1 CONTENTS PREFACE.......................................................................................................................5 I. PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES .........................................................................7 1. The process of creaton by guiding the power of thoughts: affirmations...........7 1.1. Description of power of thoughts and affirmations...........................................7 1.1.1. Thoughts are creative is a Law of Nature...............................................7 1.1.2. Thoughts are acting from the subconscious............................................8 1.1.3. Thoughts create their equivalents in the material world......................9 1.1.4. There are two fundamental thoughts....................................................10 1.1.5. Love is always more powerful.................................................................10 1.2. Phrasing.................................................................................................................11 1.2.1. The importance of the personal pronoun..............................................11 1.2.2. The importance of the present tense.....................................................11 1.2.3. The importance of accuracy and dimension.........................................12 1.2.4. The importance of positivity...................................................................12 1.2.5. Last but not least : the importance of the “Golden Rule” ..................13 1.3. Method for phrasing affirmations.......................................................................14 1.3.1. Think about what you want.....................................................................14 1.3.2. Forget what the others want ..................................................................15 1.3.3. Eliminate what does not feel right..........................................................15 1.3.4. Reverse doubts..........................................................................................16 1.3.5. Make changes whenever necessary : when your wish changes............19 1.4. Discipline when pursuing the affirmations........................................................20 1.4.1. Each day.....................................................................................................20 1.4.2. Do not pay attention to situations which do not correspond with your affirmation...........................................................................................................21 1.4.3. Be persistent until you achieve the materialization, for years if need be..........................................................................................................................21 1.4.4. Keeping affirmations for yourself............................................................23 1.4.5. Minimum number of times the affirmation has to be used.................24 1.5. Interference with the collective mind when making affirmations..................24 1.5.1. What is the collective mind?...................................................................24 1.5.2. How can we protect ourselves ?.............................................................25 1.5.3. The affirmation can also be used for collectivity..................................25 1.5.4. An individual’s wish, providing that it corresponds to the universal principles of love, kindness and peace, is favourable to us all........................26 1.5.5. When you do not know whether you wish is good for you and for all, terminate your affirmation with an affirmation of general welfare..............26 1.6. Interference with a third person involved in the affirmation..........................27 1.6.1. Repetition of the “golden rule”..............................................................27 1.6.2. Time needed for materialization............................................................28 1.6.3. Building in guarantees..............................................................................30 1.6.4. Distance or time are not important.......................................................30 1.6.5. Transmission without being aware of it.................................................31 2. Why using affirmations ..........................................................................................32 2.1. For oneself............................................................................................................32 2.1.1. In order to grow .......................................................................................32 2 2.1.2. In order to purify and increase the energy one has..............................32 2.1.3. The future..................................................................................................33 2.1.4. In relation to others.................................................................................35 2.1.5. To realize that guilt does not exist.........................................................36 2.2. For others.............................................................................................................36 2.3. For the collectivity...............................................................................................36 2.4. To have (and recognize) the effect on all aspects of life.................................37 3. How to use affirmations.........................................................................................38 3.1. Affirming in thoughts...........................................................................................38 3.2. Saying the affirmation out aloud........................................................................38 3.3. Writing down the affirmation............................................................................38 3.4. Visualizations........................................................................................................39 3.5. Index card.............................................................................................................40 3.6. Various affirmations at the same time?.............................................................41 3.7. Concentration......................................................................................................41 4. What may hamper the effect of an affirmation ?................................................42 4.1. Abstract formulation : need of accuracy...........................................................42 4.2. Contradictory phrases or contradictory thoughts...........................................42 4.3. Wondering how it works.....................................................................................43 4.4. Resistance............................................................................................................43 4.5. Doubts...................................................................................................................44 4.6. A negative mood, a lack of faith.........................................................................45 4.7. Disability to forgive and resentment.................................................................45 4.8. A lack of gratitude for what you have ...............................................................47 4.9. Letting go..............................................................................................................47 4.10. The will................................................................................................................48 II. ON YOUR WAY TO PRACTICE: a summary of some essentials...................49 CREATE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.............................................................49 VALUABLE TIME...............................................................................................49 OUR FEELING IS THE TOUCHSTONE.........................................................49 YOU CAN CHANGE ANY FEELING WITH A THOUGHT........................50 CONSCIOUSNESS............................................................................................50 IT IS OUR ONLY KEY.......................................................................................50 BECAUSE THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE PRESENT...........................51 BE AWARE NOT TO CHANGE YOURSELF IN RESISTANCE..................51 USE WHAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL................................................51 NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME, EVERYTHING CHANGES...................51 ATTENTION IS THE CENTRE OF THINGS.................................................52 FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WISH .....................................................................52 FEELINGS LINKED TO THOUGHTS WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD MUCH FASTER..................................................................................................52 BECAUSE IT ALL HAPPENS IN THE MIND.................................................52 WE CONTROL THE MIND..............................................................................53 PRECISELY DEFINED WISHES.......................................................................53 DO NOT FORGET THAT OUR SUBCONSCIOUS OPERATES LIKE A COMPUTER........................................................................................................53 FOR MATERIALIZATION TIME IS NONEXISTENT...................................53 NOW....................................................................................................................54 EXECUTION ......................................................................................................54 3 ONE BIG QUESTION : WHY IS MY AFFIRMATION NOT REALIZED?...54 BELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED, DISBELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED, NON- BELIEF IS NOT INVOLVED.............................................................................55 BECAUSE THE TECHNIQUE ANSWERS TO THE PATTERNS OF THAT TECHNIQUE......................................................................................................55 IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT IT IS “LAW”................................56 THE LARGER THE FAITH THE EASIER THE MATERIALIZATION........56 BE GRATEFUL...................................................................................................56 FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.......................................................................56 IMPORTANT FOR THIS TIME ........................................................................57 ACTION AND REACTION..............................................................................57 III. EXAMPLES OF AFFIRMATIONS.......................................................................58 1. About relationships.................................................................................................58 1.1. With a partner.....................................................................................................58 1.1.1. A partner has not been found yet...........................................................58 1.1.2. A partner has been found but he/she is difficult to approach..............59 1.1.3. A partner has been found but you doubt whether it will last..............60 1.1.4. A partner has been found but there is no harmony.............................61 1.1.5. A partner has been found but there is a new partner..........................61 1.2. With a child..........................................................................................................61 1.2.1. There is no child yet.................................................................................61 I.2.2. A child is on its way...................................................................................62 I.2.3. The first years............................................................................................62 1.2.4. Coué...........................................................................................................62 2. About oneself ..........................................................................................................63 2.1. In general..............................................................................................................63 2.2. Love, peace and joy..............................................................................................64 2.3. To eliminate jealousy or rivalry..........................................................................64 2.4. Concerning the time schedule............................................................................66 2.5. Concerning a task................................................................................................66 2.6. About health.........................................................................................................66 2.6.1. In general...................................................................................................66 2.6.2. In case of a treatment..............................................................................66 2.6.3. For one specific part of the body ()........................................................67 2.6.4. Getting out of negative habits.................................................................67 2.6.5. Increased energy.......................................................................................67 2.7. Appearance...........................................................................................................68 2.8. Success..................................................................................................................68 2.9. Exam ....................................................................................................................68 2.10. Wealth.................................................................................................................68 2.11. Faith.....................................................................................................................69 2.12. Peace...................................................................................................................69 2.13. Professionally......................................................................................................70 2.13.1. No satisfying job yet...............................................................................70 2.13.2. The job is satisfying but difficult relationship with..............................70 2.13.3. The job is satisfying but no pay increase..............................................70 2.13.4. The job is satisfying but you want or can have another.....................70 2.13.5. Nice colleagues but no satisfying job....................................................70 2.14. Forgiveness.........................................................................................................71 4 2.15. Emotional disengagement...............................................................................73 2.16. To be informed by the subconscious...............................................................73 2.17. Protection...........................................................................................................74 2.18.Gratitude..............................................................................................................74 IV. EXAMPLES OF VISUALIZATIONS...................................................................75 1. In relation to others................................................................................................75 2. In relation to yourself.............................................................................................75 EPILOGUE...................................................................................................................76 5 PREFACE You will find in this book the practical point of view of the law of “creating thoughts”, of how to handle the power of thoughts, as I have experienced it during a quarter of a century now. That approach has proven to yield awards, looking back, amazing awards even. In view of efficiency I wish to share my approach without much scientific basis, without having to refer to the theories on which it is based. That is why I am confining myself to what I consider essential. The key issue is that the people applying this, will create a certainty for themselves, the certainty that it works. This is not about my selection of literature – that is why there is no bibliography included – but about my own experience. That is why this book is not just another copy of the books being published at a high pace. The thought that what really helped me, could be useful to others, urged me to write this book. Since I wanted it to be a true-life book, I wrote it from memory and the “affirmations” mentioned in chapter III, which I partially apply, have already proven their effectiveness. They already exist for quite a long time, but they are still of much use. I have added some affirmations so that they can be used across many areas. When writing this book I found it quite difficult not to consult the books on power of thoughts I started to buy ever since 1979, first because I was interested and from 1983 onward because I used them as a source of inspiration. However, I have made some references, for instance to the work of E. COUE or to the card scheme drawn up by Shirley Mc Laine; in chapter III there are also some affirmations, which have at the time been selected and adapted from the books of Joseph Murphy, Louise Hay or Florence Scovell Shinn, drawn from their enormous practical experience. I am very grateful to 6 Michael Losier for explaining in a practical way something that remained a big question mark, in his book “Law of Attraction”. But that made it all go faster and I felt quite comfortable about it being so authentic. Even if it is all about age-old truths. It was already written in what is usually called to be the World’s most read book: “Your Word is Law””. So many have described it : “Nous aurons le destin que nous aurons mérité” (Albert Einstein). 7 I. PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES 1. The process of creation by guiding the power of thoughts: affirmations 1.1. Description of power of thoughts and affirmations Affirmations are among the most powerful instruments given to us to master our lives. There is no wish inside us that cannot be realized. An “affirmation”, as it is used in this book, is a consciously chosen and continuously repeated expression of a wish. This book describes the way to do this and the results yielded from it. 1.1.1. Thoughts are creative is a Law of Nature Thoughts are creative: this is a Law of Nature, as is gravity or as it the principle that seeds, when planted, produce plants. The complete Universe is energy. We have at our disposal an unlimited field of energy, which gives us what we want it to give us thanks to our power of thoughts. The Power of thought concentrates this energy. Nothing is lost, nothing is added, only the appearance changes. Thoughts are energy, energy always has a destination in the Universe; energy does not disappear into nothingness. So it is a fact that each thought has its effect. On your own life and on the lives of others/all the others. But in any case it always has an effect on you. This effect is not linked to time nor space. We are all constantly thinking; it needs a lot of practice to be able to think about nothing for a couple o minutes. Most people do not pay attention to whether or to what they are thinking, they certainly are not aware of whether these thoughts are 8 positive or negative. It has to be stressed that it is characteristic of thoughts that they materialize, that they work, whether we want it or not. Being conscious of this fact means that we can guide thoughts and being conscious of this fact as much as possible is the key to controlling the events. This law apply both to the individual and the collective level. The collective level refers to thoughts present in the mind of individuals of a nation or even of the whole world. These can be thoughts about war, about the origin of certain illnesses, but it can also be about an increasing awareness. The future of a country is already present in the collective subconscious. The collective mind will be discussed later on in this book. 1.1.2. Thoughts are acting from the subconscious We have a consciousness, which allows us to think, but we also have a subconscious where all thoughts are being saved. It has an infallible memory and it accepts what it is told without protesting. It controls the functions of our bodies, but also our actions. When there is a conflict between our will and our subconscious, the latter conquers. Just like a computer our subconscious has a certain saving pattern. Similar thoughts which are being thought, expressed or written down will – when repeated - become fixed in our subconscious, which is in fact our hard disk. From there they act autonomously, even when we are not aware of this. They act upon our environment since the others unconsciously catch these thoughts and act according to them, unless they want to realize other things through their own chosen thoughts. These have priority because the own mind has its free will and this will is of course more powerful in the own mind. Saving these thoughts is done in clusters, in patterns of thoughts. Thoughts of a certain theme, a certain event, a certain emotion will attract each other and will bundle up. That makes them stronger and they can act better on what they represent. When there are many thoughts about the same subject, these become concentrated around that subject forming a hard core. This core can be fed with many or only negative thoughts or by many or only positive thoughts or by 9 thoughts of both kinds. Whether it is a positive or a negative core thus depends on which kind of thoughts prevails. When it is a negative core and when it gained a fixed form, it will start to attract its equivalents, this means the negative things integrated in it. The same happens with a positive core. As a core of thoughts is being formed, it becomes more and more powerful and able to realize clearly and firmly what it represents, in accordance with the thought with which it was built. All thoughts that were once saved remain there until we decide to erase them and that is why they can be seen by others. Thoughts always materialize, do not forget that, unless we intentionally decide to change them. 1.1.3. Thoughts create their equivalents in the material world It is a Law of Nature that, as we said before, that each thought is a form of energy, each thought will provoke a corresponding reaction in the material world, meaning in the world of our sensory perceptions. It is a fact that a positive core of thoughts can never provoke a negative reaction in the real world and vice versa. Thoughts or cores of thoughts always manifest themselves, however, one does not know when this will happen as we do not have a clear idea of the intensity of the core of thoughts versus the totality of our subconscious on the one hand and the factors influenced by the thoughts in the material world on the other hand, either in relation to the human being or to the circumstances in which the thoughts are being materialized. The more a group of thoughts is fed with ideas, the stronger it becomes. Each new idea is like hammering a nail down and fixing it.