Hi, I would like to know what you guys think of affirmations.  Do you think they are bogus?  Do you think they are great?  Do you think they can be used in a right or wrong way?  Have you can any success with them?

   One of the ways I look at affirmations is creating a belief.   For instance you can say "I love myself", you can also say "I don't love myself". You may have had people around you like parents and siblings that modeled for you that you don't love yourself.  So you go around with your inner thoughts thinking I don't love myself as a kind of backround noise, but when you step in and affirm  "I love myself" you are creating a new way of thinking and feeling that is by your design. So it isn't nessesarily a lie, but a creation.  because you can think any thoughts you want and it will effect how to feel and behave.  Leo's mindfullness video really opened my mind to this with the "inner sound" "inner image" "inner feeling" concept. The "sounds" and "images" in your mind will effect how you feel.

Thank you
- Colin