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Actually, the repetition can build up greater resistance to believing it. Consider this example: Sam feels powerless. He has had many experiences that he can point to that justify his feelings and his belief in his own powerlessness and unworthiness. Saying "I am powerful" is less likely to erase his feelings of powerlessness than to prompt an emphatic reaction, such as, "Oh, no, I'm not!" If Sam does not deal with the resistance, he carries it with him as he lives his life. An empowering process emerges by using these five categories of affirmations in a systematic way to assist you in embracing an affirmation that you desire to believe but do not. If you have an intention and a desire to say and believe "I am powerful," start by releasing powerlessness, open to the possibility of being powerful, affirm an intention and readiness to live in your power, claim your power, and let the idea of powerfulness integrate into your life. Following are the five categories of affirmations described briefly with a few examples of each type. Releasing/Cleansing Affirmations The purpose of Releasing and/or Cleansing Affirmations is to let go of unwanted and unneeded stuff. Especially, they help you let go of resistance. They allow you to purify your system. These affirmations stimulate the release of toxins such as negative thought forms, repressed or suppressed emotions, old memories, negative bonds with others, karma, dark consensus reality, illusions of all types. Examples: * I give myself permission to release toxicity from every level of my energy field.* I rescind outdated vows of poverty, celibacy, struggle, silence, and unworthiness.* I release resistance.* I let go of old programs that keep me stuck in old patterns.* I let go of everything I do not want or need for my highest good. Receiving/Accepting Affirmations The purpose of Receiving and/or Accepting Affirmations is to open to allow something to be. They allow us to receive goodness from the Universe. They neutralize the misqualification of energy; that is, they can reverse illness or other density. In addition, they help us shift the attention from disempowering actions such as, "getting" or "taking" to more freeing concepts such as, "receiving" and "allowing" and "accepting." Examples: * I open to the gifts of the Universe.* I allow abundance to flow through me.* I accept support when I need it.* Dear God, please let me know what to do in a way that I can understand.* I accept peace and joy in all aspects of my life. Being/Intending Affirmations The purpose of Being and/or Intending Affirmations is to ground your purpose, especially your higher purpose. These affirmations enhance conscious awareness of your intention about something or about your mission in life. In addition, these affirmations can deepen your understanding of your reason for being and/or acting generally or in a specific situation. They can be used to enhance any and all actions that follow. Examples: * I know that this is for the highest good of all concerned.* I deepen my awareness of the consciousness from which actions spring.* I live my mission.* My intention is to live free from struggle, fear, and hopelessness.* I remember. Acting/Claiming Affirmations The purpose of Acting and/or Claiming Affirmations is to bring something into manifestation or to direct the energy of your intention to appropriate manifestation. These affirmations bring into the physical experience those ideas that you hold in your mind and/or heart. In addition, these affirmations help you to claim your power and establish boundaries in relationships. Examples: * I act with high intention and purposeful awareness.* I step into the world to live my mission in every word and action.* I demand my good right now.* I make every act an act of love (or freedom or mastery or hope, etc.). I am powerful. I am worthy. I am loveable. I am free. Integrating/Embodying Affirmations The purpose of Integrating and/or Embodying Affirmations is to allow the energy and meaning of the affirmations to merge with your consciousness. Affirmations and ideas that do not resonate, drop away. Integrating/Embodying Affirmations support us in knowing more deeply -- integrating -- what we have learned rather than introducing new information. Examples: * I integrate trust into every aspect of my life.* I breathe love into my job, my body, my relationships.* Yes to Life!* Today is an opportunity for peace.* I breathe in abundance, letting my whole body feel its energy. Affirmations as Lifestyle As you work more and more with intentional affirmations -- written, spoken, read, chanted, meditated upon -- you will make them part of your lifestyle. Affirmations are already working for (or against!) you. It is your job to select the ones you want to live by. Remember, you are already using affirmations every time you think or speak! If your current affirmations are disempowering, you can intentionally change them to ones that you choose to live by. © 2006 Marshall House. Jeanie Marshall, Empowerment Consultant and Coach, produces Guided Meditations on CD albums and MP3 downloads and writes extensively on subjects related to personal development and empowerment. She is the author of the well-known DailyAffirm Process available free to the Internet, subscribe join-dailyaffirm@lyris.dundee.net.http://www.dailyaffirm.com
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Article Tags: Personal Growth, Personal Development, Empowerment, Confidence, Positive Affirmations, Empowering, DailyAffirm, Good Attitude Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/five-types-of-affirmations-for-empowerment-11973.html  About the Author:Jeanie Marshall has an M.S. in Organization Development. She facilitates private consultations by telephone throughout the world, appears as a guest on television and radio shows, and has produced guided meditations on audio cassette tapes, CD albums and MP3 files. She has been actively involved in the human potential movement for more than twenty years as a mentor, coach, facilitator, organizational development consultant, personal development consultant, and writer.
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