The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine December, 2017 | Page 19
The Import ance of Feeling in Af f irmat ions
By Featur ed Colum nist Ellen Wood
I ?ve always had the experience that feeling affirmations,
rather than just thinking them, is what gives them power.
That?s why I was particularly excited when I read Gregg
Braden?sThe Spontaneous Healing of Belief.
In this book, Braden shares about his journey with a small
group he had invited to accompany him to Tibet and their
experience at an 800-year-old monastery hidden at the
base of a mountain. Through their translator he asked the
timeless-looking abbot the same question he had asked
each monk and nun they had met throughout their
pilgrimage.
" ?When we see your prayers,? I began, ?what are you really
doing? when we see you tone and chant for 14 and 16
hours a day? when we see the bells, the bowls, the gongs,
the chimes, the mudras and the mantras on the outside,
what is happening to you on the inside?? "
Take the pressure off. Just relax, let go completely and
trust in the Divine. Relaxing is actually a big step up from
gloomy.
Many of us are wrapped up in the cares and concerns of
everyday life and forget to pay attention to who we really
are. And so our true nature as part of the Divine remains
hidden within and our power and magnificence get buried
beneath stress, worry and inaccurate perception.
Un-forgiveness shovels some dirt on our core too -
un-forgiveness of others and especially ourselves. But
forgiveness can?t be forced. We can?t make ourselves
forgive someone, even when that someone is ourself.
Forgiveness comes from a heightened consciousness,
which we can cultivate by taking time to be still and allow
the true Self to surface. Meditation is one way.
Our very nature is loving, kind and joyful. Connecting to
our heart and loving ourself restores us to our original
?As the translator shared the abbot?s reply, a powerful
nature where we freely and unconditionally give and
sensation ripped through my body, and I knew that this was receive love. Tapping into the joys of the heart has the
the reason we?d come to this place. ?You have never seen
ability to heal the sorrow of the mind and body. The heart
our prayers,? he answered, ?because a prayer cannot be
joys aren?t dependent on circumstance ? they simply are,
seen.? Adjusting his heavy wool robes, the abbot continued: an essential part of the heart.
?What you have seen is what we do to create the feeling in
our bodies. Feeling is the prayer.? ?
Ellen Wood of Taos, NM is an inspirational speaker
This is so key to growing younger and living a happy life.
Feelings are the important grease that helps raise or lower
your vibration. If you?re feeling good, your vibration is high
and you attract more high vibration thoughts. If you?re
feeling great, your vibration is even higher. If you?re feeling
down in the dumps, your vibration is low and you attract
more low vibration thoughts. Those are the negative
villains that make life miserable.
Of course, when you?re feeling wretched, you don?t feel
like saying positive affirmations. When you?re feeling that
bleak and gloomy and it?s too much of a stretch to go for
positive, just make the effort to get to neutral. Or don?t!
and award-winning author of
?Think and Grow Young: My
Journey Through Alzheimer?s to
the Fountain of Youth.? Her new
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Contact her at [email protected]
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