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1. The Affirmation Series - "Confidence"
2. 7 Secrets to Knowing Your Higher Self - eBook Extract
3. Tomorrow Is Not Promised
4. Book Review "7 Golden Secrets to Knowing Your Higher"
5. A Beautiful Heart

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#1 The Affirmation Series - "Confidence"
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Each issue of the Affirming Life eZine will offer a selection of affirmations.

Today's affirmations are in the area of - "Confidence":

* I am secure and confident in my abilities to accomplish my goals
* I have great inner resources, I know I can do it
* I now look to past successes to boost my confidence NOW!
* Every day in every way I am becoming more & more self-confidant
* I see myself as self reliant and self-confident
* I am confident in my abilities to succeed at _______
* I move forward towards my goals with ease and confidence
* I convey a positive and self-confident image of myself
* When I image something I am confident it will appear in my life
* My inner confidence makes it easy for me to move forward
* I am confident that once I set goals and take action success is assured
* I move toward my goals with confidence, knowing success is mine

I love to practice affirmations, if you use them also I am sure your will too, repeat these affirmation to yourself throughout the day. You don't have to believe them initially, faith will come with practice. Visit our web site to find out more about the affirmations.

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#2 The 7 Secrets to Knowing Your Higher Self
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by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D.

Each of us is connected with the Divine. The Higher Self within us far transcends the understanding of our conscious minds. This is the power that all the great geniuses and
teachers of history have accessed. It is also the place of magic and miracle in our lives. Here are the seven key steps to contact it:

1 Belief & Expectation: Transform Your World View!

The first step is to BELIEVE that you have a Higher Self to establish communication with! Then EXPECT every day that this communication will improve as you focus diligently on inner growth. Without these two essential pre-requisites, it is hard to achieve anything at all in life, even on the physical level. For inner growth, these two qualities are essential. So set a GOAL to achieve contact with the Higher Self, review that goal daily, and maintain your purpose with determination until success is yours.

We are brought up with a primarily materialistic world view that neglects the role of Spirit. To establish close contact with spiritual realms, we need to have our entire being - conscious and subconscious - congruent with our goal. In any major activity/goal, you have to establish the rules of the game and the way it is played. Contacting your Higher Self is the same. Therefore, seek out writings and teachers that expand your understanding of the universe as fundamentally being a realm of Consciousness and Mind.

2 Solitude & Meditation

Make regular time for yourself where you can be totally alone. A quiet place is preferable. Just sit quietly with no expectations. Do NOTHING. This may feel very uncomfortable and strange in the beginning. Persist. You give time and space for the inner voice to make itself heard. It will do so either during that quiet time, or else during the events of the day. A synchronistic event will occur; someone will tell you exactly what you need to hear; you will get a sudden flash of insight. All the great geniuses of history have found times of regular solitude and silence for themselves. You should too.

In meditation, you work to discipline your mind and silence the internal chatter that constantly fill it. You create a pure vessel for the Higher Self to fill. Following your breath is an excellent meditation discipline, as is concentrating upon a candle flame. Or visualize a golden ball of light in your Solar Plexus that fills your whole body with energy and healing. There are many practices that you can study and use.

3 Journal

Record your feelings, emotions, dreams and insights every day in a journal. This will help you to come into closer contact with your inner intuitive depths. You can ask the Higher Self questions here, and then later on record whatever insights/answers you receive. If you do this regularly with belief and expectation, you WILL receive the answers you need.

4 Inner Dialogue

Conduct a regular inner dialogue with your Higher Self. For the next 40 days, decide to keep in contact throughout the day. Say to your Higher Self, "I know you are there and I
want to get to know you and pay attention to you. Please begin to speak to me and guide my life" Don't worry if this dialogue is entirely one-way to begin with. Remember that you have been out of touch for decades. It takes a while to clear the cobwebs! Persist with this inner dialogue as if talking to a friend - chatting, asking questions, sharing your hopes - and begin to listen for answers. They will come.

5 Life Lessons

Look upon life as a Mystery School. Believe that the whole of your life - events, situations and people - has been structured PRECISELY in order to teach you exactly what you need to know right now. Approach life as if the whole of creation is conspiring to do you good! Whenever something happens in your life, for good or ill, ask yourself what the lesson is for you. Even unpleasant people/situations have been deliberately placed there as a challenge to help you grow. As you begin to view life as a drama in which you are play the starring role, the role of the Higher Self will become increasingly evident in your life. Record your findings in your journal.

6 Dreams

Expect your Higher Self to speak to you in dreams. Before going to sleep, do some stretching and bending to relax your body completely. Ask your Higher Self a question and expect an answer. When you wake up, recall whatever you can of your dream and write it down in your journal. If you are not used to remembering dreams, this will take time and persistence. However, with patience, you will begin to recall your dreams AND receive answers from your Higher Self.

7 Mindfulness

Focus upon living more and more in the present, on the NOW. When you are eating, be aware that you are eating. When you walk, know that you are walking. The only real moment is now - the past is gone forever and the future has yet to be. Therefore, work to clear your mind of concerns, illusions and extrapolations. Clear the mental clutter from the mind and create space for the Higher Self to fill.

Patience Is The Catalyst To Progress!

Remember, you may have spent your entire life out of touch with Source. Therefore, it takes time to learn how to re-establish contact. Anything worth doing takes time and practice. Be vigilant and practise these seven steps every day, and you will receive the answers you need. Remember: The Higher Self WANTS to be in contact. In fact, to even speak of it as someone apart from you is contradictory. The Higher Self IS you! The real you. So get in touch with YOU!

Copyright © Asoka Selvarajah.

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www.affirmware.com.au/eZine/7GSecrets.html

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#3 Tomorrow Is Not Promised
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Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are and who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be: your neighbor, child, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very
moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they seem painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential strength, will power, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.

Without these small tests, whether they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved straight flat road to nowhere, safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience create who you are, and even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart...

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you many never be able to experience it again...

Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high...

Hold your head up because you have every right too. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself...for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either. You can make of your life anything you wish.

Create your own life and then go out and live in it! "Live Each Day As If It Were You Last...Tomorrow is Not Promised"
--Author Unknown

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#4 Here is a book review of the "The 7 Golden Secrets to Knowing Your Higher" Self by Dr. A.K. Selvarajah.

Note. I included an extract of this book in section two.

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The book (230 page) fills an important gap. It is the ONLY book distilling the secret wisdom of the ages AND modern personal development techniques into seven understandable and practical steps YOU can use to contact the Higher Self.

There have been many books on contacting your divine inner wisdom. However, few of them give you so many practical strategies to achieve this union. The emphasis is upon doing; bringing the Higher Self into your life through practising these seven secrets. Also, it is not a "monks only" book, i.e. for the super-spiritual. The seven secrets can be used by anyone, no matter how busy.

In researching the book, Dr. Selvarajah delved into areas as diverse as Mysticism, Buddhism, Mind-Body Science, Meditation, Esoteric Christianity, and even Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Indeed, it is the skillful interweaving of ancient teachings with modern personal development strategies that sets the book apart and makes it so powerful.

As Dr. Selvarajah stresses, there is no ONE way to your Higher Self. Instead, there are many paths up the same mountain. With "The 7 Golden Secrets To Knowing Your Higher Self", you are given an excellent roadmap to the summit. You can choose the one that suits you, and pursue it at your own natural pace. This is a book that will grow with you, and that you will want to read many times to access its deep resources of wisdom. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

For More Information Visit: www.affirmware.com.au/eZine/7GSecrets.html

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#5 A Beautiful Heart
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Once long ago and far away was a very special valley. The outside world did not know about this special valley or the very special people that lived within it. You see, what made these people special was the fact that they wore their hearts on the outside of their chest for everyone to see. There were big ones and small ones, pretty ones and some not so pretty.

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.

--Author Unknown (appeared in 12 Step Soul Food for the Spirit)

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Looking Forward to Meeting Again Soon!
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Remember "The same light shines through many windows"
-- My friend Phil.

"Practice random deeds of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty.

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