Getting back to the topic of affirmations, discussed in the previous article published on this blog -
https://www.ascoltareilsilenzio.com/blog-eng/affirmations
We have already had the opportunity to highlight how affirmations could be, in their apparent simplicity, a powerful tool for reprogramming the mind, against chronic negative thoughts and/or habits needing to be changed.
Neuro-sciences assert this too.
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What could the possible reasons be, if after a certain period of constant practice, you may experience no sign of success, even respecting advices and guidance as best as possible?
Various could be the possible causes of practice failure:
1/ We don't believe enough in the practice itself…
Believing, as well as having faith, can be difficult to blossom…
We have to make a sort of leap into the unknown, when it comes to relying on other people's experiences that we've never had in person.
For those who Believe, it will be helpful and decisive, to turn in prayer to Him who can do anything, asking for help, as His children, trusting Him, welcoming whatever is going to happen, and doing one's best to go further🙏
For those who don't Believe, the path may be longer and more difficult, but not impossible, if we are sincere, and the direction we move to is in tune with the path our soul has to take.
Yep!!! … We are souls on the Journey, whether we like it or not; whether we are aware of it or not…❤️🙏❤️
2/ One might find oneself in the position of needing some more time to start noticing improvements, depending on some possible quite deep mental grooves, dug by thoughts and experiences, producing dissonant effects…
Each one has his own story…
And the story of the soul often begins far before the beginning of this earthly life parenthesis… at least for those who believe in reincarnation…
Perseverance is needed…❤️
3/ Practice is not consistent…
Without consistency, it’ll be quite hard to be able to achieve something, exception made if we receive Help 🙏
Such Highest Help, if requested authentically, could come, for instance, in cases where the lack of consistency depends on objective difficulties, such as family and/or work commitments that simply leave neither time nor resources… If we would not neglect these commitments, doing our best to honor them, we could certainly be Helped, for what we necessitate… perhaps even without any need to practice Affirmations…🙏
In any case, as we’ve already often indicated by the “crumbs” of inspiration left along the way, on the Facebook page
“Ascoltare il Silenzio”
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589647334751
in case we would experience some kind of difficulties in practicing, we could also try to simplify our practice, may be by just choosing to recall the affirmation and/or the associated thought, often during the day.
It will be easier to be consistent, although times for achieving progress could be longer.
4/ Practice is not enough supported by awareness…
The more superficial the practice, the fewer or totally absent the results will be.
Therefore, even in case one might decide to limit the practice to the frequent mental recall of the affirmation and/or the associated thought, the contribution of our conscious “presence” is needed.
These things been said, dwelling into the awareness that the mind reprogramming effect is set in motion, even if practice is not perfect, is much more important than proceeding to identify the possible reasons for the apparent failure of the practice of affirmations.
Patience and perseverance need therefore to be improved, without worrying too much about verifying any results, which will certainly be produced, more or less quickly, more or less intensely, but, for sure, in any case.
The mind is something mysterious, largely discoverable only through direct experience…
The spiritual teachers of the East, where the “work on the mind” has been deeply practiced for millennia, have also been passing on to us the meaning and functioning secrets of such practices.
Neuro-sciences assert that too.
It’s up to us, to trust and give credit to all that or, if not, to bask in the limitedness of our knowledge…
Ah! Last useful clarification!
Some even well clear effects could also happen, not in the expected way…
Each of us is a soul on the Journey, whose path winds towards a pre-established Final Goal, amidst ups and downs, also depending on the decision taken through the exercise of one’s own free will.
Therefore, it might happen that the direction we follow could not be aligned with the “useful” path for our soul; some unsuperable obstacles could stand in the way and changes of direction, even drastic, might occur in one’s own life.
Dwelling into the perspective of being “souls on the Journey” is the only sure key for being able to read such kind of events.
By consciously undertaking a spiritual path, we will also come to know how to distinguish the path of one's own little self, the “ego”, from the path of the soul.
Let’s keep following these scattered crumbs…
… They bring Far…
… and Near, at the same time...
Let’s follow the way of the soul…
Have a great Journey dearest soul-friend! ✨❤️🙏❤️✨
P.S. I always heartily apologize for my English… I prefer taking care of translations by myself to respect the essence of what I want to tell, to the maximum possible extent… AI translations are too often totally inaccurate. Hope you could appreciate my efforts. Thank you for your patient understanding ❤️