Afformations are a different way to bring what you want to your life …
I've been practicing positive affirmations for the last year and they have been working for me.
I just read about AFFORMATIONS and I think the two methods can work for anybody, as you BELIEVE (and feel) in what you are saying. If I say, "I'm happy today," I need to believe that I'm a very happy person, and I start to look for reasons to be happy. I think it is the same as if I ask, "Why am I so happy today?" - so I need to give myself some reasons, too!
Noah St. John, author of The Secret Code of Success, has created The Afformations Method. He maintains that the subconscious mind responds to questions instead of conscious statements (i.e., affirmations), and this is why your life may not change when you are saying affirmations.
Using Noah's method, instead of saying, “I’m feeling good today,” you need to say, “Why am I feeling so good today?" And your mind automatically begins to search for an answer to your question.
Noah describes two types of questions: Empowering and Disempowering questions. Disempowering questions are the ones we ask ourselves in negative self talk: "Why do I feel so bad today?" "Why can't I get the things I want?" "Why am I too fat?" Asking yourself these kinds of negative questions will give you negative results, like negative affirmations will.
“Empowering questions cause your mind to focus on the positive. The only answers to empowering questions are answers or experiences that produce feelings of self-esteem and a positive self-image! Empowering questions lead to answers that tell the Truth about Who You Really Are,” Noah says in his book. “The purpose of The Afformations® Method is to change your disempowering questions to empowering questions.”
Disempowering question: Why am I a lonely woman?
Empowering question: Why am I a popular woman?
Disempowering question: Why am I such an ugly person?
Empowering question: Why am I so pretty/handsome?
Of course, you need to be aware what kinds of questions you are asking yourself, then ask empowering questions every day, and you will get better results!
I just started to practice Afformations with affirmations:
Affirmation: I’m a successful woman!
Afformation: Why am I a successful woman?
Affirmation: I have a wonderful man by my side!
Afformation: Why do I have a wonderful man by my side?
Affirmation: I’m Pretty, Sexy and Smart!
Afformation: Why am I so Pretty, Sexy and Smart?
(Hmmmm … I have a lot of answers here … lol …)
I'm sure it will work for me, as long as I believe what I'm saying. Any of these methods won't work for you if you don't believe in what you are saying - and practicing. I would love to hear about your experience with affirmations and afformations; share it with us!
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