The power of words and how they can improve your life

Morning Motivation: Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling

How words can make you the person, you want to be.

Do you want to change your life? I know many people who have heard these words before. You have tried everything in the book to change things around. But let me tell you a little secret. It’s an inside job!

What do I mean by it’s an inside job? Let me tell you that your outside world is a reflection of your inside world. You are a projection of what is in your mind.

I will show you two of the most powerful ways to change your external life by changing your inner life through the power of words.

Today’s quote comes from Rudyard Kipling, who was well known for his book, “The Jungle Book”, which was later made into a Disney Movie.

He knew how powerful words were and put forward a very famous quote.

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” — Rudyard Kipling

Words have the power to play with our imaginations. Sometimes, words can take us into a fantasy world where our minds cannot tell the difference between what is real and what isn’t.

Words can also change the way we think and act. One such way is using positive affirmations to start how your mind sees the world and change it for the better.

What are Positive Affirmations?

Positive Affirmations are positive statements repeated several times (repeat and feel each one 10–20 times), or you can use a service like Thinkup, where you can record your affirmation and listen to it throughout your day.

The best time to do this exercise is in the morning when you just wake up, and your conscious mind is still in a state of slumber. The next best time is at night before going to bed. Again your conscious mind is going into a state of rest and is non-defensive at this point.

How to do Positive Affirmations.

I would recommend starting with ten positive affirmations. Try to focus on the areas in life that you want to change. These areas could be Health, Financial, Professional (as in work), Personal, Relationships etc.

I will give a few examples of Positive affirmations in two or three of these areas:

Health

1. I feel healthy and full of energy
2. Every day in every way, I am getting better and better
3. My sleep is relaxing and refreshing
4. I have abundant energy, vitality and well-being

Financial

1. Money enters my life now from many different sources in an easy way.
2. Money is quickly and effortlessly flowing into my life
3. I work less and earn more
4. I am the kind of person who finds it easy to make money

Professional

1. All my thoughts, plans and ideas are leading me straight to success.
2. My work makes a difference in this world.
3. I have all the necessary experiences for starting a successful business.
4. I rise to the top of my industry and dominate my market.

Relationship

1. I attract only positive people into my life.
2. I am ready for a healthy, loving relationship
3. I am attracted to only those relationships that are open, honest, and healthy for me.
4. My lover accepts and loves me as I am.

Once you have written your affirmations down, now you need to put them into practice. As mentioned above, the best time to do this is first thing in the morning and before bed.

Enabling your Reticular Activating System (RAS)

The second way is by The Reticular Activating System. RAS is the part of the brain that controls your sensory stimuli. It’s that part of the brain that brings attention to the most important things around you. Have you ever wanted something, and suddenly, you start to notice it all around you? For example, you want a red BMW Z4. Suddenly you will begin to see the car everywhere you go. This applies to everything you start to bring your attention to. There is a saying, “What you think about, you bring about.”

This comes to my next point, if you want to bring outward change, you need to desire it and believe it will happen. You need to keep focusing on what you want and put the words into play.

Your RAS will then go to work. Believe in your heart that what you want is coming, and believe that you already have what you desire. Live your life as if you already have what you want (money or whatever you want). Feel it; emotions play a massive part in making this all work.

Your RAS will not know what is real. It will start to bring the events and possibilities to you. Your life will become a playground. You will be able to do, have or be anything you want. This is the beauty God, the Universe, whatever you believe in, has given you. It is just through the years that we have forgotten how to use it.

It is only recently that science is bringing the awareness to us that maybe our forefathers already had the answers, but instead of growing on them, we moved away from it all. Now Spirituality and Science are joining hands and making us all realize that Taoist and ancient practices were correct.

We need to start putting positive affirmations and using our RAS into practice daily without fail. Remember that missing a day means you start all over again.

If done consistently, you will start to see your life turn for the better.