I’ve always said “It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.” Meaning, it’s the underlying energy, or vibration, you hold when speaking that matters. I was reminded of this recently when a friend was telling me that she was working with tapping into the vibration of ancient Sanskrit mantras. That conversation led me to remember a study I once heard about. The study found that if people don’t believe in the mantra or affirmation they are repeating over and over again that it actually has the same affect as lying to the self. Though I don’t know the source of the study, it resonates with me. It makes sense that if you keep repeating something in your mind, and you don’t truly connect with the source or believe it in your heart, a ton of judgement, confusion and frustration could be created.

How to Align with the Underlying Energy of Mantras & Affirmations?

1.  Connect with Source: See a golden line of light coming from the Divine Source to the top of your head. Allow the vibration of the mantra or affirmation you’re working with to travel down this line of light, through the top of your head and all the way down your body. As it travels through the core of you, it clears anything away that isn’t in alignment with you expanding into your truth of the mantra or affirmation as you repeat it.

2. Open Your Heart & Say Yes: Place your hand on your heart and have a few rounds of deep breaths, maybe even letting out a sigh on the exhale. This brings your energy from your head to your heart, creating space for you to open up and really have the essence of the mantra or affirmation.

3. Expression is Creation: Allow the speaking or the thinking of the mantra to be a bridge that connects the light from source with the love in your heart. The lightness and power of this is so great, anything that is not in alignment with the mantra or affirmation dissolves each time you speak it.

Open your heart enough and you will find your inner child inside, or the core of you that knows only love and trust.

The inner child is easily covered with sweets, treats and entertainment, but what the inner child really craves is love and acceptance. The inner child goes beyond wanting to love and to be loved, and knows that all is love. The inner child lives life with curiosity, skipping into each new step with trust and fresh eyes. New information and love is to be gathered in every experience.

Part of the ease of being a child comes from the idea that we are supported and taken care of by our parents. As an adult, learning that support comes from opening to universal love and trust allows the inner child to run free in harmony with the adult self. True responsibility is releasing the lies and opening the heart to find your infinite reserve of joy and pleasure. Compassion also lives here and helps to integrate all parts of a soul’s journey.

To update your inner child:

1. To begin the healing process, say hello to any experiences you had as a child that made you believe you were separate from love and trust.

2. Forgive anyone (including yourself) who played a role in any lies that you were/are anything less than divine.

3. Release shame, guilt or anything else between you and your innocence.

4. Clear off the communication lines and align your inner child with your present-time adult self.

5. Have fun and remember that learning is living!

Everyone is capable of everything. If someone does something you don’t like, it doesn’t mean you need to blame them. See what happens if you see other people as capable, and see your self as able to receive what it is that you really want. Once you are truly willing to receive, people will give you what you want.

Also try looking at what else you are learning. What is triggered in you when someone doesn’t do what you want? The parts of you that say it is not okay are the same parts that keep you from receiving what it is that you want. As time goes on, you will realize these parts that say it is not okay are not even really you. They are lies that you adopted as a way to keep yourself safe from your own happiness. As Marianne Williamson says “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” Fear is part of the process, and no one is going to conquer it for you.

It is up to you to claim your power. You have the ability to stop blaming others, own the lies that you have adopted as your creation, forgive yourself, release the safety net, and step forward into your life. It is here waiting for you and has been all along.