Affirmation · “The Subconscious Says Yes”
God-Power Affirmation
Make repeated, confident inner contact with a usable ‘God-Power’ and expect tangible health, prosperity, and well-being to follow.
Sit, breathe, and repeat with conviction: “I believe in the Power of the Living God.” Add a present-tense claim for your specific good, accept it as heard, and practise morning and evening.
What it is
The signature practice of Frank B. Robinson’s mail-order religion Psychiana: a simple, repeated affirmation by which an ordinary person “contacts” an impersonal Power of the living God and expects practical results — health, money, peace of mind.
Robinson stripped away ritual and creed and taught that this Power was directly available to anyone who would, daily and with conviction, declare and feel their contact with it. It is New Thought affirmation reduced to its most portable, do-it-anywhere form.
The Method
Across his numbered bi-weekly lessons, Robinson taught a contact-by-repetition practice:
- Settle and breathe. Sit quietly; take a few slow, deliberate breaths to calm the body and gather attention. Robinson paired the affirmation with simple breathing.
- Affirm contact, repeatedly. Declare the core statement over and over, with feeling and certainty — the practice’s keynote line was “I believe in the Power of the Living God.” Repeat it until it feels real, not merely recited.
- Affirm the specific good. Add a present-tense statement of what you are claiming through that Power — health, supply, courage — spoken as already true.
- Expect and accept. Hold the inner conviction that the Power has heard and is acting; expectancy, not pleading, is the posture.
- Repeat daily. Practise morning and evening, working through the lessons in sequence so the conviction deepens over time. (Sourcing note: phrasing reflects Psychiana’s advertised slogan and lesson content as documented; only the short keynote line is a direct attributed quote.)
Source & Lineage
Frank B. Robinson (1886–1948) founded Psychiana in Moscow, Idaho, advertising from 1929 under “I TALKED WITH GOD.” He composed 20+ subscription lessons mailed to students worldwide.
The practice descends from mainstream New Thought affirmation and the autosuggestion current (Coué, Larson), repackaged for a mass mail-order audience.
Common refinements
Reciting without conviction. Mechanical repetition does little; the felt belief is the active ingredient.
- Pleading instead of affirming. Begging reinstalls lack; the practice declares contact as already real.
- Dwelling on the problem. Speak only the desired condition, not the lack.
- Quitting early. Robinson taught sustained daily practice through the lesson sequence.