Decades before the mainstream discovered the power of affirmation in healing the mind and the body, Paramahansa Yogananda was teaching rapt audiences around the country how to directly access and apply the remarkable healing powers hidden within every human being.
In his pioneering book, Scientific Healing Affirmations, Paramahansaji said:
Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired….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 Power with infinite confidence, casting out all doubt; otherwise the arrow of your attention will be deflected from its mark.
“After you have sown in the soil of Cosmic Consciousness your vibratory prayer-seed, do not pluck it out frequently to see whether or not it has germinated. Give the divine forces a chance to work uninterruptedly.
Select an Affirmation
It is most effective to practice affirmations immediately after awakening in the morning or just before going to sleep at night. Before beginning an affirmation, it is important to sit in the correct meditation posture, on a chair or firm surface. The spine should be held erect, and the eyes closed, concentrating on the medulla oblongata at the back of the neck. Free the mind from restless thoughts and worries.
Select one of the following affirmations and repeat all of it, first loudly, then softly and more slowly, until your voice becomes a whisper. Then gradually affirm it mentally only until you feel that you have attained deep, unbroken concentration. As you experience an increasing peace make the effort to deepen your concentration that you may enter into the superconscious realm and manifest your affirmations.
- I am submerged in eternal light. It permeates every particle of my being. I am living in that light. The Divine Spirit fills me within and without.
- God is within and around me, protecting me; so I will banish the fear that shuts out His guiding light.
- This divine light is present in all my body parts.I am well.
- I know that God’s power is limitless; and as I am made in His image, I, too, have the strength to overcome all obstacles.
- I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.
The selections featured here are excerpted from Paramahansa Yogananda’s books,Scientific Healing Affirmations and Metaphysical Meditations.
ANURADHA MAHESH 
very nice article
Namaskaram!
Just read this very nice article but with due respect I am making a few comments that should be taken in the light of Truth.
Paramahamsa Yogananda was a Hindu who went abroad to USA.
There he gained respect,name and fame for spreading the concepts of meditation and yoga.
Even after his passing away he has been ‘credited’ of writing books which have been painted in Christian colors.
Hindu thought and philosophy is taken by ‘contemporary disciples’ deliberately and given a Christian slant.
We Hindus are made to believe these to be written by Paramahamsa Yogananda himself which is not at all true.
The crux of the matter is that this is an unfair way to dilute Hindu thought.
Do we not have the saying -manam poley mangalyam?
Ichcha Shakthi,Gnaan Shakthi and Dhyaan Shakthi!!!!!
All this knowledge is from our ancient Dharma Shashtrams that is acknowledged in so many of our Krithis and Shlokams.
Sanatana Dharma embraces all that is noble and positive and holistic.
To respect another religion is a different thing but to ‘blend’ Christ with Paramahamsa Yogananda as has been portrayed in writings after his passing is quite abnormal!
Thanks so much for sharing!