DailyAffirm Personal Development

September 2, Positive Affirmation for Abundance

Jeanie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:02 +0000

“I rescind obsolete vows of
struggle, poverty, sacrifice, and unworthiness.”

Greetings! Our theme is Abundance at DailyAffirm, http://dailyaffirm.com. This first week of the month we work with releasing and cleansing non-abundance. Following today’s affirmation are comments about the affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles. See top tabs and navigation bar links for more information and resources.

DailyAffirm is celebrating its sixteenth Anniversary this month! Celebrate with us. Tell your friends. End your limiting beliefs about money!

About Today’s Affirmation
This “rescinding vows of limitation” affirmation applies only to outdated vows, not to current, desired vows. A vow is an oath, promise, pledge, commitment, declaration, etc. When initially promised, vows may have been conscious or unconscious, formal or informal, intentional or unintentional, religious or secular.

Words such as “never” and “always” and “forever” punctuate vows with longevity (eternity is a long time). Intensity adds further impact. “I’ll never be good enough” is a powerful vow of limitation. “I will struggle to my death” is a vow of limitation which can be active according to your beliefs about death. “I give all my money and property to God” is a rather interesting vow of poverty, since the universal source of energy does not have much use for money or property.

Many such vows have been reinforced in the energy field generation after generation, transferred through culture, custom, and heredity. As you release these outdated vows, you also release yourself, which many refer to as “forgiveness.”

About Your Process
In addition to working with today’s affirmation by writing or saying it, you may find it helpful to identify the exact vow or statement that you most desire to rescind. What past vows of limitation are relevant to your situation? “You’ll never have everything you want” may be the statement of a loving parent cushioning a child against disappointment, but it has the impact of a vow of limitation for the child who grows to an adult with the same limitation. Someone growing up with the adage “The love of money is the root of all evil” is unlikely to have a positive relationship with money, or love for that matter. “If you work hard, you will make money” has a panorama of paths to conditions of happiness or unhappiness, easy or hard work, money or lack of it.

About Rescinding Limiting Beliefs
I have posted an article at my Web Site explaining the process of rescinding limiting beliefs. This extensive article is available in several sections. Read Rescinding Obsolete Thoughts and Limiting Beliefs.

Make this a promising day!

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September 1, Positive Affirmation for Abundance

Jeanie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:57 +0000

September 1, Positive Affirmation for Abundance

“I give myself permission to release lack
easily and effortlessly from every level of the energy field.“

DailyAffirm is celebrating its sixteenth Anniversary this month! Celebrate with us. Tell your friends. End your limiting beliefs about money!

About Today’s Affirmation
This very powerful affirmation opens up the release of much that has built up and believed in the human consciousness. Ideas about anti-abundance are everywhere: thoughts about not enough, feelings of low self esteem, fears about money, limitations in accomplishments, thoughts about limited resources, feelings of insecurity, beliefs of unworthiness. These have been created by the part of the human will that has chosen to focus on lack and limitation. It is truly time to give your attention to those thoughts that help you to create experiences of abundance and joy. You can let anti-abundance go easily and effortlessly or you can resist and argue for your limitations. You must make your own choice.

It is important not to take the discussion of “lack consciousness” personally. Each person is responsible for some part of the lack consciousness, but much of it has been around for a long time. Unfortunately, lack consciousness is alive and well in all parts of the planet. You can change this dynamic in your part of the planet simply by giving your attention to what you want to create or feel.

About Your Process
Do you argue for your limitations? Hint: you argue for your limitations when you insist that you have it rough or when you try to convince someone how sick / poor / unable you are.

Do you believe there is not enough? Hint: you believe there is not enough when you hoard resources (time, money, other resources) or are afraid there will not be adequate resources in the future.

Do you feel insecure? Hint: you feel insecure when you consider yourself a victim or when you have a generalized fear that you are unsafe.

All these dynamics, and many other examples, are part of the “lack consciousness.” Many folks have colluded to create a strong belief in lack. And here’s the Truth: these are false beliefs unless you believe they are true!!!!! They are not absolute, although they may seem or feel absolute, and you can certainly make them real when you give your attention to them. However, they are manifestations and creations of the human consciousness. Please know, this is the good news. Why? Because you can start right now to create a new reality for yourself.

Make this a creative day!

Positive Affirmations for the Week of September 1-7, Abundance

Jeanie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:07 +0000

Greetings! September’s theme is Abundance.Most people who participate on DailyAffirm say that the theme of abundance is the most powerful of all the themes. If you stay focused on the ideas in the messages, you will surely shift your thinking on abundance so that it is a more empowering force in your life.

In this message, I’ll give you a flavor of what to expect on the DailyAffirm Process throughout the next seven says. Check the sidebars for additional information as you need it. Read the messages Day by Day, or simply check in when the spirit moves you. If you prefer to receive daily alerts by email, please subscribe to our email list (check the top tab or the navigation bar). Make your process work for you.

About the Over-arching Intention
If you have not already done so, please identify your over-arching intention for Abundance. That is, develop a statement that guides you in the exploration and embodiment of abundance. Intention is the energy or consciousness from which actions emerge. If you are uncertain how to write this intention, just make an attempt. Keep it simple. You have 30 days to work with the intention and the theme, so let your statement change and deepen.

Here are a few suggestions for statements of intention about the theme of Abundance:

To live in the constant realization that all my needs are met.
I realize that I manifest from Spirit, not from the physical.
To know in each moment that I create my life from the abundance of the universe.
I know that all my needs are met.

About Releasing/Cleansing Affirmations and Abundance
Humanity has an abundance of thoughts and beliefs about abundance and anti-abundance! Most individuals have negative thoughts and beliefs about money, adequacy, prosperity, wellness, abundance, worthiness, magnificence, and poverty. These negative thoughts and beliefs manifest the experiences that further justify negative thoughts and beliefs. In that last sentence lies the truth which can be restated: Thoughts and beliefs manifest experiences that create more thoughts and beliefs to justify the thoughts and beliefs. For every thought or belief, you have a feeling. This week, your job is to become aware of and work more constructively with negative thoughts and beliefs and feelings so that they guide you constructively rather than polluting your experiences. I encourage you to enter into this as a joyous adventure.

About Your Process in the First Week
As you are releasing anti-abundance this week, you will enhance your process by finding ways to shift quickly from anti-abundance to something more pleasant. Detoxifying the mental and emotional layers during this week of releasing can be similar to symptoms of fasting from food, such as headache, grogginess, dizziness, general discomfort, mild depression. While it is not necessary to have any of these symptoms, if you do, briefly acknowledge the symptoms and move your attention to something else. The realization that these symptoms are indications of toxins leaving the body is often enough to cooperate with the process by drinking lots of water, resting, listening to relaxing music, and refraining from the input of more toxins. And remember, it is not necessary to be uncomfortable. If you are, just know that it will pass and that the discomfort is a sign of success.

I recommend that you write this week’s affirmations, if such a process appeals to you. I’ve developed a process which is described in the book, “Affirmations: A Pathway to Transformation” and in the article entitled, “Writing Affirmations for Empowerment.” This article is posted at one of my Web site along with 40 others, http://www.mhmail.com and then click on Articles by Jeanie.

About the Affirmations in the First Week
If I were to select the definitive affirmation for the week to represent releasing and cleansing for Abundance it would be the “rescinding vows of limitations” affirmation for September 2: “I rescind old vows of struggle, poverty, sacrifice, and unworthiness.” I consider the retention of outdated vows is one of the primary deterrents to accepting abundance into your life. For some bizarre reason, humanity has accepted that it is more spiritual to be impoverished than to be prosperous, that somehow you are more acceptable in the eyes of God if you are lowly, broken creatures, and that you do not deserve your heart’s desires. These are debilitating false beliefs which you can shift. So, shift your belief in broken human beings to beliefs that are more empowering.

Make this a magnificent week!

August 31, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:31 +0000

“Today is an opportunity for peace.“

Greetings! Our theme is Peace at DailyAffirm, http://dailyaffirm.com. These last days of the month we work with integrating and embodying peace. Following today’s affirmation are comments about the affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles. See top tabs and navigation bar links for more information and resources.

About Today’s Affirmation
Every single moment is an opportunity for peace, as is each act, each word, each thought, each feeling. To be truly peaceful, you do not manipulate your environment. Your environment is a playground or playing field for learning and growing and experiencing. Peace comes from the inside. If you look to the outside for peace, you have too many possibilities that scatter your attention. The search for Oneness is complete by turning deep within. Peace is not an external process, even though external manifestations are part of the process. It is incumbent upon you as an individual to choose to be peaceful, regardless of what is happening outside and around you.

About Your Process
Today is the perfect day to reflect on all the realizations about peace that you have had this month. So, ask yourself what you have learned about peace, what you have learned about yourself, what you have learned about the world. Please re-visit your over-arching intention that you set at the beginning of the month. Perhaps you now have a greater realization of the words you used in your initial intention. Or, you may find that you desire to change some of those words so that they are more congruent with the person you are today.

About Targets for Love and Peace
Target: Abundance and Abundance Consciousness

Intention: We hold a vision of enLIGHTenment flowing into the consciousness of everyone on the planet, creating the REALization that there is more than enough for all, and manifesting the TRUTH of abundance.

About the Next Type of Affirmations and New Theme
This is the last of the Integrating/Embodying Affirmations, and the final affirmations for Peace. Tomorrow begins a new month and a new theme. For some of you, this may well be the most important theme of the year: Abundance. I find that when I say “abundance” others often hear or think “money” and even more specifically, they feel the lack of money. I do not equate money and abundance. And, trust me, if you stop equating the two you will experience more of both!!!!! Please stay with the DailyAffirm Process. If the first week is challenging, persevere. This is not a time to give up anything but resistance and your belief in limitation.

Make this a peaceful day!

August 30, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:12 +0000

“Peace is a personal choice.“

About Today’s Affirmation
Today’s affirmation is the motto of the Targets for Love and Peace Project which so many of you have been supporting this month with your Targets. It is up to each individual to make a choice to live in peace. Others can choose non-peace while you choose peace. The whole world has the capacity to allow for a myriad of choices. Make your personal choice for your personal world.

About Your Process
This is the perfect day to identify one part of your life in which to make a choice for peace. It may be that you make peace with piles of papers or undone projects. Or perhaps today is the day to make peace with a sibling or other family member. Or if a disagreement has been brewing in the neighborhood, that may draw your attention for your choice for peace. Choose peace to create a onederful world, your world.

About Targets for Love and Peace
Target: My Neighbors
Intention: We bathe people who are too heavy or hard on themselves in Love and Peace so that they realize that getting “the light” may not just mean “illumination with the warm, red light of God” but also “lightening up” in relationships and on themselves.

Make this a onederful day!

August 29, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:25 +0000

“I breathe in peace, I breathe out peace.“

About Today’s Affirmation
The DailyAffirm process now shifts to helping you to integrate and embody your thoughts and feelings about the exploration of peace during this month. Today’s affirmation allows your breath to assist with the integration. When you begin to clear (as, for example, at the beginning of the month on DailyAffirm or the beginning of a new awakening), I am likely to say “Breathe in peace, breathe out non-peace” or other such words and ideas. I find it helpful to use the in-breath to receive light or anything else that you desire while you use the out-breath to let go of darkness or anything that you wish to release. In today’s affirmation, letting go becomes as simple and matter of fact as breathing in and breathing out.

About Your Process
Today’s affirmation is an ideal one to chant. That is, to say the affirmation either aloud or silently over and over again, rhythmically. You may even find yourself singing the words so that you create a song. You can let your breath create the tempo. You can also use this affirmation to slow you down: if you are agitated, start by saying the affirmation quickly and then gradually slow down until you have calmed and relaxed yourself. Feel the peace.

About a Quotation
“Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace. Better than a thousand useless verses is one single verse that gives peace. Better than a hundred useless poems is one single poem that gives peace.” -The Dhammapada (c. B.C. 300)

About Targets for Love and Peace

Target: Adult Children
Intention: We lovingly accept the adult children of the world who still feel like a hurting child within. We know that within us is a child who is ready to grow up and live fully in this life. We surround all children with our love.

Make this a peace-full day!

August 28, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:00:46 +0000

“I act with purposeful awareness of peace in every moment.“

Greetings! Our theme is Peace at DailyAffirm, http://dailyaffirm.com. This fourth week of the month we work with acting and claiming peace. Following today’s affirmation are comments about the affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles. See top tabs and navigation bar links for more information and resources.

About Today’s Affirmation
Much of humanity is opening to a new conscious awareness. Humans are already conscious beings, becoming more conscious of consciousness. When you are aware of your own process and its purpose, you are intentionally conscious of being conscious. When you first become aware of something, you might experience pain or exhilaration or fear or curiosity. Awakening is a personal experience, as personal and varied as the awakening from nighttime sleep that you experience every day. Some grumble, some yawn, some leap from their beds, some sing to the sun, some reach for their glasses on the bed stand, some roll over to return to sleep. So, too, awakening from unconsciousness to consciousness and then awakening to purposeful awareness are individual processes. Today, awaken to the awareness of peace.

About Your Process
Do you consider yourself to be aware? Your answer is probably “yes” and perhaps even a resounding “yes!” To which my next question is: Of what? It may be very easy for you to say that you are conscious, that you are aware. To claim purposeful awareness is a step beyond being conscious. And yet another step is to be purposefully aware in every moment. Knowing that additional consciousness is available can be a source of great comfort. Are you acting with the enlightenment of peace?

About the Next Type of Affirmations
This is the last of the Acting/Claiming Affirmations this month. Tomorrow the Integrating/Embodying peace affirmations begin. Today is a good day to check for a final action you might want to take to demonstrate peace. Of course, each day forward you might want to claim and demonstrate peace. A re-visit of your over-arching intention for peace also allows you to integrate more fully all that you have learned this month.

Make this an awakening day!

August 27, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:05 +0000

“I let every act be an act of peace.
My peaceful consciousness makes a difference to my world.“

About Today’s Affirmation
This affirmation reminds you that peace can be invited into every action you take. Peace is not passive. Peace, of course, can be gentle, even silent, yet peace is also action-oriented. Ordinary daily activities such as brushing your teeth and talking on the telephone and eating your breakfast can be experienced with a whole new perspective by associating them with a peaceful consciousness. So, too, extraordinary acts can be peaceful. It is the consciousness of peace that manifests the acts that you call peaceful.

About Your Process
What, to you, is a “peaceful consciousness”? What, to you, is a “peaceful act”? You may find you have very broad definitions or narrow and exacting ones. Regardless of your personal definition, though, your consciousness and your actions do make a positive difference in your world when they are peaceful. Identify some action you will take today (call it a “target” if you wish) and bathe it with the consciousness of peace. Remember, also, that it is acceptable to act in a non-peaceful way and then find a peaceful resolution.

About the DailyAffirm Bookstore
We have created the DailyAffirm BookStore to highlight books and other resources related to the monthly themes. Each monthly theme has its own section.

About Related Articles

We make available free to the Internet community many empowering articles, including the Marshall House Articles Section, the Empowering Personal Development Articles, the Voice of Jeanie Marshall Articles, and Jeanie’s articles at EzineArticles.com. Here are suggested articles that relate to today’s principles:

“Moving Through Puddles” describes the “Puddle Theory of Personal Development” which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.
“Resonating with the Light with Jeanie Marshall” is an interview conducted by Susan Barber from Spirit of Ma’at focusing on Jeanie’s energy work.

Make this a conscious day!

August 26, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:21 +0000

“I draw a circle of peace.
I give my peaceful energy to places on the planet calling for harmony.”

About Today’s Affirmation
This affirmation embodies the idea of Targets for Love and Peace that many of you have been working with throughout this month. Any place that is in disharmony is calling for harmony; any part in pain is calling for relief; any person who is living in ignorance is calling for enlightenment. Newspapers and news broadcasts help you to identify which people, places, things, and ideas are calling for love and light and peace. Your own personal experiences also give you clues for targets. Draw a circle around each target and all targets, and then fill the circles with peaceful energy. When you identify your targets, you clear yourself of anger, resentment, judgment, remorse, disdain, or pity. The targets probably already have plenty of these energies! Instead, give them your attention with Peace; give them your attention with Love.

About Your Process
Around what do you draw a circle today? Perhaps you create a circle around yourself or a part of your physical body or your community or the whole world. You have permission to be selfish or selfless, whatever feels appropriate for you right now. Envisioning peace in a circle any place on the planet enhances your own awareness of peace. And remember, you need not limit yourself to only one circle; circles of peace are unlimited. With your intention high, you make a positive difference.

Target: Abundance and Abundance Consciousness
Intention: We hold a vision of enLIGHTenment flowing into the consciousness of everyone on the planet, creating the REALization that there is more than enough for all, and manifesting the TRUTH of abundance.

About Related Articles
We make available free to the Internet community many empowering articles, including the Marshall House Articles Section, the Empowering Personal Development Articles, the Voice of Jeanie Marshall Articles, and Jeanie’s articles at EzineArticles.com.

Make this an embracing day!

August 25, Positive Affirmation for Peace

Jeanie — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:24 +0000

“I manifest all things in association with peace.
Peace is my partner.“

About Today’s Affirmation
Ah, such a partner, Peace. All that you have manifested on the physical plane has been a process of co-creation. Sometimes you co-create what you like or prefer and sometimes you co-create what you do not like or prefer. Your own creations depend on where you put your attention. Today, let peace provide the energy to co-create those things that you desire. You do not need to ask peace to be with you in partnership, just give peace your attention and you are in partnership. The consciousness of peace propels your actions. Peace is with you. I encourage you to find a way to accept that others choose to partner with non-peace or another interpretation of peace.

About Your Process
So, what is it you desire to manifest today? A report? A shift in a relationship? New clients or customers? Innovative products? A clean house? Your manifestation may be big or small, mundane or profound, simple or complex, quiet or noisy. The proof of manifestation is not so much the focus of today’s affirmation as the process of manifesting with peace.

“Moving Through Puddles” describes the “Puddle Theory of Personal Development” which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.
“Fire Free Bird” recounts a true story about a bird who flew into my fireplace to teach a powerful lesson.

Make this a collaborative day!