Caio,
I believe is that Dr. Diane Clark is referring in part to what constitutes
the concept of "faith." Many of us believe in the power of faith (belief in
someone or something) and that's ok, and there others who don't believe in
the power of faith and that also is ok. So, I believe that affirmations are
a way, for those who believe in the power of faith to make something come
true. It's basically the stuff the great religions are based upon.
Just a thought,
ps. I you disagree - please don't chop my head off.
Rick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caio Rossi [SMTP:caioross@z...]
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 10:06 PM
> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Question about affirmations
>
> Diane wrote:
>
> >If you read
> >studies done on this subject, you will see that the subconscious takes
> your
> >words literally. It does not distinguish as to whether something is the
> >truth. It just carries out whatever you say to it.
>
> Never, ever, any scientific experiment was conducted where many subjects
> were followed, social interaction was completely taped for later
> evaluation,
> parental care was pre-determined down to minute details for comparison,
> thoughts were recorded, etc.
> That is found in self-help pseudo-scientific books only. Just like that
> theory held by Nuerolinguistic Programming business consultants that
> states
> that positive perspectives determine success in business. They disregard
> the
> fact that if you bankrupt you must have ended up being much more
> negativistic than successful ones would ever be, and that those sucessful
> businessmen, even if starting out already positivist, may have held a more
> positive outlook due to other success determining factors: background,
> financial advantages, good product, good location, etc. There's no science
> to it!
>
> >This is why negative
> >self-talk is lethal, or even jokes and sarcasm. If I say, "Oh, I'm such
> an
> >idiot.
>
> That lethal effect should cause many famous, rich, long-living comedians
> to
> die, don't you think so? Whatever... Before you say "I'm an idiot" for the
> first time, you have to act like one at least once! and that will have
> happened long before your repetitions, and may be only the first in a
> series. It seems to me that if you act like an idiot in the future it may
> just part of your pre-existing repertoire. Assessing reality like this
> seems
> to be more effective to me: " I sometimes act like an idiot, but sometimes
> not. I'm not perfect, but if I notice any pattern in my 'idiotic'
> behavior,
> I may be able to 'smarten' ( just made it up. Add it to your thesauruses
> :-) ) it". No lies, no delusional negativism or positivism. Just facts!
> BTW,
> what I did is pretty much RET-based, the kind of therapy I referred to
> before.
>
> Bye,
>
> Caio
>
>
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