*This is going to be especially helpful for those of you who are pragmatic and/or left-brain dominant. This will also be of use to those who cannot yet enter into the required trance state for self-hypnosis.
Many of the affirmations we have in the Temple of Zeus and in the forums are specifically designed to be stated while in deep trance, in order to bypass the logical left brain hemisphere to imprint into the subconscious.
However, you need to be in a deep trance for that to work. If you are not in a deep trance, you may often find yourself stating the affirmation while having the logical mindset of “well no this isn’t true”, which will nullify the point of your work.
Instead, you can work towards your goal in the format of a ladder. You are at the bottom of the ladder, and your highest desired outcome is at the top. You don’t step directly onto the top rung, you climb up some steps first.
Let’s say you are like many people and you dislike your body and appearance. If you truly are unhappy with how you look, trying to brainwash yourself with an affirmation of “I love my body, I am beautiful” might be going too far for your logical mind. You don’t love your body, so saying the exact opposite while knowing full well that it’s the opposite of how you truly feel, essentially won’t work, unless you allow it to work which requires a deep trance and perhaps much more time spent stating the affirmation for a longer duration.
Instead, try stating something like “I am thankful that I have a body which enables me to be alive and progress towards my goals. I am thankful for my legs which allow me to walk, I am thankful for my organs which allow me to live, I am thankful for my voice which allows me to vibrate mantras, I am thankful for my senses which allow me to experience life. I am thankful that with my body I can live my life and grow to my higher potential.”
State that 10-20 times a day. You will soon come to realize that this is in fact true. You are not lying to yourself, you are stating true facts. Without your body you would not be here, you would not be able to meditate to overcome bad karma, you would not be able to build good karma, and grow closer to our Gods. You would be just a soul floating around, and our souls need our physical body in order to advance.
After developing the true and deserved thankfulness for your body, you will start to take care of your body more. And this leads to self love. Appreciation leads to care which then leads to love!
You have now stepped up a few rungs on the ladder. After the first affirmation is firmly embedded in your mind, you can then alter the affirmation further, or begin a new affirmation, perhaps something like “I appreciate and admire my body. I am very attractive to the person I desire. My body is beautiful/sexy/etc.” And now you are at the top of the ladder.
Let’s try this with money. If you are broke now, barely surviving, and you try telling yourself that you are now vastly wealthy… you might have a hard time believing it. Your logical mind sees your reality, and you might be too overwhelmed and uncertain about what needs to be done to get ahead.
So, begin climbing the ladder. Here in the ToZ we have free magick spells for money, and there is support from members giving advice regarding getting a career.
Affirm to yourself something like:
First few rungs of the ladder: “I have access to the knowledge and support I need to find job opportunities. I am developing the skill to use magick to help lead me to better job opportunities. The Gods want me to improve my life situation, and there are public and online resources available to me to acquire any new skills I may need to become a more employable person. From there, I can grow to new heights in wealth.”
All of that is completely true. There is not one lie nor one fudged half-truth in that statement. It is all true, therefore easy to fully believe once you understand and accept it.
After a while (perhaps a week, a month, 40 days; it’s up to your progress) this will become reality for you, and you have stepped up a few steps on the ladder.
You can then begin a new affirmation to climb even higher, such as:
Next rungs of the ladder: “I deserve to have a steady and sustainable income. It is safe for me to move up in life and grow to a new level of wealth and financial freedom.”
After that, the affirmations in the Temple of Zeus will be the next steps up ladder. And the top rungs will be those in the Divine Sacred Rituals in the Hall of Osiris, which is totally achievable once you set your ladder under them and begin climbing. The Divine Ritual affirmations will work regardless because of how powerful the ritual is, but you can combine it with an affirmation relating to a lower step on the ladder at another time of day for further impact.
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