In the last post, we talked about resistance. About your old unhelpful beliefs fighting back to stay a part of you, as opposed to letting you replace them with more helpful beliefs. You’ve lived by your old beliefs for so long that they’ve become habit. It can take time and effort to climb up out of the rut these beliefs have ground into your unconscious and teach yourself a new way of doing things.
Unfortunately, many times people will listen to the resistance and stop trying to change. They see the grain of truth in the resistance. They lose track of the fact that that resistance may tell you a truth, but only about what has happened up to now.
And that you can create a new better truth that shapes your life from now on.
Still, fighting resistance can make this change harder and even cause folks to give up on their dreams.
So how do we overcome that?
If you repeat your affirmations enough, you will eventually knock that old belief out, but it’ll take hard work:
Or,
You can revise the type of affirmations you use.
Remember that I told you that an affirmation is most powerful when it’s in the present tense?(” I exercise everyday.”)
But if you’re affirming something that is a major change for you, resistance may appear.
Instead, you can word your affirmation as an intention. (“It is my intention that I exercise everyday.”)
On the negative side, affirmation/intentions aren’t quite as powerful as direct affirmations for changing your beliefs.
On the plus side, when you incorporate words like “my intention” or “”I intend” in your affirmation, it is less likely to trigger resistance. Resistance opens one eye, doesn’t see an outright conflict and rolls over and goes back to sleep
And, with repetition, the unhelpful belief gets sandbagged without ever triggering resistance.
The regular affirmation is more powerful. The intention affirmation is less, but also less likely to trigger resistance, so you don’t have to work as hard, although possibly a bit longer.
End call- I’d try a regular affirmation first. If I started getting a lot of resistance, I’d swap to an intention affirmation to work with at first, and, once resistance decreased, I’d go back to the regular affirmation.
Either way, I’d be altering reality to what I wanted.
Now, this may all sound like psychology with nothing extraordinary attached. The interesting thing though, is that it can be useful in creating situations and things that seem miraculous.
- Like attracting helpful people.
- Activating psychic ability.
- Manifesting things.
And so on
So do you chose a regular affirmation or an intention affirmation?
I’d say it depends on how loud the “rotten little voice” of your resistance is.
Catherine
Foresight
7/18/10
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That rotten little voice is a just loud-mouthed bully that I intend to squish like a bug.
I just realized how powerful a visual that statement is. This is going to be a really good day.
DITTO for me!!!! Mine is a very loud rotten spoiled brat and it is over due for a timeout!!
Hi Rita and Gina!
Glad to hear that you’re not going to let that “rotten little voice”” run your lives. You go, both of you!
I’d think it’s worth noting that sometimes the “rotten little voice” is trying to trash you. Sometimes, however, the RLV is acting out of a legitimate attempt to protect you….
It’s wrong, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t mean well, in it’s own screwed up fashion.
So sometimes, we have to run over the top of it. Sometimes we need to tiptoe past it, so it doesn’t wake up and want to fight.
And sometimes, we need to smile, pat it on the head, say “I know dear, but I’m doing it anyway” and live our dreams….
🙂
Catherine
Foresight
I see the RLV as being very different from the Voice of Caution. The VoC I listen to without being intimidated, but maybe that’s because I’m naturally cautious? I can hold my own with the VoC.
I have to tell you how I feel because of this post. I truly didn’t realize until I wrote that comment just how powerful it was for me. Not only did it change my day, it has changed my whole attitude. I can now SEE myself in a tangible relationship with RLV. Putting a “face” on the idea gives me a way to defeat it.
I’m old enough to know that not everything works for everybody and to be patient about finding out what works for “self”, but I am still always surprised when a true life-changing moment happens. This might seem like a small deal to some people, but if you have as much childhood baggage as I do, you’d understand. Commenting on this post has been a life-changing moment for me.
Catherine, I know you don’t know me from any other yahoo on the street, but YOU mean something in my life. I hope it’s OK to say that.
Zounds, YES!!! it’s ok to say that.
I’m humbled, glad and honored if something I’m putting up here gives you a tool to open the doors to your own wisdom ( ***this is me doing the humbled/glad/ honored dance. With bells on. And a side of the Frug…***)
So many of us hold back from being the amazing, talented, epic folks we actually are because of that RLV. I’m glad that you’re setting yourself free
Catherine
Foresight
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