Scientific Healing Affirmations

by Paramhansa Yogananda

Overview

Scientific Healing Affirmations is a beloved classic book of the great yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda (1893-1952), author of Autobiography of a Yogi. This is a reprint of the original 1924 classic by Yogananda: a pioneering work in the field of self-healing and self-transformation. Yogananda explains that words are crystallized thoughts, and have life-changing power when spoken with conviction, concentration, willpower, and feeling.

This book offers far more than mere suggestions for achieving positive attitudes. Yogananda explains in simple language how affirmations can recreate us—physically, mentally, and spiritually. He offers us more than mere suggestions for a positive attitude, showing us how to impregnate our words with spiritual force. This little book will be a treasured companion on the road to realizing your highest, divine potential.

Added to this text are over fifty of Yogananda’s well-loved “Short Affirmations,” taken from issues of East-West and Inner Culture magazines from 1932 to 1942. This little book will be a treasured companion on the road to realizing your highest, divine potential.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565896277
Publisher:	Crystal Clarity Publishers
Publication date:	12/15/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
Sales rank:	598,778
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Paramhansa Yogananda

Born in 1893, Yogananda was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout the United States on what he called his “spiritual campaigns.” Hundreds of thousands filled the largest halls in major American cities to see the yoga master from India. Yogananda continued to lecture and write up to his passing in 1952.

Yogananda’s initial impact on the western culture was truly impressive. But his lasting spiritual legacy has been even greater. His Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, helped launch a spiritual revolution in the West. Translated into more than a dozen languages, it remains a best-selling spiritual classic to this day.

Before embarking on his mission to the West, he received this admonition from his teacher, Swami Sri Yukteswar: The West is high in material attainments, but lacking in spiritual understanding. It is God’s will that you play a role in teaching mankind the value of balancing the material with an inner, spiritual life.

The Path of Self-Realization

“The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.” —Paramhansa Yogananda from The Essence of Self-Realization

The lasting contribution brought by Yogananda to the West is the non-sectarian, universal spiritual path of Self-realization. Yogananda gave this definition to the term Self-Realization: Self-Realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.

Read an Excerpt

Man's word is Spirit in man. Words are sounds occasioned by the vibrations of thoughts. Thoughts are vibrations sent forth by the ego or soul. Every word that leaves your mouth ought to be potent with genuine soul vibration. The words of most people are lifeless because they are spoken automatically, without being impregnated with soul force. Too much talking, exaggeration, or falsehood is like shooting bullets out of a toy gun, without the gunpowder. That is why the prayers or words of such people do not produce any desired changes.

Every word you utter must represent not only Truth, but also some of your own realized soul force. Words without soul force are like husks without the corn. Words that are saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like vibration bombs, which can explode the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired. Avoid speaking unpleasant words, even if they are true. Sincere words or affirmations repeated understandingly, feelingly, and willingly are sure to move the omnipresent Cosmic Vibratory Force to render aid in your difficulty.

Appeal to that Force with infinite confidence, casting out all doubt. If your affirmations are spoken with disbelief, or while looking for the desired result, your attention is deflected from its mark. You should not sow the vibratory prayer seed in the soil of Cosmic Consciousness and then continually pick it out to see if it has germinated into the desired result.

—Paramhansa Yogananda, excerpt from Scientific Healing Affirmations, Crystal Clarity Publishers

Table of Contents

Contents

3 Spiritual Power of Man’s Word
5 The God-Given Power of Man
8 Mental Responsibility for Chronic Diseases
11 What Cures?
12 Cure According to Temperament
16 Two Factors in Healing
17 Faith More Important Than Time
19 Classification of Healing
21 To Prevent Physical Disease24 To Prevent Mental Disease
25 To Prevent Spiritual Disease
27 Evaluation of Curative Methods
31 Consciousness and Vibration
33 Difference Between Matter and Spirit
36 Body and Consciousness Created by Man in the Dream State
37 World Illusion
39 Underlying Unity of Medical and Mental Cures
41 Danger of Blind Denial of Matter
43 The Body as Materialized Vibration

PRACTICING AFFIRMATIONS

47 The Different States of Chanting
49 Superconsciousness—Not Unconsciousness
50 Physiological Centers
52 Value of Different Methods of Cure
54 Individual and Group Directions
58 Preliminary Rules to Be Observed Before Affirmations
60 General Healing Affirmation
66 Short Affirmations
69 Thought Affirmation
70 Will Affirmation
71 For the Development and Right Guidance of Reason and Cure of Dull Intelligence
73 Reason Affirmation
74 Short Affirmations
76 Wisdom Affirmation
79 Short Affirmations
82 Success Affirmations (for Healing of Unsuccess Consciousness)
84 Material Success Affirmation
86 Short Affirmations
88 Spiritual Success
89 Spiritual Success Affirmation (for Healing the Soul’s Ignorance)
90 Short Affirmations
92 Healing Others
93 Psychological Success Affirmation
95 Affirmation for the Eyes
98 Physical Exercise for the Stomach
99 Exercise for the Teeth
100 For Regulating Sex Force
103 For Curing Bad Habits
105 Freedom Affirmation
106 Short Affirmations