Prosperity's 12 Affirmations

Living an Affirmative Life Using Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations is not just the title for a 12 week prosperity course, it is also a possibility that I intend to prove in my own life. I intend to live in a manner which affirms life and creates prosperity all around me.  To that end, I have some daily practices that help me to internalize Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations as well speak them to myself and others. 

The most fundamental tool I use everyday is the Living An Affirmative Life Journal Page.  I find this an effective way for me to set the tone for my day.

I also use a recording of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. I find that listening to and reading Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations helps me to internalize them more deeply. This recording is in the Windows Media Player format. I plan to have an mp3 format recording available in the not too distant future. If you need an mp3 version check the blog in the next 2 to 3 weeks. To download the files, just right click on their respective links. 

Roberta, the butterfly is teaching me and perhaps many others, an unexpected lesson in transformation.

Elyse Hope Killoran’s June 2007 Choosing Prosperity Experiment continues to be my inspiration for my most recent posts.  Today’s experiment revolves around Elyse’s experience with a butterfly she received for her birthday this past Monday. I suggest you read her post for today to get the full benefit from today’s prosperity lesson. It is rich in ideas and references to other interesting websites and resources.  I especially recommend reading the Butterfly Effect Editorial from The Center for Alternative Development Initiatives for its insights regarding societal transformation. Consider how these ideas can be applied to personal transformation in the context of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations.  For me Affirmation 4 is relevant to transformation.  We are transformed when we let God workout the details of our wealth creation. We can accomplish this when we surrender to the idea of prosperity producing “imaginal cells” (or their spiritual equivalent) working in our consciousness to create an entirely new and magnificent, prosperous being.

The major lesson for me today was how to process the fact that Roberta was born unable to fly.  I found myself assigning blame to those who would send living creatures through the mail without regard to the possible negative consequences. Then I thought is this typical of capitalist thinking, exploiting nature for profit… As you can see I was prepared to go on a mental trip that was taking me in the exact opposite direction of that intended by Elyse and the Prosperity Experiment. It is my choice how I respond to this and everything else I experience in life. In the moment of that realization I chose to focus on the love and attention that Elyse and her son have chosen to give Roberta and the widespread effect this story is having all over the world. After coming to this conclusion for myself, I was reassured by Elyse’s follow-up post.

I Surrender the Details of My Wealth Creation to God.

In an earlier post I mentioned the June 2007 Choosing Prosperity Experiment sponsored by Elyse Hope Killoran who also sponsors the On-Line Prosperity Game.  The posts for the weekend of June 16/17 2007 were very thought provoking. Elyse presented two quotes one from the Abraham-Hicks writings and the other from John Randolph Price.

” In the morning when you wake up, none of you stand out on your porch frantically breathing in because you are afraid that later in the day there will be a scarcity of air. You breathe in and you breathe out and think nothing of it. What we want to get you to understand is that it is the same thing with dollars (or anything else), there is no need to go out and hold your breath in an attempt to hold on to the air in case there is a later lack. You are all MUCH closer to a financial fortune right now than you are even willing to dream about for fear that you will be disappointed if it does not come.” – Abraham-Hicks

“The time will come when you will satisfy a need for money by steadfastly depending on the Master Self within — and not on anything in the world of form. Until you do this, you will continue to experience the uncertainties of supply for the rest of your life. Every soul must learn this lesson, and until it does, it will be given opportunity after opportunity in the form of apparent lack and limitation. You may be experiencing such a challenge right at this moment. Realize that this is the opportunity you have been waiting for to demonstrate the Truth of your birthright.” — John Randolph Price in The Abundance Book

My response to the quotes follows:

The quote from Abraham-Hicks alerts us to the truth that prospering energy must flow. When applied to money, its power is in its circulation. Money is most useful when it is in motion and used for the highest good of those it touches. Two of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations address this prosperous use of money: Affirmation 6, “I keep my wealth circulating and creating blessings for others and for me” and Affirmation 7, “I only use my wealth for creative, uplifting, and life affirming purposes”.

The John Randolph Price quote addresses the Source of all supply, that is, Primal Energy in all of Its forms. In this context we can look at Its money form. When we have an opportunity to attract, create or manifest money, it is essential that we focus on its true Source and not confuse the channel through which it comes with the real Source. Prosperity’s 1st Affirmation addresses this idea, “I look to God as my only Source of wealth and supply”.

As I read the quotes, I am reassured that my intention to embody Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations resonates with the intentions of this month’s experiment.

The shifts that I am making are to make my automatic responses to circumstances related to money and finance more aligned with the quotes and all of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations.

For example, I am now more conscious of what I am treating as the source of my good. Am I looking to the Energy I call God as the Source of my desire or am I trying creating a false source, such as bank account, employer or major client?

I am also shifting my tendencies to hoard or accumulate money and things for a time of need. I feel that I am naturally cautious, so now I often intentionally go against my natural urges and give more than my first inclination when contributing to a worthy cause and I now make an effort to spend more on myself if I feel that I am compromising my enjoyment now for some nebulous future ‘need’. I am finding the Prosperity Game and this experiment very helpful in both regards.

 If you have participated in a Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations Workshop or the Living An Affirmative Life Class, what are your thoughts regarding the quotes and their relationship to the 12 Affirmations?

I just learned about a fascinating experiment designed for you to discover how you directly affect your experience of prosperity. The experiment has been designed and sponsored by Elyse Hope Killoran, Prosperity Coach and owner of the on-line Prosperity Game: http://www.choosingprosperity.com/game/index.php at the Choosing Prosperity website.  I have referenced the game before in the  posting for Prosperity’s 6th Affirmation.  I recommended playing the Prosperity Game as described in the Abraham-Hicks book Ask and It Is Given. The playing of the Prosperity Game will help you achieve a vibrational alignment with Prosperity’s 6th Affirmation, “I Keep My Wealth Circulating and Creating Blessings for Others and for Me”. 

I developed my own method for playing the game using an Excel spreadsheet to emulate a checkbook register and I had been playing my version of the game for several months with beneficial results before I learned about Elyse’s web based game. Once I played her version of the game, I immediately saw it’s power for creating the experience, I believe, the Hicks’ and Abraham intended.

Now Elyse is conducting a ‘Prosperity Experiment’ that promises to be even more transformational than her game alone. I have signed up to try the experiment for the month of June and I recommend it to you as well. Let’s take our prosperity experiences to the next level together. Learn more at http://choosingprosperity.typepad.com/blog/. You can read what has transpired so far and you can sign up for the experiment if you desire.

Let’s prove that you are prosperous and so am I.

Today while I was researching new versions of a software application I use often, Mindjet’s Mind Manager, I discovered an article by Kamal Syed entitled Balancing Your Priorities. I found the article interesting for two reasons 1) He places a great deal of importance using affirmations as a tool for achieving a balanced life. 2) He created his balanced life model using Mind Manager.  I used an early version of Mind Manager to organize this blog and to develop the ideas surrounding each of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. 

For me, finding Kamal’s article is an example of being in a serendipidous flow of affirmative experience.  At the time I was looking for information about later versions of Mind Manager and had the unexpected bonus of finding a person who used it in way that has affirmed my use of the tool.  For those who have participated in the live version of the Living An Affirmative Life Course, note that the cover design of the notebook was generated using Mind Manager.  Perhaps in another posting I will share the benefits of Mind Mapping for planning and creative projects. If you are interested in a good example of Mind Mapping for Life Management read Kamal’s article Balancing Your Priorities.

Now the thing that really excited me about Kamal’s article was his reference to his faith, Islam, as the highest priority in his mind map.  In our practice of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations, we recognize God as the Source of all our Good.  I have invited him to comment about our affirmations from an Islamic perspective.  The Truth of our practice, should transcend religion or creed and resonate with Truth wherever it is present.