| I am light. I am peace. I am joy. I am love. I am healthy. | | | | people get when they hear a song which resonates |
| Is it hard for you to think or say such things out loud. | | | | with them. I later learned that I could induce the "chills" |
| Take a deep breath and repeat this mantra over | | | | feeling through my head and down my spine |
| slowly or if a deep breath is uncomfortable, take a | | | | throughout my body by saying things such as "I am |
| slow steady easy breath and repeat the mantra over | | | | love" and "I am peace." |
| slowly. I use the slow steady easy breath most often. | | | | If you can get past any feelings of low self esteem or |
| What happens? Work on being aware of how you | | | | "macho-ness" can you feel the "chills?" Maybe |
| feel when you try this mantra. | | | | someone else does not have to go through what I had |
| If the above "I am" statements do not seem to work | | | | to? This chill feeling I believe opens your chokras and |
| for you, create your own. Use other statements such | | | | makes you ONE with the universe if even for a |
| as I am beautiful, I am loving, I am caring, etc. I initially did | | | | second or a few moments. It is an opening. And if you |
| an exercise like this when I was a boy in Boy Scouts. | | | | do not feel the "chills" that is OK. |
| The Boy Scout Law was... A scout is... or I am... | | | | Just saying the words of "I AM"_________ opens |
| Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, | | | | you and expresses who you are. Better than I am |
| Obedient, Cheerful,Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent. | | | | stupid or I am not smart or I am________. I believe |
| Later in my 20's and early 30's I wouldn't have even | | | | words have meaning. Why not say something |
| tried such an exercise because I was too macho and | | | | powerful which is what you ARE !!! than the self |
| a "MAN" did not say such sissy things. In my later 30's | | | | defeating stuff I hear people say about themselves |
| and 40's I probably would not have done such an | | | | everyday. |
| exercise because I had lower self esteem would not | | | | Would love your input on "I AM" and the chills. My |
| allow it. | | | | website is Peace and joy to you all. There is a |
| Then I went through a divorce and started "working" | | | | questionnaire I would appreciate your filling out or just |
| on myself through various self growth programs and | | | | e-mail me with your thoughts. |
| reading many self growth type books. I attempted to | | | | I am writing a comprehensive Chills book which I |
| meditate. With a subliminal tape/cd which helped me | | | | believe will help PEOPLE and ask that you forward |
| "meditate" ( I do not know if I ever mediated | | | | this article and if possible donate a small amout at |
| correctly-ha ?) I accidentally found that I was having | | | | Thanks and peace to you and yours. |
| chills go through my body. The chill feeling that most | | | | |