This essay provides advanced considerations in the use of affirmations for self-applied personal growth therapy. I will later make reference to some essays that provide more fundamental concepts as well as elaborations into other related areas. Affirmations can be quite valuable for directing ones mind in the directions one chooses to go. There are, unfortunately, a lot of myths and misconceptions about the use and benefits of affirmations. It can be very disillusioning.
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Unfortunately, we don't always notice the Shadow's response, and if it has any strength, it may maneuver to attempt restoration of the old order. The Shadow attempts to attract or help you create situations in reaction to your affirmation, sabotaging your plans. But this is all part of the testing and the learning of personal growth, of dropping old patterns - it takes time. And utilizing a more complete knowledge of affirmation therapy can help to minimize the hard lessons, or at least prepare us for some of them that can't be prevented. This is where the use of questions come in.