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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Teaching Mantra as an Affirmation

mantras for mental health
By Kimaya Singh

A high level of positivity within your life is going to yield wonderfully beneficial results. However, in order to enjoy this positivity, you have to consciously work towards bringing this forth in a continuous and consistent fashion until it becomes almost habitual.

Nothing beats a positive outlook in life like positive thinking and there are tools to help you get yourself to this level. Mantras on affirmation are just one of the positive ways to achieve this. If you are able to call to mind and recite these various different positive mantras when you are feeling down, the sheer force of the positive messages it is based upon, will help you out of your negative state.




Research has continuously shown that filling the human mind with positive thoughts will successfully eventually create a mind-set that is able to face almost any adversity and thus overcome virtually any problem. Thoughts and emotions naturally create a chemical reaction within the body system which directly affects the way the system “performs”. Literally whatever you put into your mind is going to birth your actions and how you eventually cope with any and all situations. Therefore in the interest of keeping stress at bay and facing life with a “can do” attitude, instead of being resigned to failure, having a few mantras to affirm your mind is well worth keeping handy.


The following are some examples of mantras that can positively affirm you if regularly practice and recite them:

·      This too, shall pass

·      Make it work

·      Keep calm and carry on

·      Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened

·      Tomorrow is another new day

·      Don’t sweat the small stuff

·      Don’t worry, be happy

·      I will accept the things I cannot change

·      Life does not have to be perfect, to be wonderful

·      I have chosen to be happy, despite my circumstances

·      Today I am going to be excited about everything

·      Stop holding on to what hurts and make room for what feels good

The above are only some examples which can be used to give you an idea of how mantras can inject some positivity in an otherwise negative thought or situation.


In the end, it all comes down to how you are going to handle things that come your way. If you choose to look for the positive in everything, then you are more likely to get through each challenge better that the last one. Taking one challenge at a time and using the mantras for positive affirmation will help to make the journey to achieving victory much easier and certainly less painful.

Make it a habitual practice to recite a few positive and well-chosen mantras at the very beginning of your day. Infusing some positive thoughts the moment you awake will help you form a positive mind-set even before your feet hit the ground, and you are ready to face the new day and it’s certain challenges.


 
Reciting these specifically chosen mantras will create a phase where your mind is schooled to follow the words and think along the lines the words depict. This will eventually help your mind to only think and process information and circumstances according to the blueprint of the mantras. 

It is very important to find and recite mantras that you feel connected to on every level. Simply reciting a particular mantra because someone else does it, may not help you get the full benefit of its affirmation. This is especially possible, if the mantra you have chosen to recite has got nothing to do with what you would like to see unfolding in your life.

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2 comments:

parvezbdjsr said...

Taking one challenge at a time and using the mantras for positive affirmation will help to make the journey to achieving victory much easier and certainly less painful. Thanks for sharing this useful article.

Unknown said...

A high level of positive thinking within our life is going to yield wonderfully beneficial results and mantras on affirmation are just one of the positive ways to overcome the problem.