Affirmations do not work! That’s a pretty powerful statement right?!?!? What am I talking about you ask? Those do work, I've seen them on the secret and I've heard so many folk use them and get precisely what they desire, how will they NOT work?

Affirmations work to some although not everyone. Yes it is true that what we target tends to show up in our lives but merely reciting affirmations day in and day out just does not cut it anymore.

See I used to say my affirmations daily until I was blue in the face. I might wake up in the morning and recite them. In the daytime I'd bring out my telephone and say them also. It was to the point I Had them memorized and over time I felt rather like I was just reading words and wasn't internalizing them like your imagine to.

Then I was introduced to something called “afformations” conceived by a man named Noah St. John. I started reading his books and shortly realized precisely why my affirmations just weren't working for me anymore. I soon realized just why I kept saying them yet they weren't manifesting in my life. Today I'm going to chat with you about the explanations why affirmations just don’t work anymore.

Reason 1 why affirmations don’t work:

We may say the affirmations on the conscious level but subliminally our mind might be telling us “ya right, you're joking right!” Think about this statement for a second “I have a million greenbacks in my deposit account” Unless you actually have a million greenbacks in your bank account your intelligence is letting you know no you don't you do not even have a tenth of that money.

Reason 2 why affirmations don’t work:

We need to remember that the unconscious mind answers to our questions and does not answer to statements. When we ask ourselves real questions quite likely the mind starts to go to work on uncovering the answer for you. When you just state something if it is true or false you do not give your mind something to contemplate. So instead of asserting statements try asking empowering questions. Like the example above with the million bucks why don't you use, “Why have I got 1,000,000 greenbacks in my bank account?” You may not have that now but your consciousness starts to go to work for you to see how are you able to accomplish that. Sure it won't occur overnite nor will it occur if you simply sit there and pose questions all day to yourself. You have got to basically DO something to get something.

Why affirmations do not work and what can you start to do now:

In place of using affirmations try to put those statements into a form of an enabling questions. Remember your subconscious answers the questions you give it. Ask the right sort of questions that are still in the positive form. You do not truly change the affirmations instead you put it in question form.

Here are a few examples that I use for my afformations:

1. Instead of using: Everyday in every way I'm getting better

Use this instead: Why am I getting better and better every day in every way?

2. I am a leader

Why am I a leader?

There are countless hundreds of questions out there you can use. Google Noah St John and afformations and you'll be able to find out more about his teachings with why affirmations don't work.