Like any other human being, my life isn’t always sunshine and blue skies. I’ve had my share of problems, both emotional and not-so emotional. Every time I start feeling low though, I let my mind do the talking so that I can get out of the rut. But how does the mind power function? Well, it’s like this:

• The seat of our cognition is the brain. Since this is the case, the mind power controls our thoughts. When we think negatively all the time, the mind makes these negative concepts come true. These thoughts increase in strength and they begin to affect our attitudes, our perceptions and our behavior. When we think positively, the mind does the same. For good things to happen in our lives we have to constantly visualize mental images that are also good.

• The mind also governs our emotions. To avoid feeling down when life takes a hit on us, we must affirm to ourselves that troubles will come to pass. These assertions will help us feel more positive and more able to face life’s challenges.
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• The mind can make us sick and can also cure our pain, physical or emotional. Our emotions manifest themselves in physical ways. For example, when we are depressed, the body reacts in manners that would correspond to the depression. Hence we may lack appetite due to the sadness and eventually we might develop ulcer from not eating. Similarly, the mind can convince a sick person that he is getting better. Someone who is feverish may then be cured of the symptoms if truly believes that he isn’t sick.

• Finally, when we have things that we need to accomplish and find ourselves unable to do so, the mind power dictate to us our goal. We can do this through the help of concentration that is, focusing our thoughts, thinking of our goal and visualizing it. Afterwards, we should come up with a specific plan on how to go about achieving the said goal. The plan naturally has to be based on what’s tangible and real otherwise, all our visualization and planning will be in vain. Then we can start working on our plans. It will take effort on our part, but we need to commit to our memory that in the end, our effort will pay.

So are you feeling as if you are in a rut these days? Do you lack sleep due to vehement worries? Perhaps, you still cannot figure out how to attract that particularly hard to pin down goal. Or maybe you are in deep pain. If any of these are true to you, remember that the mind has the incredible power to change things. You can train yourself to not carry so much emotional baggage or have so many negative perceptions in your life. Think mental positive! BE mental positive! You’ll feel a lot better, you’ll see.

Claire may not have Professor Xavier’s intelligence or Spiderman’s spider sense, but she is our superhero. Why? It’s just that Claire has the ability of saving us from the claws of despair, of frustration, of depression, of pessimism. No, she can’t read minds or turn back the hands of time. But you know what her secret weapon is? Positive words.

Affirmations or positive words are statements that Claire would make us repeat over and over again whenever we feel down or when doing a task. She says that positive words impress on the subconscious mind and trigger it into positive action. Once consistently repeated with attention, conviction, interest and desire, these positive words can help you focus your mind, let you take charge, and invalidate pessimistic ideas. Here are a few of Claire’s positive words / phrases:

• I am healthy and happy
• Wealth is pouring into my life
• I am sailing on the river of wealth
• My body is healthy and functioning in a very good way
• I have a lot of energy
• I can do this!
• I study and comprehend fast
• My mind is calm
• I am calm and relaxed in every situation
• My thoughts are under my control
• I radiate love and happiness
• I am surrounded by love
• I have the perfect job for me
• I have a wonderful and satisfying job
• I can overcome these challenges
• I am successful in whatever I do
• There’s no stopping me!
• I am blessed and talented
• I am beautiful and intelligent
• I can be the best that I can be
• I am loved

These are only a few examples of positive words. Affirmations / positive words give you the power to state what you want in your life then give you a clear mental and emotional feel of those desires regardless of present circumstances. By being convinced of these positive words, you attract positive things in your life and repel bad and depressing thoughts. Remember that your subconscious mind accepts as true what you keep saying and will eventually attract corresponding events to your life. If negative statements fill your mind, then you will definitely not be able to do anything and eventually fail. Positive words can lend you a hand in transforming your life. So go on, think positive as if your life depends upon it! Because it really does!

You are in a financial mess – your bankbook is staggering with a less than mediocre interest rate, your credit cards are almost maxed out, and your cash spells ZERO. But your debt continues to be BIG, HUGE and INCREASING. Your love life is no different; your career has become stagnant. Your left door neighbor on the other hand seems to have a very big break in work, love and wealth. And you wonder about her luck. Your other next door neighbor tells you that she’s married to Mr. Prosperity. Mr. Prosperity indeed! You feel jealousy consuming the inner you. Put simply, you are envious. So with envy, you end up making a scheme on attracting prosperity, Mr. Prosperity.

Are you the scheming envious person mentioned above? Are you planning on attracting prosperity as well? With the global downhill direction of our economy today, I wouldn’t be surprised if you see yourself in the above given scenario. Most of us might find ourselves woeful about our financial states. We ask ourselves, why are some people luckier than us? But consider this, does the issue lie in their luck or does it lie in us? Regardless of our answer to the question posed, we still find relief when we learn that there are those who lead an existence that is worse than what we have.

Prosperity is not based on chance or faith alone, nor is it only exclusive to people who are perceived to be luck worthy or special by external forces. Each one of us actually has the ability to become prosperity magnets – and the ability to attract prosperity lies on attitude. If you find yourself becoming the person in the above statements, then maybe you can help yourself to some of these easy ways of attracting the good things in life.

• Know what you desire. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, says that “thoughts are things” and are powerful when they are accompanied with the desire to have these thoughts translated into materials. If you are aware of what you want, chances are, whatever actions you engage in would be geared towards the direction of your desire – thus the translation of thought to material. See our article on the power of the subconscious mind for more information on this topic.

• Live your life. Living your life does not mean that you have to waste it with all those fun filled exciting activities that you do to get more out of life. It does not mean shopping sprees, luxurious vacations, or all night partying. Nor does living your life indicate being tied up with doing more work than allowed in order to prosper. Living your life simply means that you have to recognize the fact that life is a cycle of ups and downs. You win some. You lose some. When you recognize these events and when you are really aware of these events, then it would be easier for you to adapt what is called for in a certain happenstance. Then you will find yourself on the road to attracting different prosperities.

• Take the risk and when the risk results to down fall, plunge in it. There is no better opportunity for learning from your mistake than risking the things that you think are tough, and considering the mistakes that might come out from these risks as stepping stones to prosperity. No one prospers as effortlessly as the snap of the fingers. The mistakes you commit shall guide your future actions.

• There is always something in nothing. Violet in Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events believed this motto. She believed that each hopeless case offers more room for new ideas and actions. If for instance you moved to a depressing and uncivilized area, then you ought not to consider this as frustrating. Instead, think that its lack of civilization is its best gift to offer you. You can form groups that could help with progress like business ventures or you can put color into the locality’s mundane life by starting things on your own fashion and passion. Attracting prosperity thrives in limitations, after all you would not have room for more prosperity if and when you are already at the top of the mountain.

• Consider the law of attraction. This maxim is rather common – especially because it seems to connote the idea of getting rich in a quick effortless way. In law of attraction, the principle of like energies attracting each other takes place in the person. As long as the person acts positively, behaves optimistically, then that individual will attract good things into their life. This goes the same for the person whose cup is half-empty. He should start thinking of it as half-full!

• Recognize the differences between “temporary gratification” and “lasting contentment”. Temporary gratification is an immediate satisfaction of what you desire – at a certain moment. At that certain moment, you feel happy because you got what you wanted. But such happiness is more often than not short lived so you seek for more again. On the other hand, once you try to take the time to actually examine what you really desire, and persevere to fulfill that desire, then you get to achieve the contentment that is lacking in people who seek for immediate gratification.

• Conquer your resistance to inevitable change. This way of attracting prosperity can simply be done by going with the flow. If your lifestyle no longer fits the conventional – then change it. Most of us probably are very much comfortable with our current situations that we feel afraid of leaving our comfort zones. If we are in the teaching position for example – we might choose to remain secluded in the academe and isolate ourselves from field experiences. How can one prosper if one does not change in various aspects of our life.

• Lastly, we ought to cultivate continuity. One cannot prosper when one would not influence other people as well. This is more or less like networking, but the important thing is that prosperity comes when one is in touch with others. When you’re happy because you’re lucky in investments for instance – you have to share it. It is never healthy to be isolated and self-absorbed in ones’ own world. If misery loves company, then so does happiness. Besides, this idea of continuity is a form of gratitude that we could give back to life – especially when life is kind to us, or even when it’s not.

There, you now have the list of the possible things you can do to go about attracting prosperity. Why don’t you try them and see if they work for you? You can’t remain skeptical forever anyway. Besides, you’ve got nothing to lose here. So go ahead – plunge in the good life – plunge in prosperity.