Affirmation from Louise Hay
Photo by “JCT(Loves)Streisand”
about a year ago, i first heard of self-healing through affirmations and the name Louise Hay. i forgot about it for awhile until november? something like that.
basically, the idea that she has shaped is that every thought pattern you have, good…bad…or otherwise affects the physical. for instance, do you bite your nails? does your knee always bother you? do you have a stiff neck? baldness? fatique? pink eye? bunyons? canker sores? i could go on and on…in fact, her book DOES go on and on. her research, books and life work seems to shape around the fact that YOUR thoughts can create physical patters and physical ailments … or diminish them. completely.
“The point of power is right here and right now in our own minds. It does not matter how long we have had negative patterns, an illness, a rotten relationship, a lack of finances, or self-hatred; we can begin to make a change today. The thoughts we have held and the words we have repeatedly used have created our life and experiences up to this point….What we are choosing to think and say today, this moment, will create tomorrow and the next day and the next week and the next month and the next year….This is where we being to make changes. What a liberating idea. We can begin to let the old nonsense go. Right now. The smallest beginning will make a difference.”
her story starts with cancer. she was diagnosed with a severe form of cancer, told she had three months to live and given a few options. through a series of detoxifying her body and mind, clearing and reshaping her thoughts and working to release resentment and anger she held – her cancer was gone from her body and stays gone to this day. wow. can you imagine, the power of thought ridding your body of cancer?
Affirmation from Louise Hay
Photo by “JCT(Loves)Streisand”
alright, i know this sounds hokey. and i am certainly not diminishing anyone who has had cancer, fought cancer, survived or died from cancer. but just think about the possibilities.
she challenges her reader:
“Take a little time to listen to the words you say. If you hear yourself saying something three times, write it down. It has become a pattern for you. At the end of a week, look at the list you have made, and you will see how your words fit your experiences. Be willing to change your words and thoughts and watch your life change. The way to control your life is to control your choice of words and thoughts. No one thinks in your mind but you.”
“I have learned that for every condition in our lives, there is a NEED FOR IT. Otherwise, we would not have it. The symptom is only an outer effect. We must go within to dissolve the mental cause…” before you are able to put the affirmations to work, you must “work on the WILLINGNESS TO RELEASE THE NEED for the cigarettes or the headache or the excess weight or whatever. When the need is gone, the outer effect must die. No plant can live if the root is cut away.”
okay, so stay with me a little longer…some of my own “conditions”
canker sores – festering words held back by the lips. blame
back problems – lower back – fear of money. lack of financial support; middle back – guilt; upper back – lack of emotional support. feeling unloved. holding back love.
fatigue – resistance, boredom. lack of love for what one does
headaches – invalidating the self. self-criticism. fear
nail biting – frustration. eating away at the self. spite of a parent.
neck (cervical spine) – represents flexibility. the ability to see what’s back there.
neck problems (refusing to see other sides of a question. stubbornness, inflexibility.
nervousness – fear, anxiety, struggle, rushing. not trusting the process of life.
overweight – fear, need for protection. running away from feelings. insecurity, self-rejection. seeking fulfillment.
pain – guilt. guilt always seeks punishment.
pimples – small outbursts of anger {think about teenagers and their acne struggles – aren’t they ALWAYS angry!?}
stiff neck – unbending bullheadedness.
if i am honest with myself, i can’t argue with very much of what is above. i know that’s a pretty big list, but it is certainly not everything! with each and everyone of those “conditions,” Louise Hay lists an affirmation that if you say and work into your daily routine, believe it and live it, that ailment will go away. that seems pretty darn cool…and almost too good to be true…
Affirmation from Louise Hay
Photo by “JCT(Loves)Streisand”
but, i have a plan. i want to tackle the whole list {and more} at once…grab every single one of those affirmations and say them until i am blue in the face, breath and say them again. but the reasonable side of me is going to pick 2-3 and work on them until they seem to be no more. then, i’ll continue down the list. for now, we shall see.
three more things…
first – my Louise Hay calendar has a short and long affirmation for january. i’ll share it with you below.
second – i challenge you to do the activity above and/or pick out 3-4 conditions you have. i’m happy to take your emails {jessica@coldairac.com}, i’ll look up the condition and send you back the affirmation. or you can check it out yourself in her book {info below}.
third – all the quotations and factual information in this blog post came from Heal Your Body A-Z, The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Way to Overcome Them written by Louise L. Hay.
january:
quick affirmation: I trust that Life will provide me with everything I need and want.
longer affirmation:
I trust myself, and I trust Life.
I know that I was born a beautiful and trusting soul.
If things get difficult, I turn within and anchor my thoughts in truth and love. I ask for guidance from the Universe, and I make my way safely through stormy seas and calm, blissful weather.
My job is to stay in the present moment and to choose clear, simple, positive thoughts and words.
I trust the process of life in all its mysterious and wondrous ways.
yes, i realize january is just about over…but, hey – say the short affirmation three or four times today through the 31st and say the longer affirmation once a day. finally, i don’t think it will STOP working at 11:59pm on january 31st, so its probably pretty safe to keep using these affirmations into february if you so desire! 😉
here’s to changing our thought patters for a happier, healthier, better self with less “conditions!”
Affirmation from Louise Hay
Photo by “JCT(Loves)Streisand”