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DDIICCTTIIOONNAARRYY OOFF SSEELLFF--AAFFFFIIRRMMIINNGG PPOOWWEERRFFUULL QQUUOOTTAATTIIOONNSS By Christian H. Godefroy with the help of Didier Penissard Published by Christian H. Godefroy (2001 Christian H. Godefroy. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Manufactured in the United States of America. Contents Page 2 Contents Introduction ...................................................................3 A .................................................................................... 10 B.....................................................................................36 C .................................................................................... 47 D .................................................................................... 78 E...................................................................................103 F ...................................................................................125 G .................................................................................. 152 H .................................................................................. 160 I.................................................................................... 181 J .................................................................................... 204 K .................................................................................. 209 L................................................................................... 211 M .................................................................................229 N .................................................................................. 254 O .................................................................................. 261 P...................................................................................272 Q .................................................................................. 306 R...................................................................................307 S ...................................................................................331 T...................................................................................387 U .................................................................................. 408 V .................................................................................. 412 W .................................................................................418 Y...................................................................................437 Introduction Page 3 Introduction What power do words have? You surely remember fairy tales from your childhood where the wicked queen cast a spell on the hero. The spell usually consisted of some gesture, accompanied by a “Magic Formula” with powerful effects. Sometimes the spell was a curse or malediction (literally: words which convey a wish that harm come to someone). During your childhood people around you cast all kinds of spells on you. Very often you were not aware of it, but Magic Formulas - transformed into so-called “killer sentences” - had their effect on your mind, and continued harming you in subtle ways. Let’s look at a few examples. Has anyone ever said something to you like: - You’re really good for nothing. - You’ll never make it. - Blockhead!!! - You’re just a chip off the old block! - You’re even worse than your mother. - You’re not going to start crying again, are you!?! - Stop trying to be so special... - It never fails : you’re incapable of being on time. - What an idiot you are! - You have absolutely no sense of humor. - You’re always sick. Introduction Page 4 - You just don’t have any talent. - You should never... Every time someone used the words “be” or “have” or “always” or “never” when referring to you, chances are they were casting a harmful spell on you. How harmful spells affect your life Because these kinds of sentences were stored in your subconscious at an age when you were not able to question their validity, they continued to affect you in subtle ways right into adulthood. Of course they may be more specific: - Beware of women. - Beware of men. - You’ll never understand anything about math. - Mechanics is a man’s job. - Never trust a Frenchman. - Making love is dirty. These kinds of thoughts may not prevent you from getting mar- ried, making love or repairing your car, but the causes for your lack of confidence, for the problems and failures you encounter in life, can very often be traced back to these negative seeds. You are also casting spells on yourself Do you sometimes talk to yourself? Of course you do, just like everyone else. And do you sometimes blame yourself for the way Introduction Page 5 you behave? Are you ever negative about yourself? Of course you are. - What an idiot I am! - I’ll never make it. - I’m always so clumsy when I’m with other people. - I’m just not lucky. - I’m going to get shafted (taken for a ride) again. - I’m not good enough. - I’m so much less talented than... You’ve taken up where the others have left off, and are casting spells on yourself! Ideally you would identify these kinds of negative reproaches and replace them with stimulating, positive thoughts which liberate you, make life easier, and affirm your worth instead of inhibiting and prohibiting you. How to weed out these negative thoughts? Using the Dictionary of Self-Affirming Powerful Quotations is an excellent way to discover where these seeds of failure, anxiety, health or relationship problems, etc. are hidden. It’s as if, by consult- ing the dictionary, you are trying to defend yourself against them. Whenever a positive thought makes you uncomfortable, or bothers you without your knowing exactly why, or just seems stupid, take it as a sign. Continue working with that thought until it reveals its se- cret meaning to you. You can also make a list of the difficulties you have to face, the problems you encounter, and then use a corresponding positive thought as an antidote. Introduction Page 6 Try to remember what was said to you just before you started feeling “down on yourself” or depressed. How to neutralize the power of negative spells Many people before you have had to deal with these kinds of negative thoughts. That’s why therapists, doctors, and specialists in the art of suggestion have developed antidotes in the form of positive affirmations. The Dictionary of Self-Affirming Powerful Quota- tions offers you a selection of the best of these. Better still, they’ve all been transcribed into the first person (I) so that you can use them to replace the negative spells you are casting on yourself. Here’s what to do: 1. Using the alphabetical headings and index, find a positive thought that can serve as an antidote. If you like you can copy the structure of existing affirmations to create your own new ones. 2. Read it carefully, out loud if possible. Then repeat it silently to yourself. Copy it on a pad or in a notebook that you carry around with you. Make it a theme of meditation: while driving, or riding on the train or bus, or lying the beach - any time your mind starts wandering - repeat the positive thought. 3. Use altered states of consciousness resulting from relaxation, meditation or self hypnosis to impregnate your subconscious more deeply. You can tape an hypnosis-inducing text on cassette, followed by your positive thought(s), and then a wake-up mes- sage. Introduction Page 7 4. Discuss your situation with a friend or close relative. Exchange points of view with persons who do not have the same problem as you do, in order to understand how their minds work, and eventually to use them as models for your own behavior. Also try to read personal accounts of how others have successfully dealt with the same type of problem. 5. Allow at least 21 days for your inner transformation to take place. If you are trying to make some very drastic changes, per- severe for at least 3 months. A marvelous tool for personal development The Dictionary of Self-Affirming Powerful Quotations is a constant companion, always ready to inspire you and guide you along the paths of life. It will help you learn to know yourself better, and exploit the formidable power of your subconscious to help you attain your goals. You can also use it as an instrument of divination: just ask yourself a question, and then open the book at random. You’ll be sure to find an answer, or at least its essential elements. Copy the thoughts you find most inspiring. The simple act of writing out a thought helps make it your own. If you’re living through a difficult period in your life or feel that you’re under a lot of stress, immerse yourself in the Dictionary of Self-Affirming Powerful Quotations and let it wash away all the negative influences and emotions you experience during the course of a day. Introduction Page 8 And if you happen to be a therapist or teach some form of relaxation or meditation, or if you want to use positive suggestions to help your children, the dictionary will provide you with a constant source of counsel and guidance. A valuable tool in your interpersonal relations Does your child have a tummy ache? Does he or she have trouble concentrating? Is your sister in the process of rebuilding after a difficult divorce? Is your partner having business problems? Open the Dictionary of Self-Affirming Powerful Quotations to the appropriate page. Select one or a number of sentences. A single positive thought can change your life. It can be the branch that saves a drowning person, the talisman, the blessing that breaks the evil spell. Offer these thoughts to others as you would offer a bouquet of flowers. The Dictionary is like a jewel box, the positive thoughts it contains are like precious gems. Offer them as gifts to your friends and loved ones. And like jewels they will reflect the light of love and dispel the shadows of despair. As you’ll soon discover, this dictionary is an amazing collection of positive thoughts with almost magical powers. It’s almost like an Aladdin’s lamp, ready to grant all your wishes. All you have to do is keep reading it. In no time at all your life will become simpler and easier, free of all the obstacles which have been holding you back in the past. Life gives you what you expect of it, on condition that you culti- vate positive and creative thoughts. And the Dictionary of Self-Af- Introduction Page 9 firming Powerful Quotations will help you change your way of think- ing. You’ll see opportunities where others see only obstacles, solu- tions where others see only problems, lessons to be learned where others see failure, and beauty where others see nothing at all. Consider this dictionary as a great prayer of enthusiasm and confidence in life and in humanity, full of gratitude. Christian H. Godefroy, mailto:[email protected] A Page 10 ABUNDANCE This great power, the power to choose, gives me the necessary hope and the necessary state of mind and the necessary courage to get everything I really want out of life. J. Martin Kohe, Your Greatest Power, published by A Different Life Ltd., 1979 I believe in abundance, I desire abundance, I receive abundance. Shakti Gawain, Reflections In The Light, New World Library, 1978 I allow this infinite abundance to pass freely through me and through all those who listen to me, just as I freely give up the money I possess, allowing it to flow through my hands, giving where it can do the most good. Robert Collier, Riches At Your Doorstep, S.I.P. 1962 I am grateful, and I rejoice in a life full of abundance. Dr. Joseph Murphy, The Miraculous Power To Attract Infinite Wealth, Godefroy Publications, 1979. I lead a rich and abundant life, physically, spiritually, and on other levels. Shad Helmstetter, The Power Of Inner Motivation, 1987. The universe is a horn of plenty which everyone can draw from. My very nature is abundance, and I accept it fully. Abundance is what I really am. And I accept it fully and joyfully. The universe is pure abundance! Shakti Gawain, Techniques Of Creative Visualization, Editions Soleil, 1978.

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