In a message dated 4/16/00 8:16:03 PM, caioross@z... writes:
<< Anyway, don't you agree that believing 'that it is possible that they
might work' is being
in doubt? >>
There's a big difference between being in doubt and being convinced that
something will not work. If you are doubtful, affirmations can still work.
But if you are totally convinced that they will not work (as you appear to
be), then they probably won't work for you.
<<No, I'm threatened by the idea that one thinking something is true, that
something will automatically be true! >>
Once again, you seem to want to willfully misinterpret what others have said.
An affirmation is not a magic wand, or new age voodoo. It is a useful tool
that is based on the workings of the subconscious mind.
I am a believer in hard work--and I practice what I preach. But I also know
that it pays to work smart, and affirmations help tremendously in that
regard. I consider them "warm-ups" for my mind.
Finally, if the world were always as "logical and realistic" as you insist,
bumblebees would not be able to fly, let alone the Spruce Goose. And man
would never have set foot on the moon.
Our "known limitations" are exceeded all the time be people too "foolish" or
"crazy" to know that they want to achieve is "impossible."
Others have said it better than I can:
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is
more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles
the world." --Albert Einstein
Judy
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