The use of positive affirmations to manifest your desires is somewhat like praying but with a big difference. When you pray to God or anything else you put your power outside yourself and out of your control. God is not outside you but in, through and one with you. God is not separate!
This little detail makes a world of difference in the results you experience. When God is no longer outside you, there is no authority to judge you and send you to Hell or any other bad thing. This has always been true but possibly not always your experience. The ego mind is creating those “bad” things in order to prove itself right, “see you can die, we are separate” would be the ego thought pattern. Or “I am a bad person for being different – I am freak.” This is all illusion made up by your ego mind.
Knowing the Truth will set you free! The Truth is that you are a blessed child of God/Goddess/Universal Mind. The way you can use this truth for your betterment and the betterment of the world is to affirm this Truth. Affirmations are a great way to shift your thinking to the positive and create habits of seeing the good in everything.
There are a couple of ways of using affirmations, but the simplest is to just notice the positive truth. “I am a beautiful woman/man/person” stated over and over seeds itself into your conscious mind, then filters down to the unconscious mind where it is manifest. You see if these thoughts are not in your unconscious mind then they are not manifest. You can say “I am a millionaire” for years and years, but if you do not believe it to the point of it being an unconscious truth then you will not experience it, even though it is true.
The next way to say an affirmation is to reason with yourself like this:
“I know there is one infinite loving universal intelligence and it is all there is.
Since it is all there is I must be a part of that oneness, which makes me perfect, whole and complete.
My abundance is constant and ever flowing as is my wisdom and vibrant health. Peace and loving relationships come easy for me as they are the natural flow of life. I am expressing divine feminine in all that I do, while still honoring the masculinity from which I spring. Creative self-expression is one way in which I enrich the world around me. My understanding is that all which comes my way is here to deepen my appreciation and enjoyment of the world, so I step forward each day with Love and hopeful anticipation. I am Woman, Perfect, Whole and Complete!”
This statement can be left this way as a good affirmation or extended into a complete prayer by adding the following:
Anything that appears to be contrary to this is false and I allow it to fall away naturally. I go with the flow….
Because the greater truth about me is that I am woman – sexy, loving, vibrant, accepting and understanding, I rest in gratitude. When I speak my feminine voice is heard!
For this awesome truth I give thanks in this knowing.
I now release these words that they may resonate through the cosmos and do their good and effective work!
And so it is. (Amen)
Be creative and edit this prayer to your Truth, make it yours. Remember that the more often an affirmation is said the more seeds are planted in the conscious mind. Feel the truth of it. Feel the Joy! All else is let go.
One more method of using affirmations is to surround yourself in these statements, pasting them on the computer, on the walls, on the calendar, on the dashboard of your car, on the mirror, on the fridge, etc. Say things that you wish to experience more of; statements that are in line with your desires. For instance, I love you, I am abundantly wealthy, I can easily afford a new car, I am happy being me, Learning is fun and easy. Don’t worry about what appears to be true or not true, only about what you desire. I think you get the idea, so have fun with this.
😉 Sequoia Elisabeth
Oneness Ministry 
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