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AFFIRMATIONS

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T H E 9 P O S I T I V E S

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What is an affi rmation?

An affi rmation is anything you say or think.

In your day to day life, negative thoughts usually

dominate the positive. A signifi cant amount of

what you say and think is life-negative and does

not create good feelings in you.

You create your reality based on the foundation

of balance or imbalance that you maintain in your

mind. You are the result of your thoughts. All

you need to do is think of how you want to be,

and so you will be. You are affi rming and creating

your life experience with every word and thought.

You should understand that every complaint is

an affi rmation your constant internal dialogue


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A F F I R M A T I O N S

is a stream of affi rmations. Constant repetition

of affi rmative thoughts and statements, whether

negative or positive, are released into the collective

consciousness to shape your future. Once you

understand this, you can design your body and

circumstances by simply changing your belief

system. This will help you in becoming self-

motivated and self-empowered. With this clarity of

thought and understanding, you will consciously

move through a process of transformation.

To help you actualise your potential, ancient

Tibetan sages have given you The 9 Positives.

These aim to instil in you the qualities of the

Spirit so that you can manifest them in your

day-to-day life. This is possible if, with child-

like wonder and surrender, you make these

affi rmations a part of your life, as your daily

mantra. In time, the deeper meaning of the

affi rmations will come into your awareness and

lead you to actualise the purpose of your being.

To understand the meaning of The 9 Positives

you have to fi rst understand the function of

the mind. The great barrier between you and



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Consciousness as a Whole omniscient (all-know-ing), omnipotent (all-powerful), and omnipresent

(all-pervading) is the mind. In day-to-day

living, your mind is in a state which has been

displaced from its original place. This is an oscillat-

ing state in which the mind operates between the

past and the future. Another aspect of the mind

is the exteriorised mind that creates a barrier

between the Creative Intelligence as a Whole and

the creative intelligence within you. The mind

has a tendency to follow the senses and because

of this, your thinking at times can get misguided.

For example, when on your morning walk you

happen to see a respected gentleman from your

area walking with his arm around the shoulders

of a young girl, your mind immediately jumps to

a conclusion and forms a judgement (probably

erroneous) about his intentions and his character.

This happens because your mind being a product

of preconceived notions of the fi ve senses (sight,

hearing, smell, touch, taste) and the fi ve sense

organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin) identifi es with the body, which is egocentric to the extent

that you feel that the body is Me.


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By repeating the affi rmations before the start

of your day and as the last thing before you fall

asleep every night day in and day out they

become a mantra, which in time gets internalised

and arises of its own accord when required.

When sitting by yourself in contemplation,

the realisation dawns that The 9 Positives are

repeating themselves in the order they have been

affi rmed and, in time, if you are sincere in

their practice, their deeper meaning will begin

to unfold.


THE 9 POSITIVES


1I Am Whole

2I Am Perfect

3I Am Strong

4I Am Powerful

5I Am Loving

6I Am Harmonious

7I Am Rich

8I Am Young

9I Am Happy


The First Positive

I AM WHOLE



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The moment you identify with the body as I

you separate yourself from others. Once this

happens, you are not in a position to grasp

everything as a Whole.

You are a part of Totality the whole universe;

there is a link between all of Creation. You live in

this universe along with other species, animate and

inanimate, in a process of mutual give and take,

thereby creating harmony in the functioning of

Totality. The moment you consider yourself apart

from it, disruption takes place and the process

of cause and effect starts.

The universe is always governed by the laws

of Consciousness or Totality. A pre-designed

The First Positive

I AM WHOLE


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I A M W H O L E

interaction within Creation as a Whole results in

it moving to a set rhythm. With this understand-

ing, when you say I am Whole, it means that you

are in balance or in alignment with the Whole.

Once you are in balance, everything in your life

will also be in balance.

Even though you may actually be quite disor-

ganised, when you choose to say I am Whole,

what you are doing is planting the seed for

Wholeness. Each time you repeat the statement,

you are reaffi rming the seed you have planted

in your mind. It is important that you say the

affi rmation in the present tense.

While in a relaxed state of mind, contemplate

on the word Whole. An image or a sensation

of roundness will probably come to your mind.

Now, think outwards from the mind and you

will sense that roundness expanding. Now try to

feel this roundness and Wholeness. Lose yourself

in it so that in the expansion, as thought ceases,

you experience yourself in the expanded state of

blissful Wholeness.



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Because of body-consciousness, disorganised,

compulsive thinking and exteriorisation of mind,

you lose the experience of being Whole. When

you reach the stage in your daily living where,

irrespective of religion or creed, you can touch the

awareness (Witness Consciousness) within you,

then you will experience the sense of Wholeness.

Wholeness is within you. If you project your

thought through that Wholeness, it is bound to

bear fruit. When you are apprehensive of doing

something, watch your approach see how you

act, how you speak, and notice the level of your

self-confi dence. The way you talk makes all the

difference. A successful person talks in a way that

can convince others. An unsuccessful person,

although possessed of better knowledge, is not

capable of putting it into practice and thus cannot

convince others. Self-confi dence is very important

and the best way to defi ne it is I am Whole.

When you are Whole, the entire universe, of

which you are a part, is Whole. In fact, you are the

centre of the universe. In other words, when you

are not there, the universe crumbles like a house of


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I A M W H O L E

cards and disappears. The universe exists, because

you exist. Then where is the question of any fear

or apprehension? Where is the question of things

not happening?

I am Whole. This is further explained as,

Nothing is lacking in you and nothing can be

added to you. If something is Whole, the question

of something lacking does not arise.

When you say I am Whole, it means that what

you are really saying is that you have lived your life

to the fullest. This does not mean the person has

lived a life full of fun and frolic. What it means

is that he has been through every experience life

gave him whether it was pleasure, pain, sorrow,

joy, envy, etc. He has experienced it all and he now

feels that he has led a full life the good along

with the not-so-good. He now feels complete or

Whole there are no more lessons to learn,

and from that perspective he now looks at life

around him as a Witness with a new awareness, in

which he neither accepts nor rejects anything and

understands it all as a play of Consciousness.



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When you say the affi rmation I am Whole, it

has to be said with a strong feeling for it to be

effective. Over time, when you go on repeating

it and it enters your subconscious mind, you will

notice that it has made a noticeable difference

even to your physical appearance the way you

walk, the manner in which you talk, and the way

you conduct yourself every day.


The Second Positive

I AM PERFECT



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As a human being, you are endowed with con-

sciousness that is always striving to perfect itself.

This, however, is not simple. It is developed in

stages, through trial and error, as you go through

life. You start off living your life unconsciously.

This means that you live your life and meet situ-

ations through what is stored in memory, thus

following the process of action and reaction which

can cause a series of confusions.

In hindsight when you realise that had you

responded, instead of reacting to a particular

situation, the outcome could have been positive

you have, by then, lost the opportunity. With this

understanding you start to think before you act,

The Second Positive

I AM PERFECT


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and with practice and conscious effort you take

the correct and right step forward.

Perfection, however, is not only related to your

life and your daily living. To be perfect involves

each sphere of your life, each situation, and

each relationship, with the involvement of your

physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self.

It is a slow and steady process and in time, maybe

over lifetimes, you learn to live a consciously

conscious life.

To understand the above affi rmation, you need

to be acquainted with the theories of karma and

reincarnation.

The reason for your reincarnation, birth after

birth, is to evolve to the extent where you can

experience yourself as being Perfect. The cycle

of rebirth will continue till you resolve all your

karma. Your karmic involvements determine

the family in which you are born, giving what

you owe them and receiving what they owe you.

You have created your universe around this family

unit in which you resolve your major karmic



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patterns and issues, with each reincarnation, by

perfecting your personality through an exchange

of roles.

This means that if in this life you are husband

and wife, in the next birth the roles may be

reversed if karma builds up due to situations

caused through action/reaction. This cycle goes

on in all your relationships, including your friends

and those on the periphery, with whom you have

had some interaction in your life. This happens so

that the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects

get integrated and work to perfection.

The law of karma puts you in a particular

environment or a situation, and that should not

be viewed as a punishment but as an opportunity

for your growth. This law provides you with

relationships and experiences meant to help

you grow as a better, wiser and nobler person.

Therefore, it is best to accept each situation that

you fi nd yourself in, and learn the lesson which a

particular experience has to teach. That is the way

to perfection and spiritual progress.


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With this understanding of the karmic law

of cause and effect, when you think of the word

Perfect, the sensation in the mind is different

from that which you experience when you think

of the word Whole.

Meditate on these two words and notice the

difference in the feeling that is evoked by them.

Register that feeling so that you can recall it when

you feel the need for it. If you are Whole, you

are bound to be Perfect. Imperfection comes

when something is lacking within you.

The Sanskrit word for Whole is Poorna.

Thus, I am Whole I am Poorna; I am Perfect

I am Paripoorna.

Being a part of the Divine, you therefore

become responsible for whatever work you under-

take, and see that it is done with honesty and

integrity.


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