Catherine Ponder, author and Unity Minister, began writing her Prosperity books in the 60s. In the early 70s when I was experiencing a very stressful period, a friend introduced me to two of her books - "The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity" and "The Dynamic Laws of Healing". I read and reread both of them and began utilizing the affirmations she had given in each of them.
I discovered she lived in Palm Desert which was just down the mountain from where I was living. I made an appointment and met with her. What a delightful soul she is! We spoke at length and she helped me understand some of what I was going through and why I was experiencing the situation I found myself in.
The first affirmation I adopted, and the one which I still use is as follows: "I am a healthy, happy, prosperous child of God, I Am, I Am, I Am". She also made me realize that along with repeating my affirmations, I must picture that which I am affirming for. Picturing health is on the quickest avenues to health. According to Latin roots to "image" means to conceive or to take into one's mind. To imagine or "image" a condition, one must conceive it to achieve it. Without the image there can be no condition.
I also learned never to claim an illness. I could explain to someone what a doctor had reported about my health, but that explanation belonged to him and I never claimed it as mine.
Another person who greatly influenced me with my affirmations was the French Doctor Emile Coue who had such success with his patients using the power of imagination. He set up the picture of healing in the patient's mind by repeating the phrase "Nobody ought to be sick". His daily affirmation was "Every day in every way I am getting better and better". That affirmation appeared on every Map I constructed whether it was for healing, prosperity, understanding, etc. Another affirmation which always accompanies my affirmations is "This or something better that is for my highest good".
From studying Emile Coue's philosophy, I learned how very literal the sub-conscious
mind is. It takes as fact anything you tell it...if you say "I have a heart problem" the sub-conscious mind accepts that as a fact and that message is then carried throughout the body and it tells the body it has a problem with the heart. The body reacts accordingly. It takes much longer for the sub-conscious mind to accept a reversal of that statement then it did to accept it in the first place. And...I think it was Silva Mind Control that instructed people to immediately affirm "Cancel, Cancel, Cancel" whenever a negative statement was given in any form, to let the sub-conscious know it was to accept the statement as truth.
Thus, it is important to do your affirmations and as you are doing them to imagine or visualize the perfection of what you affirming for.
It appears sometimes that things have to get worse before they can get better. The getting worse process is actually a part of the improvement process. The appearance of failure is actually success being born into a situation. That is called chemicalization. This is another thing that Ponder discusses in her books.
Emmet Fox described chemicalization as follows: "It seems as though everything begins to go wrong at once. This may be disconcerting but it is really a good sign. Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundation. Hold on steadily, and let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire".
Chemicalization means that things are coming out better than ever before. When right thinking is at work the power of good can gain complete dominion of your world.
Some affirmations I have found effective and have inserted on my maps:
> "There is hidden justice at work in my life and it becomes visible now"
Charles Fillmore wrote: "Many persons doubt that there is an infinite law of justice working in all things. Let them now take heart and know that this law has not worked in their affairs previously because they have not called it into activity. When we call our inner forces into action, the universal law begins its great work in us, and all the laws both great and small fall into line and work for us."
> "God is my supply and my unlimited abundance of everything now."
> "I give thanks for divine restoration in mind, body and affairs."
> "I now let go of worn out things, worn out conditions, and worn out
relationships." (This one I used on my maps when seeking guidance to
improve my mental and emotional state of mind.)
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