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To me, affirmations and importances are two different things.
Affirmations are statements. They may not necessarily be important
and are just a stand alone statement affirming something like a
fact. From a dictionary, something declared to be true; a positive
statement or judgment. This does not always by itself convey an
importance. An importance can be given in an affirmation but more to
the jist of the importance, the affirmation is a statement while an
importance is ... quality or condition of being important; a
significance of higher or lesser value. The affirmation is the
statement that gives the importance but it is not the importance itself.
It's really a fine line between the two. They can be the same but it
is not a given that affirmations = importances at all times and
instances. They are two different things.
Paul
On Jan 26, 2014, at 11:39 AM, David Pelly wrote:
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Paul,
Would you agree that the definition of the word "importances" as
used in TROM in
"Repair of Importances" is of comparable magnitude to "affirmations"?
As defined here:
An affirmation is a statement that is carefully crafted to address
an unwanted pattern and transform it through the use of positive
thought.
An affirmation or affirming statement can be a phrase that is
written down or a statement that is repeated verbally.
An affirmation may also be an audio recording that is listened to
repeatedly.
Affirmations focus attention on the positive outcome of a
situation, and are structured to affirm that the positive outcome
is already a reality.
For instance, a person who has developed a pattern of unfulfilling
relationships may affirm, "I am full of love, and I experience
meaningful personal relationships now".
The usefulness of affirmations is most succinctly summed up by the
phrase, "Thoughts are things".
Experts on the effectiveness of affirmations explain that the
subconscious mind is always responding to our inner dialogue and
self-talk.
Further, our subconscious mind is using our beliefs and self-talk
to create our experiences and our lives.
Our inner beliefs and self-talk may be rooted in limiting beliefs
that were formed early in life that do not assist us in achieving
our goals and dreams.
For some, painful and dysfunctional life experiences have created a
self-defeating inner dialogue. T
The use of affirmations has been compared to a positive form of
brainwashing.
Through the use of affirmations individuals seek to reprogram the
thoughts, feelings, and self-talk that is influencing the
subconscious mind, thus changing their experience and their life.
All of the above are affirmations and how affirmations may be used
but one will have to still say that the affirmation is of some
importance or of no importance. Give that importance or there is
none, only the affirmation. Importance is not automatically inferred
just because an affirmation is used to convey the idea. One could
affirm that pennies are made of copper and also state that whether or
not they are made of copper is really of no importance at all. So
there is the affirmation and the statement that there is no
importance connected with the affirmation.
Paul
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