The saying “Not for love
nor money” is one I’ve heard all my life.
That phrase is usually predicated by something
like “I wouldn’t do that for love nor money”
implying that love and money are two of the most
important things in life and valued equally.
While I hadn’t thought of it in those terms
until recently, I have always shared those
beliefs. And, since my spiritual awakening
in early 1988, I have been looking at my belief
structures around money and love and using
numerous rituals, affirmations and techniques,
not to mention reading many of the books written
on each topic, to bring more of both into my
life.
I’d like to share some of
the newer perspectives I’ve discovered recently
around prosperity. These have been most
enlightening to me and hopefully will spark some
new awareness for you.
Last fall, I attended a
weekend program that dealt with, among many
other things, giving new definitions to commonly
known words, focusing on myself and saying no to
everyone and everything that doesn’t nurture or
support me. After the first day of this
program, I wrote in my journal about how
nurturing myself had always taken a back seat to
everything and everyone else in my life. I
acknowledged a need to shift that belief.
I then quickly noted that my relationship to
money also needed to shift. Soon I
realized that my lack of money flow was probably
mirroring my lack of energy flow around
nurturing myself. Now this is not new
“stuff” for me, I’ve been dancing around these
ideas for many years and, as usual the new
framework that was being presented in the
workshop was shifting my perspectives.
When I’m journaling, I
frequently as my guides/Angels to “talk” with me
and give me guidance. When I asked for
their insights on what I needed to do to change
my relationship to money, this was their reply:
“You place way too much
importance on money – you’ve connected it to
your worth. You have it backwards.
You are valuable, not money. As soon as
you believe that, all will change. Money
is a tool for you to use. Only you can
make it valuable or important. It’s the
way that energy flows on your planet. And,
it’s been connected to value – a means of
exchange. It’s only a means of exchange
and it’s represented by squares of paper.
You need to give you the importance, the value
that you have been giving to money. Begin
to value yourself, your time, your connection to
Spirit, your passion, your heart and the money
will follow. Money follows value – it only
has the value you give it and what you’ve given
it is way out of proportion and that’s being
reflected in your bank accounts. Begin to
fill the accounts in your Judith bank with food
for your soul, and watch your bank accounts
flourish. They will flourish when you do.
There’s a direct correlation. That’s why
writing, dancing, meditating with the labyrinth
– doing whatever you love and what nurtures you
is the key to opening new doors in your life.
Your joy, your perspectives, your inspiration
are needed in the world. Tell your story –
the world needs to hear your story.
Value your thoughts & ideas – act on them and
see where they lead – there’s the adventure.”
As I was focused on new
ways to see the meanings of words, I next
realized the judgment I’ve had around scarcity,
so I began to look for its gift. Without
scarcity there can be no abundance – it’s the
other side of the coin. It helps set a
boundary on over spending or over acquiring.
I realized a long time ago that I become my most
creative when I’ve had the least money. So
scarcity feeds my creativity when I’m not
blocked by fear. Lack can also be seen as the
void – the emptiness from which all
possibilities come - when there’s no emotion
attached to it. I’ve seen it as a black hole
that I would disappear into – losing myself, and
yet, it could be a place to lose my ego.
Scarcity is very humbling and, as my humility
increases, I am stripped of all pretenses.
It clears the decks – makes room for peace,
serenity, and simplicity. Lack can also
mean lack of distraction and lack of outside
influences so I can hear myself think, find my
center – my heart, my purpose, my direction.
Scarcity also helps me focus while making me
more conscious of my choices and needs.
When I have lots of money I go unconscious and
my compulsion to accumulate things is triggered.
It’s the emotional charge around it that’s given
scarcity a bad rap. Our society has placed
such a high value on the abundance of things to
the detriment of the abundance of natural
resources – what we have instead of who we are.
What we value is all screwed up, hence my
disjointed, misplaced, value of money vs.
myself. Developing a list of what I value
from an internal perspective gives a whole new
look to this issue.
My values list includes:
- Passion
- Love
- Creativity
- Nurturing
- Rest
- Balance
- Peace
- Simplicity
- Rhythm
- Truth
- Possibility
- Curiosity
- Spirit
The more I have focused on
bringing these values into my life, the more
nurtured and valued I feel which has increased
the flow of money and blessings. What
might your list include?
Now, to transition from my
musings to a small book I recently discovered
called “Money is Love” Reconnecting to the
Sacred Origins of Money by Barbara Wilder.
This little gem gives a whole new perspective on
love and money. While doing research for a
Celtic novel she was writing, Barbara discovered
the Celts related gold to sun worship and also
saw it as “the link between life on Earth and
life after death”. In fact, their gold
route was lined by temples where gold was used
for spiritual practice, not as a path of
commerce as we would expect.
As she further
contemplated the Money is Love concept, Barbara
realized quantum physics tells us that by
focusing human attention on particles of energy
we can influence and change the nature of that
energy. Since everything is energy, then
money is energy and can be consciously directed
by our thoughts. Today, money’s energy is
polluted by fear, anger, greed, and a feeling
that it’s dirty – a far cry from the
pre-historic concept of a form of exchange that
was filled with “the sacred energy of a divine
creator”. Our challenge is to
transmute the negative energy of money to the
clean, positive power of “love, joy, abundance
and goodwill”. Then money will affect how
we “feel, think and behave”.
“When we change the energy
around money from fear to love, we bridge the
gap between the material and the spiritual world
and make it possible for the unlimited abundance
of the Divine to flow freely into our own lives
and throughout the world.” Wilder makes
the point that as we enter this new century, we
are called to find new perspectives, mind-sets
and new views on ancient traditions.
Changing money into love is a powerful new tool
for accomplishing this transformation.
Throughout the book, she
covers a brief history of money to provide a
framework for the roots and evolution of money
through the ages; explores the concept of money
as energy; looks at the deeply seated belief
systems that support our current behavior around
money, while providing tools and techniques to
uncover those that affect your behavior.
She then moves from
individuals to a world-view of healing our
planet with these concepts making the point that
“money is the blood of the planet” – if “we heal
the money, we heal the planet”.
Another new perspective on
prosperity is presented by Molly Ann Keeler, in
her book “Designing Your Own Indoor Water
Fountain… a catalyst for personal
prosperity”, which explores the connection
between water and prosperity. By looking
at the properties of water, its correlation with
the moon, its definition with the feminine term
“yin” in the polarity model, its having to do
with receptivity and its connection to the
Second Chakra which houses the bladder, lower
colon and reproductive organs, Keeler begins to
create her perspective on prosperity.
Defining prosperity as “ the ability to create
our lives so that we are able to enjoy all that
life has to offer”, she offers the idea that
procreative, which has as its root, create, is
another word for reproductive, hence the
connection with prosperity.
Through our “Prosperity
Pipeline”, which Keeler calls “the direct line
to the Source of All That Is” that we all have,
she illustrates “some healing perspectives on
how people have felt disconnected from their
creative power and their ability to easily
manifest all that their hearts desire”.
What slows or stops our ability to manifest is
the “stuff” that is in the Pipeline. This
stuff causes us to “get stuck” thus keeping us
from moving forward in our lives. She
explores the many ways we can attract “stuff”
into our pipelines through our thoughts or
beliefs, which drive the words we use and the
actions we take.
The rest of this book
focuses on designing indoor water fountains and
how they can be catalysts for personal
prosperity while connecting you with your
creative power.
Hopefully these thoughts
and books serve to support your journey towards
increased creativity, love and prosperity.
Full information on how to get the books
mentioned is given below.
“
Money is Love Reconnecting to the Sacred
Origins of Money” by Barbara Wilder.
Published by Baksun Books in collaboration
with Dristil Press, Boulder CO. Barbara
can be reached at 303-444-5963 or by email:
bwildone@earthlink.net
“ Designing
Your Own Indoor Water Fountain…a catalyst for
personal prosperity” by Molly Ann Keeler,
Neptune in Aquarius, P.O. Box 2486, Peter
Stuyvesant Station, New York, NY 10009;
1-800-804-7240.
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