Recently, a client of mine asked me why her affirmations were not working during creative visualization. She had been doing all the steps diligently and yet was not getting the right results.
My immediate response was to ask if she really believed in what she was affirming and we decided to check using the Muscle Test.
The answer became clear.
Her consciously believing in her affirmations was not being reflected in her sub-conscious thoughts; in other words – in-congruence.
We are now working on re-aligning the conscious and sub-conscious mind. If you are working on creatively visualizing your desires and not getting full results, you might want to try muscle testing for congruence.
Muscle Testing for limiting beliefs
I’ve recorded a short video of the process. If you prefer to read, the instructions are given below.
Muscle Testing can be used in many ways and for many purposes, but the focus today is on your beliefs.
If you hold a belief subconsciously then your muscular response will prove it. So let’s start.
Take 3 deep breaths and then join the thumb and index finger of your left hand together tightly, as if you are trying to pinch. Do the same for your right hand.
Now take the right hand and put these 2 joined fingers through the hole created by the left-hand fingers. We are now in position to test your beliefs.
Suppose you are asserting that you are overweight.
State in a loud and firm voice – I AM overweight.
Now try to open the circle created by your left hand fingers by opening the right hand fingers.
If this belief is true, you will not be able to open the circle. If it is false; that is your subconscious mind does not believe it, you will be able to open the circle easily.
The muscle test is also a great way to connect with your intuition. Find out what you should do or if you need to take heed of your gut feeling.
Re-framing limiting beliefs requires congruence between the conscious and sub-conscious mind.
If you are working on your beliefs, this test is an easy way to check if your efforts are working or if further tweaking is required to produce the desired results.
Try the muscle test and let me know if it worked for you.
There is another way to connect with your intuition and that is using the Pendulum.
Maybe that will work better for you? I recommend checking out Andrea Hess’s book Unlock Your Intuition. I’ve used it in the past to zero in on my personal development activities and it is a must read.
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I haven’t tried muscle testing before – what an interesting idea. It makes sense that you have to have the conscious and subconscious aligned in order to get results but I think the subconscious is often overlooked.
Muscle testing is a good way to connect with our intuition Tamuria and one can try the pendulum too. The sub-conscious mind knows a lot but quite often our ego doesn’t allow its knowledge to surface. That’s why affirmations may not work all the time.
Thank you Karmic Ally! I will certainly explore this further 🙂
You’re welcome, Shire. Hope you will come back and share your discoveries! Happy New Year!
May I say ‘wow!’ Who knew??
Interesting isn’t it? In a later post, I’ll show how to use a Pendulum to achieve the same result!
I like the concept of muscle testing, but find it to be more “accurate” when someone else is muscle testing me (vs. me testing myself). I think it’s possible for the mind to play tricks on us when we test ourselves and want the outcome to be a certain way.
Thanks.
~Debra
An independent party testing will be more accurate since they are detached. The same holds for Tarot readings for intuitive guidance since our emotions can affect interpretation. Still, to ensure that viable results, it is advisable to meditate and calm the mind before muscle testing or even try another method of testing. More blog posts to come!