Money Madness or Money Gladness
We
live in a world that dangles the prospect of more money. This offer promises
that money will fix our lives. While it is true that money can solve some
problems, there are many problems money cannot resolve.
People, who face losing
services such as electricity or water, do not expect the same things from money
as a person who spends endless hours shopping. If you are chronically
financially strapped or can't buy the designer purse you desire, the economy and
your account balance may not be the problem. Money drama is addictive. My friend told me that she was dropping money
drama one day at the time. She understands the allure of drama.
Fortunately, it is possible to relate to money and one's
financial life with more passion and less pain. Strangely enough, in our
country, people who have plenty of money still suffer about money. We suffer from abundance abuse. We were
trained not to experience the gracious nature of life and to feel as if we will
never have enough.
Money is neutral, but it lends itself to all kinds of
process addictions. Spending on unnecessary items or excessive bargain shopping
are examples of process addictions. Process addictions are about getting high
from an action as opposed to putting chemicals in the body. Learning how to be
an adult and take care of ourselves involves having a good relationship with
money. Money wisdom is an integral part of self-care. We need to be able to
budget, to say "no" to frequent impulse buying, and to see our identities as
independent of our bank account balances. Inserting ourselves into someone
else's life and becoming their financial benefactor can foster dependency. Even
though helping highs feel good, all giving is not beneficial. Giving can be
innocent and quite beautiful, but when it comes to money and altruism, things
can get slimy quickly. My mother had a
giving addiction and one time she gave away all her money. This left her
without the ability to pay her bills. She was a financial anorexic. Fortunately
when my sister contacted these organizations, and told them the problem, most
of them returned the money.
I spoke to a woman whose life was financially out of
control. Her suffering wasn't about the amount of money she needed to pay her bills;
she had enough for the present, her suffering was about the possibility of
future lack. She was not in anguish, however worry is a form of suffering and she
really worried. After our conversation I wrote the following letter:
If you want
to make a lasting change in your relationship with money, it takes willingness
- willingness to make daily changes in your mind and heart. It took many years
to develop your current relationship with money. Good news. It is possible to
make an immediate breakthrough in your money case. Temporary changes are easy,
but sustainable comprehensive change requires lifestyle and emotional changes.
If you have a tooth abscess, your dentist can relieve the pain and fix your
tooth, but to think that is all you must do to keep your teeth healthy would be
naive. You need good dental hygiene for healthy teeth. Good money mental hygiene
is necessary for a healthy financial life. Our culture supports money panic. In
order to go against the tide of consciousness we must surround our minds with
thoughts of beauty, appreciation, love and abundance.
Here's an
example of some of the work you can do to help unravel your money disease. And
it is a disease. We catch it from our parents. Make a list of 20 benefits you
receive from having only enough money to barely squeak by. One payoff might be
that you never have to grow up and you can always get someone to rescue you.
This payoff is formulated in getting the attention you never received from a
parent. Pay attention as you make your list. See if you can root out the
secondary gains your subconscious mind has for wanting things you to live with
money scarcity or financial pain. It's hard to believe, but the amount of money
you have is the amount your subconscious mind thinks is best for you. In some
ways your mind thinks it's doing you a favor, but the medicine of its twisted
protection is worse than the protection itself. This process helps you to find
hidden motivations for you current financial situation and emotional drama.
Attachment
will not get you what you want. Hanging on will not get you what you want. Contemplate
the words abundance and prosperity in meditation and see if you can directly
experience their essence. Enthusiasm and excitement get you what you want because
the enthusiasm itself is fulfilling. It is okay to want when it brings you more
in contact with your sacred self. Most wanting takes away from life; it does
not add - understand your desires and see if they have true value. The word enthusiasm means being filled with
God. The gift in this situation is for you to live life from the inside out.
You are being given the opportunity to learn to want, hope and dream in a
powerful way that feeds your soul. The journey begins now. The moment of
abundance is only now and the door to everything is inside.
I send
abundance and love and know that you have more than enough of everything necessary
to prosper in every way. Your destiny is perfect happiness now. Accept it. Don't
hang onto the drama. All manifestations
of poverty are only signposts to guide you gently into the resplendent world of
your Self. Let go of your poverty and rest in your prosperity.
I hope my
letter to her addresses some of your needs.
The EZosophy
split brain learning Easy Money CD or download is designed to heal your money
drama. It is an inexpensive and effective way of dealing with money issues. You
can purchase it at http://www.annegillis.com/Books-CDs-Etc.html
(scroll down page to middle).
Have a
great day. Turn your mind from money madness to money gladness. Everything can
be easy or at least easier.
Happy Compassion Day
As many of you know by now I am making everyday a
holiday. I declare today Compassion Day. Compassion is very different
than sympathy. Compassion is empathy with heart. Sympathy is a word we
use when someone dies, yet sympathy is
more removed than compassion. Compassion occurs when we can put
ourselves in the other person's shoes and feel what they feel.
Compassion is the thing that allows a mother to love her child when s/he
screams "I hate you." It is the salve than helps us understand and not
seek retribution for acts of anger or revenge. Compassion keeps our
hearts open and helps heal past wounds.
Kuan Yin is known as
the goddess of compassion. Her vow to , called the vow of the
Bodhisattva, was to be present in human form until all suffering ceased.
Many tales depict Kuan Yin as offering deep love and compassion towards
those who did her great harm. Even though we might not have the
compassion of Kuan Yin, we all have the ability to identify with others'
pain. May we meet today with a harmless attitude as we face traffic,
thoughtlessness from others and thoughtless actions we do not
understand.
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