Do you feel like you want to run away from your daily life? Go to someplace away from the hustle and bustle of your stressful personal and professional life? Do you feel like you are not getting any time for yourself and that the everyday pressures are making your thoughts negative?
This is a very normal phenomenon that many of us go through. The everyday tension, deadlines, and work pressure may sometimes become overwhelming. As human beings, our success would then lie in how we handle these feelings and not allow them to cloud our thinking and affect our mental stability.
There are many techniques you can follow to keep your mind calm and balanced. One such technique is meditation. Meditation is seen by several researchers as potentially one of the most effective forms of stress reduction techniques (1).
Humans have the unique capacity of communicating with each other using words. Words are powerful tools that, as the author, Robin Sharma quotes can inspire as well as destroy. Listening to positive words can help you become optimistic and feel good about yourself. Affirmations are nothing but positive words.
In this article, we will talk about affirmations and how they can be used along with meditation to calm yourself and let that positivity flow through your body.
Meditation and Affirmations
Meditation is an exercise that usually involves a person turning his attention or awareness to dwell upon a single object, sound, concept, or experience. It has been practiced in many forms over the centuries and in many cultures.
Meditation has been mentioned in Indian Puranas and has been practiced for at least three thousand years since the dawn of Indian yoga. It is most often associated with the Indian traditions of yoga and Buddism (2). The meditation technique is also mentioned in many of the Chinese traditions and in the modern world, it is being widely adopted by people the western countries too.
Historically the goal of meditation was to attain “enlightenment”. The most common form of meditation involves holding attention to a sound or a “mantra”. The mantra is usually a sound perceived as suitable and powerful enough to resonate spiritually from the body of the person who is meditating. The practitioner is generally taught to maintain awareness of the mantra and exclude all other thoughts and other external influences and desires. This mantra can be replaced by affirmations (3).
Affirmations are positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. When you repeat them often and believe in them, you can start to make positive changes. They begin to take charge of your thoughts, slowly changing your pattern of thinking and ultimately changing your life.
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Importance of Affirmations for Meditation
It may seem like a difficult task initially; many find it hard to think about nothing while meditating. Our brains are so used to thoughts that it sometimes becomes difficult to get our brains to think about nothing at all. But once you get a hang of meditating and start practicing daily it starts getting easier.
The world has plenty of critics already. Your faults and negative behaviours will be highlighted by many. It then becomes your responsibility to be gentle with yourself and tell yourself that you are worthy of what you have and much more. Words of affirmations will help you do just that. Affirmations combined with meditation will not only relax your mind and body but will also generate in you a sense of positivity and confidence.
Positive words that are saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which when let out, are sure to explode the rocks of difficulties. Such affirmations when heard over and over again in form of a mantra while meditating will help you manifest the changes you desire.
All you have to do is find a relatively quiet space with minimum disturbances. If you like, light a small candle in front of the photo, and some incense to help you to establish a calm, peaceful environment. Remove your shoes, spectacles, and loosen any tight clothing. Sit comfortably with both hands open, palms up on your lap. Take a few deep breaths, then breathe in a quiet, relaxed way. You can recite your affirmations yourself or record your affirmations and play them in the background.
Affirmations for Meditation
Below are some affirmations you can focus on while you are meditating.
- I am enough.
- I am worthy.
- I am peaceful.
- I am attracting beauty and prosperity.
- My body is a powerful healer.
- I am strong in mind, body, and spirit.
- I deserve respect.
- I love my body and my mind.
- I am grateful for everything I have.
- I am evolving.
- I am my own master.
- I am a winner.
- I am a pure spirit.
- I am forgiving.
- I am attractive.
- My life is plentiful.
- I always do my best.
- I can achieve everything I want.
- I am patient and calm.
- My fear is only in my mind.
- I am confident.
- I see opportunities everywhere.
- I am brave.
- I control my emotions; they do not control me.
- I am perfect in my own way.
- I do not compare myself with others.
- Today is a miracle.
- I lead with love
- Life is beautiful.
- All is well.
- I am at peace with myself.
- I love my life.
- I am connected and protected.
- Peace flows through my mind and body.
- I release pain and suffering as a means to grow.
- I am open to receiving the abundance.
- I seek health today.
- I have all I need to make today a great day.
- I am successful.
- I am patient and calm.
- I have within me to solve any and all problems.
- I can take all my life decisions.
- At this moment I have everything I need.
- All obstacles in my path will be removed.
- I surrender all fears and doubts.
- I make my life awesome.
- I pick riches and wealth.
- I am prosperous, sound, and upbeat.
- I am in the right place at the right time.
- I have all the talent and resources to accomplish all my goals.
It is time to find your inner voice and speak nourishment into your life. Take control of your unconscious mind and find your calm. Reconnect with the parts of you that have gotten lost in the whirlwind of life, focus on your breaths and begin the process of drowning out the noise around you and focus on the voice that rings within.
Let us know if these affirmations have helped you, in the comments section below.
Author: Dr Pooja Nilgar (Content writer and editor)
References
- Manocha, R., 2000. Why meditation?. Australian Family Physician, 29(12), pp.1135-1138.
- Shapiro, S.L. and Walsh, R., 2003. An analysis of recent meditation research and suggestions for future directions. The Humanistic Psychologist, 31(2-3), pp.86-114.
- West, M., 1979. Meditation. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 135(5), pp.457-467
