Chapter 16: Visualization & Affirmations
The mind should be used as a tool for the manifestation of the Universal Forces in the physical plane. If you realize the importance of this, and decide to take control of your programming & thoughts, there are specific tools that can help you do so. Jon was told by Zain to read the following & they would speak more of it afterwards:
Ancient Texts:
Make It "Real" In Your Mind
And Your Mind Will Make it So
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Re-live Actions In the Realms of The Mind
Making It Right to Repeat it Not.
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Always Speak to Your Mind
In a Manner that Shows it
What You Desire to Achieve
As the Positive Outcome.
In Speaking to Your Mind
Never Fight the Negative
With Itself.
In a Direct Struggle
Good Will Lose to Evil.
Make Strong in the Good
And Evil Will Begone.
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Be Ever Vigilant,
In Tending to Your Mind
Turn from Your Negative Thoughts,
Use Your Free Will
Dwell Only on Positive Thoughts.
And Success is Assured.
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Use Not Powers of Mind
But For Developing Virtue
And To Serve Universal Will
Affirmations
Affirmations are positive statements or directions you make to yourself in order to bring about changes in sub-conscious behavior patterns to whatever you will them to be.
MICHIEL: Using an affirmation is like planting a seed in the fertile soil of your sub-conscious mind, and like a seed it needs daily tending or it may die. For this reason affirmations are tools that are used daily, and frequently, by those who wish to change.
It would be best if you received your individual affirmations from your personal true teacher, for he would best know what you should be working on for your particular situation.
If it is not possible, then you could ask God for guidance (for affirmations) during meditation {prayer}, or just think about negative/selfish traits you have, that you know you need to change, or positive traits you would like to acquire.
Affirmation: "I am always Unselfishly Loving"
For it to help, you need to really FEEL that, and MEAN that, when you say it, not just "mouth" it, or it will not be an effective tool.
Affirmations must always be stated as a positive result. You give energy to the positive trait that will supercede the negative. Thus, affirmations should always be stated as an ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED FACT, such as "I am ______."
Some Fundamental Positive Affirmations
There are some general affirmations that the Children have used since Atlantis, and are still taught for everyone.
Morning Affirmation: While you are holding your ideal in mind, say to yourself, silently, or out loud in private, and with full meaning, FEELING it, not as just repetition of words (repeat it for 5 minutes):
"Your will be done God (whatever name for God you choose), not mine, in me & through me; show me what I must do this day, and let me be a channel of your blessings to all."
Evening Affirmations: For the first 2 weeks:
"My concentration is becoming perfect."
After 2 weeks:
"My concentration is perfect."
Pre-sleep Affirmation: Often the most effective because you repeat it as you are going to sleep; this carries it deeper into the sub-conscious.
"I remember my dreams and I am conscious while dreaming,"
Visualization
Visualization is another means of "talking" to, or making non-verbal affirmations to, the subconscious. It is an EXTREMELY POWERFUL mental language. And it programs the sub-conscious, and directs those "building blocks" of our physical reality: thoughts.
All there really is to it is "seeing" something being done, or already accomplished in our mind's eye.
Complete Visualization
The more detail you can add to your visualization, the more powerful it works (emotion, feeling, other senses). Any technique involving energy visualization lends itself particularly well to "feeling" the sensations of that energy. The same methods apply to any aspect of selfishness that you may wish to change. If you do this EVERY time a situation comes up, OR EVEN A NEGATIVE THOUGHT CREEPS INTO YOUR HEAD, you will change as long as you really want to. And before log, with consistency & persistence, the negative thoughts won't creep in any more - the separate self's selfishness will have "given up".
Daydreams
Daydreams are an elaborate, and deep, form of imagining or visualizing. These can be powerfully used to your advantage if you construct an elaborate complete visualization "dream sequence" that encompasses what you want to achieve.
A Warning
Affirmations & visualizations are very powerful & must be respected as such. "What you sow you shall reap." It is better to use them only for development of positive traits, and positively changing your subconscious programming. And even then it should be done with the inclusion of a "conditional" affirmation like:
"Only if it is within the will of the Universal Spirit"
Example: You have a pain in your foot. You decide to do an affirmation to "not feel pain". Problems with this -
1. The pain may be telling you something you need to know about the condition of your foot, that you should attend to before it gets worse.
2. You could damage your foot because of the lack of sensation.
3. You may be denying yourself a raise in consciousness from transcending that pain.
4. You could be missing the gift of getting the source of why you are having the problem in the 1st place.
A person should eliminate the cause before masking the effect.
If you are humble, and have realized the existence of Universal Will, then you will probably just visualize the person/situation surrounded in light, and affirm your concern & desire for the Universal Spirit to do whatever is best; NOT what you think is best.
The practitioner of black magic seeks what they want at any cost, including harming others. It may be used to deliberately harm others.
White magic practitioners generally draw the line at consciously doing anything that would harm someone else.
Remember, the self will twist the truth to its own advantage. People who "create their own reality" don't know, or consider, what might occur in order to make that happen.
Example: Jon was shopping for a vehicle with some other monks, and the salesman talked to him about how he was a metaphysician (practiced visualization to get what he wanted). Jon argued how that could be very dangerous, with a limited viewpoint & how we should instead allow the hierarchy work through us if it is necessary. Then the salesman could not get the vehicle to start, nor the next, despite trying to visualize/manifest the vehicle starting. He eventually tried taking the monks to their hotel in his own vehicle, which broke down & he called his wife to get them. Jon argued that the hierarchy intervened & God's will would be done, despite the salesman's determination to get them there. Finally, his wife arrived & as they got close to the hotel, the road was blocked & police explained there was a hazardous chemical spill near the hotel due to an accident & no one was permitted in the area until it was all cleaned up. People had been evacuated from the area & taken to the hospital. So they were lucky & blessed that the hierarchy had come to the rescue. The next day, the salesman had no trouble starting any of the vehicles.
A FEW LAST WORDS
The Sub-conscious is also programmed through strong desires & fears. Remember, whatever one holds as an ideal affects the programming. Be very discriminating as to what you allow to enter, and what you allow to remain. Most importantly, YOU MUST REALLY WANT TO CHANGE.
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