Getting started with manifestation
Understand the methods, then learn the app’s names. One simple entry is enough to start today.
1. What is manifestation?
Start by asking: what would a day feel like if my wish came true?
Manifestation refers to ideas and practices that seek to realize wishes through changes in beliefs, imagination and feelings. Common practices include affirmations, scripting and meditation. The Law of Attraction and Law of Assumption offer different explanations for how this might work.
For example, imagine an ordinary moment after starting a job you want: how you present your work or interact with colleagues. You can write it down and choose one practical preparation to make today. First, let’s explore the terms.
Make the wish specific
“I want a better life” is broad. Try: “I want a job that uses my design skills, with colleagues who communicate clearly and weekends free to rest.”
2. Common manifestation terms
Understand these ideas and methods, then choose practices that suit you.
01 Law of Attraction Law of Attraction
A manifestation belief that thoughts and feelings attract corresponding experiences, often practiced through imagination, gratitude and affirmations.
- Origins
- Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret (2006) helped popularize this idea but was not its earliest source.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- In this view, experience the feeling of your wish fulfilled, then attend to everyday experiences and actions consistent with it.
- Effects & evidence
- The book’s language of thought “frequencies” belongs to its author’s explanatory framework; it is not an experimental finding in physics or psychology.
Resources: The Secret: official introduction
Search terms: Law of Attraction；The Secret；Rhonda Byrne
In FlowerDiary · Vision board, gratitude and scripting
These tools can support the practices. Law of Attraction is not a separate button in the app.
Vision board; or + → the relevant tool · View instructions
02 Law of Assumption Law of Assumption
Accept the wish as fulfilled in imagination, experiencing the corresponding identity, feelings and inner dialogue.
- Origins
- A central idea in Neville Goddard’s work, including The Power of Awareness.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Goddard proposes entering the state of a wish already fulfilled, rather than repeatedly thinking “I want”.
- Effects & evidence
- This is Goddard’s philosophy of consciousness. Describing its practices does not establish that imagination necessarily determines external events.
Resources: Archive of Neville Goddard’s writings
Search terms: Law of Assumption；Neville Goddard；The Power of Awareness
In FlowerDiary · New identity and scripting
Use identity descriptions and scenes from life for the practice. There is no app feature named Law of Assumption.
Vision board → current chapter summary; + → Scripting · View instructions
03 Self-concept Self-concept
Your understanding of your qualities, abilities, value and roles. Manifestation discussions often use it to mean “who I believe I am”.
- Origins
- A general concept in psychology, not a term exclusive to one manifestation method.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Notice the descriptions you repeatedly use about yourself, then choose perspectives and behaviors you want to practice.
- Effects & evidence
- Writing an identity statement does not mean every belief or real-world circumstance has changed.
Resources: APA: self-concept
Search terms: Self-concept；Self-image；Identity
In FlowerDiary · New identity
New identity is the self-description field for your current chapter. It captures only part of your self-concept.
Vision board → expand current chapter summary → tap the identity description · View instructions
04 Vision board Vision Board
A collection of pictures and words describing the life you hope to experience, used as a visual reminder of your goals.
- Origins
- A common format in goal planning and manifestation practice, usually a collage of images and text.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Use specific images to clarify what you want and remind yourself of your next steps.
- Effects & evidence
- Displaying a goal is different from accomplishing it. Pictures do not replace preparation or action.
Search terms: Vision Board；Visualization；Goal Imagery
In FlowerDiary · Vision board and goals
Each goal can contain text and up to ten images. Category folders and card stacks are ways the app displays them.
Vision board → Add goal · View instructions
05 Affirmations Affirmation
A deliberately chosen statement repeated to practice new self-talk. The term describes a type of statement, not a required number of readings or repetitions.
- Origins
- Louise Hay is one of the well-known authors associated with modern affirmation practice.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Hay proposes that choosing positive statements can retrain habitual thinking and speech by repeatedly encountering a self-description you hope to accept.
- Effects & evidence
- Stronger statements are not necessarily better. Research found that some participants with low self-esteem felt worse after repeating strongly positive self-statements.
Resources: Louise Hay: affirmations · Wood et al. (2009): original study
Search terms: Positive Affirmations；Louise Hay；Positive Self-statements
In FlowerDiary · Goal affirm, 369 writing and Create SUB
Affirm lets you read a statement and confirm it; 369 schedules writing; Create SUB turns statements into audio. They are not synonyms.
Vision board → goal → … → affirm; or + → 369 writing / Create SUB · View instructions
06 Scripting Scripting
Write as the author of your life, describing scenes, dialogue and feelings as if your wish has already come true.
- Origins
- Esther and Jerry Hicks list Scripting as Process 9 in Ask and It Is Given (2004), a traceable representative source.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- In the Hicks approach, writing helps you experience fulfillment in advance and align your feelings with the life you want.
- Effects & evidence
- This is an imagination and writing practice. Adding detail does not mean events will unfold exactly as written.
Resources: Book contents and bibliographic details
Search terms: Manifestation Scripting；Ask and It Is Given；Process 9；Esther Jerry Hicks
In FlowerDiary · Scripting
The app groups writing into dawn, morning, afternoon and night. These are prompts; writing just one section is fine.
+ → Scripting · View instructions
07 369 writing 369 Method
Choose an affirmation about your wish. A common practice is writing it three times in the morning, six at noon and nine in the evening—a schedule for repeated writing.
- Origins
- Popular in modern manifestation communities. Its original creator has not been reliably verified, and online attributions to Tesla lack reliable sourcing.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Use fixed repetitions across three parts of the day to keep returning to the same wish.
- Effects & evidence
- A schedule can support a habit. Claims that the numbers 3, 6 and 9 possess special manifestation powers lack reliable validation.
Resources: Checking the source of the Tesla quote
Search terms: 369 Method；369 Manifestation；369 Journaling
In FlowerDiary · 369 writing
Enter today’s affirmation at the top, then use three morning, six noon and nine evening lines. Complete this period fills blank lines. You still need to save after completing all periods.
+ → 369 writing · View instructions
08 Gratitude journaling Gratitude Journaling
Record something you appreciate and why it matters to you.
- Origins
- Gratitude practices appear in many traditions. Emmons and McCullough (2003) provide a representative study of gratitude journaling.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Revisit specific support and positive events, turning a general “thank you” into an experience you can return to.
- Effects & evidence
- These studies examine experiences such as subjective well-being, not whether gratitude writing fulfills a particular wish.
Resources: McCullough: original study bibliography
Search terms: Gratitude Journaling；Counting Blessings Versus Burdens；Emmons McCullough 2003
In FlowerDiary · Gratitude
Write something you appreciate and save it, with optional pictures. This is the app’s gratitude entry point.
+ → Gratitude · View instructions
09 Limiting beliefs Limiting Belief
In personal growth, fixed judgments that narrow choices or discourage action, such as “If I fail, I must be incapable”.
- Origins
- A common personal-growth term. It can be understood alongside core beliefs and rigid assumptions in cognitive behavioral theory, but the terms are not identical.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Describe the situation and judgment, examine the evidence, and explore a more balanced understanding and feasible action.
- Effects & evidence
- Recording a thought, changing an interpretation and completing a release practice are different actions.
Resources: Beck Institute: cognitive behavioral theory
Search terms: Limiting Beliefs；Core Beliefs；Cognitive Restructuring
In FlowerDiary · Limiting beliefs
Save the specific thought first. In that day’s entry, tap Release. Saving a belief does not automatically complete a release.
+ → Limiting beliefs · View instructions
10 Letting go / Sedona Method Letting Go / Sedona Method
Letting go broadly means reducing resistance to feelings. The Sedona Method is a particular self-help approach using questions to allow and explore releasing present feelings.
- Origins
- The Sedona Method traces its origins to Lester Levenson and has been taught and shared by Hale Dwoskin and others.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Allow the feeling, then use simple questions to explore loosening your hold on it. The aim is less tension and clearer thinking; repeat as needed.
- Effects & evidence
- Research on emotional acceptance can help explain the approach but does not directly validate a specific Sedona sequence.
Resources: Sedona: official history · Official question examples
Search terms: The Sedona Method；Lester Levenson；Hale Dwoskin；Letting Go
In FlowerDiary · Release practice
The cards draw on Sedona questions, in the order Allow → Would you? → Could you? → When? You can also use your own audio guidance.
+ → Release practice; or a belief entry for the day → Release · View instructions
11 SUB / subliminal audio Subliminal Audio
Manifestation communities often use SUB to mean quiet suggestions mixed with background audio. Strictly, subliminal refers to stimulation below the threshold of conscious perception.
- Origins
- Subliminal is a psychological concept. A community label on an audio track does not mean its stimuli have been experimentally verified as subliminal.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Listeners hope repeated suggestions can influence beliefs or self-evaluation without demanding attention. A common approach mixes quiet suggestions with background sound.
- Effects & evidence
- Not hearing speech clearly does not mean its perceptual threshold has been measured. Greenwald et al. (1991) found no claimed memory or self-esteem improvements from the self-help tapes tested in their double-blind study.
Resources: APA: definition of subliminal · Greenwald et al. (1991): double-blind study
Search terms: Subliminal Perception；Subliminal Self-help Audiotapes；Affirmation Audio
In FlowerDiary · Create SUB and Listen to SUB
The app creates affirmation audio with adjustable voice and background levels; it does not measure individual perceptual thresholds. Creating and listening have separate entry points.
+ → Create SUB; + → Listen to SUB · View instructions
12 Mindfulness meditation Mindfulness Meditation
Attend to your body, natural breathing, sounds and thoughts as they arise, returning when you notice your attention has wandered.
- Origins
- Mindfulness has roots in meditation traditions. Organizations such as the NHS and UCLA introduce modern foundational practices.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Start in a safe, comfortable position. Notice your body, then choose breathing or points of contact as an anchor. Open your eyes, adjust or stop whenever you need.
- Effects & evidence
- Public resources describe these principles but do not establish therapeutic effects for this app’s courses. Chakra names come from traditional beliefs, not proven medical mechanisms.
Resources: NHS: mindfulness · UCLA: introductory practices
Search terms: Mindfulness Meditation；Body Scan；Breath Awareness
In FlowerDiary · Meditation
For adults, with original Mandarin guidance currently available in 3-, 5-, 12- and 19-minute options. The 12/19-minute sessions offer body themes. Read the notice before your first session; start with 3 or 5 minutes. Pause or stop anytime—there is no need to endure discomfort.
+ → Meditation → duration → Before you practice → Start · View instructions
3. Understanding names in the app
Affirmations are statements; 369 is a writing method; affirm is the app interaction for reading statements and confirming them.
Chapter
A collection of the identity, goals and journal entries for one stage of your life.
Starting a new chapter archives the previous one. Revisit archived chapters in Profile.
New identity
A self-description for this stage, such as “I am willing to express my needs”.
It captures part of your self-concept, not everything you know about yourself. Edit it by expanding the current chapter summary on the vision board.
affirm
An affirmation exercise in a goal’s detail menu: read a statement, then tap “yes!” three times before the next statement appears.
Path: Vision board → goal → … → affirm. Confirmation counts are not journal entry counts.
Statement library
A list for saving and managing practice statements within affirm.
Open it inside affirm to add, edit or delete affirmations. Statement library is the app’s name for this list.
Book of Answers
A tool that draws a random response from a built-in collection. Save the question and response to revisit them in your journal.
It offers prompts for reflection, not analysis or predictions. Saved questions and answers cannot be edited.
The Affirmations journal category
A journal category for affirmation-related entries, including saved 369 practices.
This is a content category. Tapping “yes!” in affirm does not create an affirmation journal entry.
4. Just four things to do today
Write an identity, add a goal, write a gratitude entry, then look back.
First: write your new identity
Where to start
First-use guide → Write your new identity
- Write a sentence about who you want to become in this stage of life.
- Save it to create your current chapter.
Something you could write
I am someone who shares my work and is willing to try new opportunities.
Second: add one goal
Where to start
Vision board → Add goal
- Choose a goal category, such as Career.
- Describe the goal, being specific about what you want.
- Add pictures if you like, then tap Save.
One goal is enough
I want a job that uses my design skills, with direct communication among colleagues and reliable time to rest.
Third: write a gratitude entry
Where to start
+ → Gratitude
- Write about one small thing that happened and that you appreciate.
- Add why it matters to you, then tap Save.
Start with something small today
Thank you to my friend for looking carefully at my work and pointing out a strength. It makes me more willing to keep working on my portfolio.
Fourth: revisit your entry
Where to start
Bottom navigation: Journal → Today
- Find the gratitude entry you just saved and read it.
- Think of one small next step, such as organizing a page of your portfolio. Your first practice today is complete.
5. Recording feelings and signs
Keep gratitude, feelings and progress in separate categories to find them more easily later.
Mood journaling Mood Journaling
Record present emotions, feelings and their context so you can revisit changes over time.
- Origins
- A common journaling and self-observation practice, not exclusive to any manifestation theory.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Name your real feelings, then notice what happened and what you need.
- Effects & evidence
- You do not need to stay positive or turn uncomfortable feelings into a good mood.
Search terms: Mood Journaling；Emotion Awareness；Emotion Diary
In FlowerDiary · Feelings
Write an entry or simply select mood tags and save. You do not need to write a paragraph first.
+ → Feelings · View instructions
Where to start
+ → Feelings
- Write how you feel, or select one or more mood tags.
- Tap Save. If you do not feel like writing, tags alone can be saved.
A feelings entry
I sent my résumé today. I feel hopeful and nervous and keep wanting to check my inbox. Tonight, I’ll cook myself dinner first.
Manifestation signs Manifestation Signs
A community term for events, coincidences or associations connected to a wish, sometimes called “responses from the universe”.
- Origins
- A community expression without a single professional standard of assessment.
Approach, evidence & resources
- Approach
- Record the event and its meaning to you, distinguishing what happened from how you interpret it.
- Effects & evidence
- A meaningful coincidence is not the same as an achieved outcome. Notice whether you are attending only to information that supports your wish.
Resources: APA: confirmation bias
Search terms: Manifestation Signs；Synchronicity；Confirmation Bias
In FlowerDiary · Signs appeared
Record related experiences. Linking a goal can increase its signs count, but does not automatically mark it manifested.
+ → Signs appeared · View instructions
Where to start
+ → Signs appeared
- Describe a related development or something that brought your wish to mind.
- Separate what happened from your interpretation, then save.
A signs entry
I received an interview invitation today. I feel my preparation has been acknowledged, and I’m encouraged. Tomorrow I’ll prepare two project examples.
Gratitude, feelings and signs entries can each include up to nine pictures.
6. Other manifestation tools
Beginners do not need to complete a whole routine every day. Start by getting comfortable with recording.
- To describe life after your wish comes true, use Scripting. Write by dawn, morning, afternoon and night, or just one section.
- If you like a fixed writing schedule, try 369 writing: three morning, six noon and nine evening repetitions of an affirmation. Finish all three periods, then save today’s entry.
- To explore recurring judgments about yourself, record a Limiting belief. After saving today’s entry, you can tap Release.
- To explore allowing and letting go through questions, use the cards in Release practice, or import your own guided audio.
- To listen to your affirmations, make them in Create SUB and open your audio library through Listen to SUB.
- For a prompt to reflect on, draw a response in the Book of Answers. You can save it to your journal or leave it unsaved.
For a few quiet minutes, try meditation
Where to start
+ → Meditation → choose 3, 5, 12 or 19 minutes → Start meditation
Meditation is for adults. Try 3 or 5 minutes first and read the notice before starting. A 12-second preparation includes a gentle bowl cue. Follow body and natural breath awareness offline. Pause or stop anytime; do not push through discomfort or feel you must make up a session.
7. Frequently asked questions
Your writing does not need to be beautiful or lengthy every day.
What if I cannot think of anything to appreciate?
Start small: a warm meal, a rest or someone’s help. If gratitude writing does not feel right today, record your real feelings instead.
Will worry or doubt affect my practice?
You can still write. You do not need to be positive all the time or blame yourself for a thought. Describe the worry, then decide whether to rest, act or try releasing.
Can I edit earlier entries?
Ordinary entries from today in the current chapter can be edited or deleted. Earlier dates and archived chapters are read-only. Saved Book of Answers questions and responses cannot be edited.
What should I do tomorrow?
Write another gratitude entry or record your feelings. After a few days, use Calendar to choose a date or Garden to review by category. Find a way of writing you want to keep using.
Further reading
Resources from relevant authors and organizations. Each term also includes search terms you can copy for further exploration.