Affirming Your Greatest Good

Louise Hay gained renown as author of You Can Heal Your Life, the “affirmations bible”. What many do not know is her role as a healer and hero of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. She was also trained as a Science of Mind Practitioner. This training was the foundation for her miraculous life’s work, based as it was upon the principal that thoughts are the primary cause of all that we manifest into our lives.

The energy of thought is creative and attracting in nature. It brings into our experience that which is an energetic match. Every thought works with the precision and unfailing accuracy of law. Yet most of us stumble though our days and lives picking up and dwelling upon whatever random thoughts come our way. We don’t even realize the potent power we possess in choice. When a thought arises, whatever it’s origin, observe it and consider how it feels. Then choose to pick it up and give it your attention, or choose to let it go. Better yet, replace it with one that is aligned with your greater good.

Five years ago I was at a crossroads in my life. Everything I had valued and thought of as true and real in my life, my very sense of identity, was destroyed. All I could see, all I thought, was loss, disorder, chaos and despair. In one dark moment that I thought was near ‘the end’, I gave voice to the thought that there was no purpose, no direction, guidance or reason in my life. A wise friend gave me this affirmation: “My life is divinely guided and I’m always moving in the best direction.” I didn’t believe it, but at her urging I took that phrase as my mantra. I repeated it morning, noon and night; quietly and out loud; in bed, in the shower, in the car, and most of the time in tears. It seemed so patently and blatantly false at first, almost a taunt!

Since then my life has been transformed by the power of those words. Hindsight has shown that time to have been not ‘the end’ but a beginning. I have been guided with stunning intuition and miraculous manifestations that continue to take me in the direction of my dharma. Each day takes me a step closer to being the living expression of Spirit I was born to be. So become aware of what thoughts you choose to focus on. The possibilities are endless and the choice is yours.