Affirmations.
I’ve always had trouble with them.
Telling myself “I now have a million dollars” when my bank account is overdrawn, or repeating over and over again “I am now a non-smoker” when I just had a cigarette 10 minutes before, never sat well with me. The experts call this cognitive dissonance – the tension which develops when a thought one holds is in direct conflict with one’s actions.
In other words… I felt like a liar.
Because I was.
All I’d end up focusing on, instead of the prosperity or health, was the lack of those things… and now I was a slimy fibber as well.
A while back I was listening to an episode of the LOA Talk Radio show in which Connie Chandler, a Science of Mind Practitioner and LOA teacher, was discussing the idea of playing games. This is not something I’m used to. I’m used to doing exercises. This is serious stuff here, and I’m supposed to make a game out of it?
Yup… and here’s why:
If it’s an exercise, we are grounded in what is, and trying to change it.
If it’s a game, we are free! Nobody plays a game of Monopoly, and then spends the whole time moaning that they don’t really own that hotel on Boardwalk. Well, someone probably does… but I wouldn’t want to play with them.
The thought occurred to me that any affirmations or visualizations I do could become just that… games. If I tell myself beforehand that I’m going to play a game, then I can drop my consciousness into it and get lost in it. There isn’t any “What a load of BS”… Of COURSE it’s a load of BS… it’s a game!
But it brings me into vibrational resonance with the things that I want… my thoughts and feelings become centered… and I’m right there in the middle of it. Or for you rationalists – it helps me focus on what I want and what I can do to get it, and stop looking at all of the reasons that I can’t or don’t have it.
Which is what we are looking to do in the first place.
Would you like to play a game?
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Lyman,
Great distinction! When it comes to affirming and visualizing, people tend to get caught up in the concept instead of remembering that the goal – above all else – is to raise their vibration.
Games are a great way to do just that. Thanks for posting such a simple to use, but easy to miss concept!
Thanks for your compliments, Aaron.
Lyman, you just gave me an “I could’ve had a V8″ moment! For the most part, my vibes are happily rising, but some days they just stare at me and say, “you want us to go where?” Well, I’m sold. No more exercises for me (thank you, thank you); from now on, games are my goals.
It really is about the fun of things, isn’t it? I always find I get the best results when I don’t take things seriously – when I just have fun with it. I love your idea of turning affirmations into a game!
Carolyn: (smacking myself in the head!) Thanks for the smile! I haven’t thought about those great ads in a long time.
And I’m glad you liked it!
Belle: It is! As a matter of fact, if you’re going to do something, it might as well be fun! Thanks for your comment.