“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it
move with it, and join the dance.” 

Alan Watts

So your lower back hurts? Could this be because you have a fear of money? Of course! Well, here’s something to do about it. Repeat several times throughout the day: “I trust the process of life. All I need is always taken care of. I am safe.”

But maybe it’s not the lower back. Could there be some other joint that’s bothering you? Joints signify changes in direction, after all. So if it’s some other joint that’s bumming you out, simply repeat –“I easily flow with change. My life is Divinely guided and I am always going in the right direction.”

Information like this can be found in Louise L Hay’s uniquely fascinating book, Heal Your Body. It’s a small but mighty dictionary of sorts. You simply look up your physical, emotional or psychological ailment (there are so many) and Louise has a concise interesting take on the possible deeper source. She also has an affirmation to resolve it. From backaches to knee breaks, allergies to ovaries. 1, 2, 3 – Blissphemy! Problem solved.

Now, you may be thinking this is all hogwash. But the concept of affirmations as effective tools in healing is an ancient phenomenon. Instructions on how to create positive thought processes appear as a general precept throughout many ancient spiritual texts. For example, China’s text of the Tao Te Ching of around 400 BCE, Chapter 56:

“Stop talking, meditate in silence, blunt your sharpness, release your worries, harmonize your inner light…”

And if you’re more of a science geek, well there’s something here for you too. Popular scientific studies in neuro-linguistic programming of the 1970s and 1980s utilized affirmations to reprogram the mind into healthier ways of being. These types of scientific studies continue today in further affirming the power of affirmations. Social work and numerous forms of psychotherapies have also grown to consider affirmations as effective therapeutic tools in healing for an assortment of personal traumas.

Now back to Louise’s book, my neck happens to be hurting me from an auto accident a few months back. Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Care, Yoga, and Deep Tissue Massage have all been working wonders for this longer-than-expected healing journey of mine…but let’s look up Louise’s take on this physical concern. Maybe she’ll have the key to speed this process up. Aha – here it is Neck Problems between Near Sightedness and Nephritis:

“Refusing to see other sides of the problem. Stubbornness, inflexibility.”

Hmmm…and I thought it was just the other car ramming into me. But no, there’s so much more. Here is my affirmation to work with,

“It is with flexibility and ease that I see all sides of an issue.  There are endless ways of seeing things and doing things. I am safe.”

And I’m on it!

If only I had started this affirmation before the other car came out of nowhere.

A simple example of an Affirmation Meditation is also on the Yoyoga Meditation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44AhIFCJcCs