Affirmations as lie detectors

I've been experimenting with affirmations lately. I have a theory that an affirmation that isn't also true is useless. I've discovered that when I say an affirmation that I don't really agree with, I get a kind of flutter inside - like there's an internal mechanism that goes, "Tilt, tilt, tilt" and the affirmation is rejected.

I think this must be the way a lie detector test works. You tell a lie, and the little internal assessor says, "wrong," and the monitors pick up the physical changes.

This turns out to be an outstanding predictor of areas that need fundamental shifts in belief.

For example: this morning I said the following affirmation: "I deserve to be rich." Immediately, my internal assessor said, "No you don't!" It was a perfect indicator of how I don't believe I deserve to be rich. So I modified the affirmation and said, "I deserve to receive the bounty of the universe like everyone else does." This time, I believed it, so there wasn't a "clink." Then I said, "I am willing to be rich." Oops, didn't believe it. "I am willing to be financially secure." Better, but not completely there. "I am willing to move in the direction of financial security." There is was. My actual belief.

Working with affirmations like this is enlightening and encouraging. We can get to our truths, and we can change our core beliefs, by finding ways to believe what we may at first reject.

I am willing to learn to love, approve of and forgive myself.
I am learning that I deserve to love, approve of and forgive myself.
I am learning to love, approve of and forgive myself.
I deserve to love, approve of and forgive myself.
I love, approve of and forgive myself.
Every day I love myself more.
Every day I approve of myself more.
Every day I forgive myself more.
Every day I find new ways to love, approve of and forgive myself.