Today we address the age old question, "How can I get what I want if I don't know what it is?"
It's easy to define what we don't want. That's how the human brain is wired. To survive, we needed to avoid the dangerous, not run to the joyful. But now my brain lives safely in Union, Kentucky. I do need the sense to come in out of the rain, but more than that, I need to get guidance on living a satisfying, fulfilling life.
To put it into context, I'd rather not wait in a long line, but do I know how to be content while standing there?
This all came up because last week I had a great opportunity (or should I say, challenge). I use a meditation program called Holosync. Since I'm not an audiologist or a neuroscience specialist, I'll let them explain the process. "You listen with stereo headphones or ear buds, sitting comfortably with closed eyes (or, if you prefer, you may lie down). Each time you listen, Holosync stimulates a part of each brain hemisphere called the olivary nucleus, taking you into the brainwaves of deep meditation."
I've had a meditation practice for years, but this takes it to a whole new level. One of the things that they offer is to add custom subliminal affirmations to the recordings. I said "yes, please!" Then realized I had no idea how to come up with affirmations global enough to listen to all day.
The short affirmations that go with a reiki healing attunement, those I help clients create all the time. Oh, and the ones that help movement based solutions to persistent problems. Oh, yeah, I also teach creating affirmations for reiki grids. How could this be so hard?
Of course, I went to Mr. Google for help. So many websites, so little help. 10 affirmations for the perfect life. 101 affirmations for your liver. Relationship affirmations for the lonely. It was like taking my 5'3" body into a one size fits all store. All of the suggestions just fell flat. Then I remembered a book I read back in 1999.
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Dr. Daniel Amen came to the rescue again. Dr. Amen's One Page Miracle. This link will take you to the form you can download. It's such a valuable tool.
I first filled it out in a journal in 1999. What a different person I was then. I do it periodically when it starts to feel like my life doesn't fit anymore.
When I did an elongated version two weeks ago I realized my big mistake. Somehow with my boys leaving home for college and jobs and my husband's increased travel schedule, I suddenly decided that I should be in charge of everything. Even the things well outside my scope, like health issues, job losses, and any range of other acts of God.
Now I am a powerful woman, but I can't change the weather yet. Some things (yes, many things) are outside of my scope. The most important affirmation I came up with was around trusting. Trusting God (or insert your favorite term for a higher power here) that things will be taken care of, that it will all work out, somehow. At the time of this writing I can't find my notes, so please by all means, write your own version of trust. And hope. And love. Create the world you want to live in. It's better than you think.
Here's a video of how to make the grid to power your affirmations-
