Laws of Attraction ~ Part 2 of 5 ~ Affirmations

The second area of interest in developing a “Laws of Attraction” program is affirmations.

When we really study affirmations, we will discover they are a big part of who we are today.
As children, our parents, teachers and other people of influence (sometimes other children) set the tone for our lives by what they told us…..and what our subconscious mind believed.

Sometimes those “affirmations” were kind…..and sometimes they were not kind. If a parent always told a child they were proud of him/her and that they were very smart…..that child probably grew up to be what the parent affirmed he/she would be. The same holds true for the child that was always being talked down to.

As adults….we have friends, family, spouses, employers, religious figures, etc. telling us “affirmations” of what they believe we are. The majority of the time we buy into what these people are saying. This isn’t always a bad thing….but sometimes it is.

Affirmations can be used to re-affirm the good we already feel about ourselves….or to reprogram our subconscious mind to believe what we want it to be. Because our subconscious mind has been programmed for years, it may take a bit more time to reprogram it than we would like.

The first step in affirmations is realizing that you deserve the good things that you are affirming. It doesn’t do any good if you affirm: “I have a job I like,” if afterwards you are saying to yourself~ “I am not qualified for the job I want,” or “I don’t deserve a better job.”

How do you change your belief from not deserving….to deserving? That is a good question, which is not easy to answer. Sometimes…..it is necessary for a person to seek therapy or spiritual counseling. Prior to doing anything drastic there are a few steps that may be effective.

1. Make a list of all the good things you have done in life. The very fact that
you have done good, indicates that you deserve good things to come to you.
2. Recognize yourself as a child of God. Understand that as a child of God~ you
are already entitled to his blessings.
3. Affirm, while looking in a mirror, that you are a good person and deserve
good things.
4. Read some good self-help books that help build your self-esteem. Two of my
favorite books on the subject are: “The Total Keys to Total Self-
confidence,” by Dr Robert Anthony or “Your Best Life Now,” by Joel Osteen.


It is important to realize that you can not control another person’s action through affirmations. You can not make the man/woman of your dreams to fall madly in love with you. However, you can attract the perfect person into your life.

You can’t attract a specific piece of property to you. If you see a house on the beach that you adore….you can affirm that it is yours until you are blue in the face….and it won’t become yours. You can affirm to have a house similar to the one that you like.

All your affirmations should have two non-negotiable components: they should be for your highest good, and the highest good of all concern.

There are individual affirmations that you may say numerous times during the day and group affirmations that are designed to assisting you in attracting things into you life.

An example of a single affirmation would be when you are about to enter into a stressful situation. You may say to yourself: “I stay calm in all situations,” several times prior to entering that situation.

The group affirmations concern items and behaviors you want to manifest in your life. There are no wrong ways to formulate these affirmations. I do have several suggestions that seem to work well for most people.

1. Recite them two to three times per day. A suggestion would be early in the
morning,sometime in the afternoon, and once prior to going to bed.
2. The total number in the group should not exceed ten affirmations. If you
have too many it may be too difficult for your mind to focus on them.
3. Repeat each affirmation three times.
4. I always put an affirmation for the earth and other people in my set.
5. There is no time span that you should have to say your affirmations for them
to start to work. Change may come immediately, or it may take a while.
6. Affirmation should be made in the present time…as if you already have what
you want. The theory behind this is that the subconscious mind has no
concept of time.
7. The key to affirmation is to change your overall attitude….so when reciting
them, try to imagine what it would feel to have what you are asking for.

The following are examples of affirmations which may be effective for you.

1. I am a good person and deserve God’s best, here and now.
2. I can easily pay all of my bills, here and now.
3. I am enjoying good health, here and now.
4. I have a loving relationship with my family, here and now.
5. I have a job that I enjoy and pays me well, here and now.
6. I make a positive difference in people lives and that of the planet each and
everyday.
7. I am in a loving romantic relationship, here and now.
8. I am calm and relaxed at all times, here and now.
9. I am at my perfect weight, here today.
10. All these things or something better have come to me here and now, for the
highest good of all concern.*


I feel this one is essential in every group affirmations because it allows for something even better than you are asking for to enter your life.

The important thing to remember is affirmations are a way to reprogram your life, to assist in focusing on the good that you deserve. Believe in yourself….and all things are possible. Remember, Jesus said, “With the faith the size of a mustard seed you can move a mountain.”