Even
Money Has Energy!
What is Money?
Money was originally created as a way to mark an exchange
of life energy between two people. Money can have value in
itself, such as gold, silver, or diamonds. It can be a promise
of worth or payment, such as a contract or an electronic transfer.
Paper money would be worthless if we did not all agree that
it is a marker representing a certain value which is backed
by a gold or silver standard.
When people used real gold and silver coins, it was acknowledged
that these precious metals had value in themselves. Gold pieces
could always be melted down and reused. Around the Middle
Ages, the existence of thieves and robbers created a need
to have a currency that was easier to transport long distances.
Hence, the birth of bank notes.
Money Represents A Transfer of Life Energy!
Today, even token money like our currency is being used less
and less. More and more, we simply transfer funds over fiber
optic cables. Now, it represents a pure energy transfer. You
are still trading a certain amount of your life energy (work)
in exchange for something that you can trade for more energy
in the form of goods and services.
But because we are paid for our time in money, it gets easy
to value ourselves in monetary terms. When you put a dollar
value on your life energy (time at work), it's easy to go
one step further and get unconsciously stuck in the idea that
you may actually be worth that amount, or what is in your
bank account. You might be resisting the idea ("They aren't
paying me what I'm worth!"), or you might be happy about it
("I'm worth a lot because they pay me the big bucks!"), but
either way you're valuing yourself in terms of a unit of exchange.
And this is the first step in allowing your money to control
you rather than the other way around.
Your money is made up of your life energy. But your life energy
is not defined or limited by your salary or your net worth.
This is very similar to valuing yourself and others based
on what you do for work rather than who you are. By allowing
money to define us, our basic worth does not change, but our
awareness of it does. We become limited; we cannot grow and
change; we cannot become more because we are stuck in a picture
of who we are.
If you've ever felt stuck in a rut financially or in your
career, felt trapped by your obligations, or unable to get
out of the corner you've painted yourself into, you are being
controlled by this kind of picture.
Your money is made up of your life energy. But your life energy
is not defined or limited by your salary or your net worth.
You are far greater than that, whether you make six dollars
an hour or sixty. By valuing yourself and your life energy
in terms of your salary or net worth, it's easy to fall into
the trap of letting money rule your feelings. If you do, you'll
always lose out because you will lose perspective. When you
have a lot of money at hand, you feel abundant, deserving,
worthy of everything. It's OK to spend more, buy more, waste
more because you have more and you're worth it. When you don't
have much money, it's easy to feel smaller, less consequential,
weaker, and less able to create your dreams.
How do you get out of the money-self-esteem trap? First, try
to see money as a simple energy exchange, not a valuation
of who you are. When you have money, don't let that feeling
of being flush send you out to the store to spend it all to
validate your self-worth. And when you don't have it, try
to create a feeling of inner abundance by noticing what other
riches you have: your body, your senses, your family, friends,
the world, a flower, a good meal, etc. When you focus on the
energy exchange, you see what you are really spending when
you get out your credit card. It's not a meaningless blip
on your credit card statement: it's your life energy spent
in exchange for something. When you make a purchase, ask yourself,
“Is this really worth the life energy I will have spent
to gain it?”
In the book, The Millionaire Next Door, authors Thomas Stanley
and William Danke note that most millionaires don't flaunt
their wealth. On the contrary, they see frugality as a sporting
challenge. They truly love getting a real bargain, and they
don't waste their precious life energy on the latest gadgets
and gizmos if they don't need them. In fact, the millionaire
next door is often someone who dresses down and doesn't look
like a million bucks at first glance. Why? Because they value
their life energy more than they care about what other people
think.
Your money represents your life energy. Value it!
Second, don't let your fears of a lack of money stop you from
going after your dreams. If you've always wanted to be a nature
photographer, and you hate your job as a lawyer, start bringing
this energy into your life by doing it on weekends. Give yourself
permission to have your dream, on a smaller scale at first.
Don't let the perceived lack of money stop you from creating
a rewarding hobby that may actually develop into a career
someday if you put enough energy into it. A great book on
bringing your dreams to fruition is Barbara Sher's “Wishcraft”.
Read it, and find out how other people created their dreams
on a shoestring. You'll be amazed five years from now at how
much your life has changed for the better!
The Karma of Money: Respect and Ye Shall Receive
Suze Orman, in her book “The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom”,
notes that when we don't respect others in regard to money,
it actually pushes wealth away from us. People who ignore
debts or take advantage of others usually remain poor because
they are acting in scarcity mode. Those who face their debts
and make an effort to pay them off, even a little at a time,
begin to draw more wealth because they are respecting the
life energy of others, and by extension, their own life energy.
It is tremendously empowering to honor your promises by clearing
an old debt or obligation. The very act of doing it frees
up more life energy so that you can enjoy the present that
much more.
Money carries its own karma. Nearly every family has a horror
story about a relative who died and the ensuing fight among
previously peaceful family members for a piece of "what they
deserve." Very rarely are the deceased's last wishes respected
without anger or grumbling. One elderly woman saw this coming
and she went through her house with masking tape, labeling
all of her possessions so that her daughter would do the right
thing and give them to the people she intended. But after
she died, her daughter had an auction instead, and family
members were forced to bid with strangers for objects that
her late mother had intended for them.
What her daughter did not understand is the law of karma and
money. By going against her mother's wishes, she not only
angered her relatives and earned their disrespect for a lifetime,
but she also created bad money karma for herself. The sayings
"what goes around comes around" and "what you give out, you
get back" are true. She still carries this energy with her
to this day, having made no effort to repair the rift she
created in her family over the incident.
When receiving an inheritance or a gift, ask yourself what
the donor would have wanted you to do with the money, and
spend part or all in a way that honors both yourself and your
loved one's request. Spend the money with respect and gratitude,
honoring the gift you have received. When you respect the
wishes and the life energy of another, you are also respecting
and valuing yourself. Remember, we are all connected: no one
lives in a vacuum on Planet Earth. We are all part of the
same whole, and how you treat others is usually a reflection
of how you treat yourself--and allow yourself to be treated.
Orman also notes that giving to bonafide charities is another
way to increase abundance in your life. Why? When you give
money, you feel abundant--you feel good about yourself. You
are using that money-emotion connection to positive advantage.
The other aspect of giving is karmic: when you send something
out into the universe with good will, it comes back again
to you many times over, in the same spirit you sent out. |
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