmed” (for lack of a better word) to see the world a certain way and to expect specific things from the world. It’s all in your subconscious mind, whether you like it or not. The choices you made to get where you are now were based on what you hold within you. It’s not only your beliefs; it’s the programming that is hardwired deep within you. It’s your base “world within.”
Your task is to change it so that you can live your life to the fullest.
One of the ways you are going to change it is through affirmations.
But you have to use those affirmations properly.
This is the key to using affirmations properly.
Review the first four exercises in The Master Key System. They are
- Be still.
- Control your thoughts.
- Relax.
- Let go mentally.
These four exercises taken together will place you in a “state.” This is a state of not only relaxation, but in which you can actually reach your subconscious mind without impregnating it with negative influences, such as fear or worry.
Only when you are in this state will you then use repetition to “reprogram” yourself.
But you must only use repetition when you are in this state. If you repeat your visualizations and affirmations when you are in an anxious or fearful or reactionary state, then you will only reinforce what you don’t want.
Thus, you must get into your state.
That’s the key.
You become still. You control your thoughts. You relax. You let go.
Then you visualize or affirm.
That is the key that will make this “magic” work for you.
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