Omni:Is my affirmation good?
Category
Magic
Question
Is my affirmation good?
Source(s)
Specificity with Workings and Affirmations
Author
Blitzkreig [JG]
URL
https://www.ancient-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=81236
Content
Affirmation Target + Function of an Affirmation
Negative karma as a whole is a very broad category. You can specify that you are removing any negative karma or obstacles from a specific aspect of yourself, such as social behavior, happiness, intelligence, energy, etc. However, if you try to remove all karma from yourself at once, then this is too broad.
[...] The affirmation is simply a written statement to guide your intentions and program your energy with.
The key point here is not within the words itself, but in how well your intention is focused on transforming a goal. This can take some practice as you are translating what you sense in your mind onto paper with words. However, because the words themselves are not the critical part, then you can use whatever works for you, even if it violates grammar rules or includes literally nonsensical words.
The only stipulation is that whatever you have written must be used to reliably channel your intention and energy onto completing the objective that you are trying to accomplish.
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[...] You don't necessarily need assistance to write a statement to fix what you already see in your own head (like gaining wealth or something you are unhappy about). In this case, you can already focus energy onto onto this concept or object well enough.
Affirmation Target + Function of an Affirmation
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At the same time, affirmations do help and I understand why people may want help here. Those who have stronger Mercurial abilities are more able to analyze, process, define, and therefore write out statements which describe the energetic process for their affirmation.
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Beyond the fault of laziness towards building affirmations, there can occur a problem as one attempts to reverse this process. In other words, what I have given you as an affirmation may mean something different to you than it does to me. My understanding of basic words like "health", "business", "organization", or "safety" could be different from how you view them.
In most cases this may not matter too much, however we can see that there is the possibility for the written affirmation to fail to communicate the full idea of the working. Therefore, it is important to practice creating your own affirmations to avoid this problem, as well as train your ability as an SS to problem-solve in this way.
If we help others though, it is important that we write a few sentences describing what we want accomplished by the working and affirmation, including defining what certain words or phrases mean. Then, a reader can more easily understand what you are attempting to convey.
Have some faith in yourself, but also take this subject seriously. For those who genuinely struggle here, apply the above solutions to improve this.
Affirmation Characteristics
In addition, we must think about the length and detail of one's affirmation. You may ask yourself "Why not just write out every detail that you need to target with the working?" Wouldn't this resolve the problem of having to define our affirmations to other people?
When we make a death spell, should we specify that the energy "enters the victim's nose, goes down and hits the heart, takes a left--err I mean it takes a right turn and goes to the brain" and so on? No! This creates unnecessary limits by distracting from the focus on the end goal; let the energy work in an efficient way.
On a similar note, why not just make the affirmation broad so we don't have to worry about this? Why cannot we make our affirmation to just solve our problem "in all ways, totally, strongly, with grace and excellence, as quick and possible, with a cherry on top, and permanently as well?" Surely this means nothing can go wrong? Actually, the opposite is true and the working will end up accomplishing nothing as the energies get dispersed into too many directions.
If you recall what was stated above, the function of an affirmation is to guide our intention and energy. Therefore, affirmation characteristics, like length and detail, influence the quality of our focus, as well as the efficiency of the working, for better or worse.
If your written affirmation is too long, then this will clearly strain your ability to focus on what is trying to be accomplished. Without sacrificing the actual function of the working, we have to be concise with our phrasing and words. This can involve directly shortening specific phrases or rearranging the entire affirmation. This also includes eliminating unnecessary redundancies.
The affirmation needs enough words for us to focus, but not too many that we lose sight of what we actually want accomplished.
At the same time, we can compensate for a simple lack of focus by going slower, as well as pausing between affirmations to more strongly visualize our goal. We can also continue to visualize after completing our set of affirmations. All of this will continue to aid the application of your will onto the energy being manipulated.
To conclude: focus on your goal and only the essential additions to this. Don't get lost in the details itself, unless they are critical. Remember that energy will flow in the most efficient way possible. Keep the end goal clear and concise, then let the energy do the work.
Energy Efficiency
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As we saw from the quoted question above, we do not want to be focusing on a specific house of our chart when the problem can exist elsewhere. While it is not necessary a bad idea to focus on a house or planet that we identify as problematic, usually we have plenty of already-known problems to fix first, which would take priority.
One way to analyze your workings includes asking questions: -Questions based on effort: "How much energy will this working require to solve?" "Is it realistic for me to attempt this?" "Is this working too specific and limited?"
-Questions based on advancement relativity:
"What do I need to solve to advance the quickest?"
"Does this address one of my weaknesses?"
-Questions based on priority of time:
"Am I wasting time by attempting this?"
“Should I work on something else?”
"What do I need to do first?"
"Is my working supported astrologically?"
Questions based on energy solution:
"Does this energy best apply to my problem?"
"Are these runes helpful or unrelated to my goal?"
"Am I generating enough energy to make a difference?"
In short, we are trying to determine the value of a certain working based upon its efficiency and its relevance to our larger goals. This can clash with simple interests or desires.
To give a more clear example, we may try to do something simple like “improve our natal Sun in a positive way”. While this is a good start, it is also important to know that our natal Sun encompasses a broad scope: including vitality, an aspect of power/wealth, confidence, relations with father figures, and acting/self expression.
It is possible for someone to have some aspects of these covered by other planets. For example, Mars can compensate for one’s health and aggression, but not for wealth. In this case, we would change the affirmation to target ambition, power within a career/organization, or confidence and self expression.
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To make a good decision on this, one should have a basic understanding of their natal chart and available solutions (runes, energy colors, planetary mantras, etc), as well as consult the Gods to know where they need to improve.
Examples
Once we have decided on the problem we are attempting to solve, then we pick the energy which best relates to this. After we define our objectives and solution, we develop our affirmation around the process of this energy in action:
Energy being manipulated: Sowilo, Sun Square, Surya
Target: Myself
Goal: Improve self esteem and expression.
Conditions: Needs to be permanent and needs to be positive.
Therefore, we can come up with something like:
“This energy of Sowilo has permanently improved my self esteem and self expression, in a fully positive way for me.” x8
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If we are going to do a freeing working to resolve a health problem, then we should choose Uruz, as it possess both freeing and healing properties. Then we can make something like:
“This Uruz energy has permanently healed any issues [with my organ]/[pertaining to these symptoms] in the best way for me.” x9
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For further examples of affirmations, please view Blitzkreig [JG]: Sun Square Thread.
