As I'm sure you realize, the actual words don't create your reality, it's the vibration that the words cause you to emit (of which emotion is an indicator) that creates your reality.

I could recite "I will never have any money" to myself all day long but if, while I was reciting those words, I decided to interpret those words differently to everyone else and feel prosperous while reciting them then I would have prosperity despite the affirmation.

I know some people also have issues with Abraham's use of the word "want" when they feel the word "have" (or equivalent) would be better.

Like the saying goes, you can't please all of the people all of the time :)

If Abraham used different words, there would still be some people who would have issues with those too. Those are probably the analytical types :)

I think what Abraham have done is just chosen what they feel would appeal to the mass vibration that they are sensing and have targeted their affirmations in that direction.

It's interesting how the slightest shift in terminology can cause a big difference in understanding with some people. Abraham used to use the phrase "Vibrational Escrow" quite a lot in the past and most people just shrugged at each other in a puzzled fashion. They then changed that phrase to "The Vortex" to represent the same idea and that one seems to have caught the public imagination.

Obviously, given your background, you have a vast amount of experience with the idea of affirmations and so, for you, the seemingly-inaccurate words that Abraham have chosen might be grating because you are used to more precise and accurate phrasings.

But to the average person on the street, it probably wouldn't make the slightest difference. They get the gist of what Abraham are saying and that's good enough for them - while for someone like you it may seem like "beginner level" :)

How you personally proceed regarding these meditations is up to you, of course.

Some possible options:

• Just meditate with the music only. It's that focused breathing pattern that has the bulk of the Vortex-aligning benefit anyway and you can skip the words completely.
• You can redo the meditations with your own affirmations, though that sounds like a lot of work to me. Abraham's timing with the affirmations is such that they always start speaking on an in-breath which helps with getting the breathing pattern right.
• You can work on yourself and relax your own beliefs about how accurately stated affirmations should be in order to affect personal change.

If it was me, I'd probably go for the last option because I'm not a big fan of changing external conditions to match my beliefs - I prefer to change myself where possible and let external conditions catch up - but you may feel differently.

Just some thoughts for you, Dollar Bill :)