Our brains are like a complex computer. Ideas going in and out — sometimes without any control or filters. But did you know that you can change your programming and change your thinking?
We all experience times where we don’t like ourselves (or others) and run blaming and shaming programs in our brains. Spiritual practices are aimed at helping change our inner destructive programming. One of my favorite practices to change my programming is through positive affirmative prayer.
Bruce Lipton, PH.D. pioneered research on how our consciousness controls the expression of our genes through our thoughts, beliefs, lifestyle choices and environment. In an interview in the July/August Unity Magazine, he shares how prayer and meditation change our programming.
Excerpts from Listening in with … Bruce Lipton: From Chaos to Community
(Prayer and meditation can change your programming), but repetition is fundamental in changing the subconscious. If I
say a prayer today and forget about it, I’m not really changing my energy fields — it’s more akin to a suggestion. I have to consciously and repeatedly visualize what I want and radiate thoughts that resonate with that.
Most people’s prayers come from wants and needs. In a way, they are seeing themselves as victims because they are focusing on what they don’t have. But when we instead focus on appreciation and gratitude, we are thanking God for a wonderful life, and so we attract more of those positive experiences that we are expressing gratitude for.
Now that kind of (positive affirmative) prayer … enhances our lives because those positive thoughts physiologically support our biology and behavior. The brain chemistry you create with positive thoughts is what empowers that placebo effect — healing through just the power of the mind.
In September, I am publishing a series of emails (ecourse) on the power of positive affirmative prayer to change your programming! This 8-part ecourse is specifically about using positive affirmative prayer to nurture peace and fulfillment in your life. If you would like to be one of the first to receive the e-course as soon as it is launched, you can sign up here:
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