I’ll chant those words just one more time
Until they’re printed on my brain.
I’ll never know if they’re the truth
But if they move me on to fields
Greener than the ones today,
I’ll chant some more
And see where I will go.
A couple of years ago I went to a Christian festival called New Wine. It’s a week in camping accommodation, just completely surrounded by worship and people who really love God.
At this point I would like to say that I am a Christian but I do have a bit of an up and down relationship with God. I would also like to say that I’m also at my happiest when I’m feeling that my faith is strong, so take from that what you will.
Anyway, I went to this festival and I loved every minute of it. And on one of the days I went to a talk in a little marquee. It was a brilliant talk and at the end we were asked to stand up, close our eyes and repeat after the speaker. We chanted lots of affirmations about how we were worthy and loved in the eyes of God.
I felt a bit self conscious while we were doing it, but by the end of it I had the strangest sense of peace and love. I’ve always been intrigued by things like The Secret and what power we have within ourselves and this got me thinking a bit.
My mother was a really negative force in my life and everything seemed to collapse with her whispering in my ear. She was negative because she didn’t want to see me fail and to hurt, but at what cost? Did her love actually crush me into half the person I was supposed to be?
Now I try to repeat those positive affirmations and it does have some power. Whether it’s a mystical power that depends on vibrations, or it’s just a psychological switch that gets flicked, I don’t know. But I do know that there’s something in it.
I’d love to know about other people’s experiences with positive affirmations and meditation and prayer. Has it made a difference in your life? Has it brought you good things? Or is that not what it’s about for you? For me, it’s just about feeling like a whole person who has purpose and has love in their life. And that’s all that any of us can hope for, really.
Much Love
Rachel xx
carol hopkins
I absolutely believe in positive affirmations as well as prayer. I have experienced so many wonderful things that I attribute to both prayer and affirmation. No, it’s not some kind of magic bullet, but often when I am off balance it is because of my own negative thoughts and lack of faith. But even the experiences that have been less than pleasant have brought me to a place of deeper understanding and insight.
patientandkindlove
I agree. Prayer just centres us, as does having faith in something bigger than us. I find The Secret goes a bit too far, but prayer can just settle us when we’re rattled.
carol hopkins
as well as give us strength when life is in turmoil; comfort in our grief; and joy in our blessings 🙂
Greg Dennison
It’s hard for me to believe positive affirmations… I haven’t exactly tried it in a formal setting, though.
patientandkindlove
I’m on the fence with it, but I do think that self belief is really important and I’m sure repeating these positive things over and over can only help.
crispina kemp
The only affirmation I have used to any extent is EWOP: Everything Is Working Out Perfectly… even if we can’t see it at the time.
Some folks see that as a belief in predestination, that out fate is already planned, we’re merely players following an unseen script. And I did think of it in that way to begin with. Now I see the premise as that whatever grimness we find ourselves in, the experience will help to build a stronger, more adaptable, more determined us, able to take on whatever the future holds.
patientandkindlove
Exactly. You always find that as you travel further away in time from a bad experience you see all the good things that have come from it; things that couldn’t possibly have come about otherwise…
crispina kemp
You are so right in that.