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by Maria Gamb
Recently I was asked what the number one concern was amongst
clients.
Invariably, in just about every session I give the question
of money comes up. The context varies from person to person. However
what I’ve observed is that there seems to be a general anxiety
about money; where to get it, how to increase it, how to secure more
for the future and how to manage it.
You may be reading this thinking that you’ve got it all
together when it comes to money. You have more than they can know
what to do with. Others will admit that this is an area they’ve
already done a lot of work around. They’ve got financial planners,
investments and a savings account. Then there is the group that
might still be in denial about their money issues. They may not
necessarily spend excessively but still find themselves unable to
pay credit card bills and basic living expenses.
What does money have to do with you’re spiritual well being?
EVERYTHING! Money is energy. This is the truth. Either you can
be someone who feels comfortable working within that energy or you’re
not. It basically comes down to what & how you THINK about
money. Your thoughts create your reality. No matter how passive you
think thoughts are, there really are no passive thoughts. It’s
part of our god given manifestion tool kit that create the Law Of
Attraction. This is a reflection of your spiritual self esteem: It’s
your choice if you attract good things or bad things. Ease or
Struggle. Joy or Anxiety. Love or Fear. Financial Abundance or
Financial Despair. What do you *really* think you deserve?
There are MANY limiting beliefs (thoughts) relating to money. In
this eZine we’ll look at the Top 3 Reason You May Fall Short in
achieving your financial goals. Keep in mind the important link
between those thoughts and the reality of which you’re
experiencing at this very moment in your life.
1) Money is Dirty, Evil, Corrupt –
Common Statements that Support this Thought:
Money is filthy lucre People who have a lot of money are evil
That rich man is probably taking some on the side. No wonder he’s
so rich.
If you were brought up around the concept that money was “filthy
lucre”. Then the chances are that if you had earned a large amount
of money you might “perceive“money as bad or unclean. Or you may
feel that someone who has acquired a vast financial base as corrupt
or evil. After all, if you think money is somehow “dirty”then
someone who possesses it couldn’t possibly be “good.”What if
that person was YOU? Ahhhhhhh, now, do you get it? What if it was
YOU who had all this money? You’ve just attracted something to you
that you will automatically repel if you don’t change your mindset
about it.
2) Money is hard to Manage
Common Statements that Support this Thought
I’m not smart enough to know how to handle money. If I had
money I would probably blow it all in a minute. If I make a lot of
money I would have to invest in the stock market & I have no
clue how to handle that. You know how everyone looses money doing
that! These statements are most common in women. This is purely my
experience. Most women, even today, still bare the thought that they
are incapable of handling their own money & making wise
investments. One of the most glaring examples of this was a client I
worked with who was telling me through tears that she was “too
stupid”to know how to handle money. “Women don’t handle money,
men do”she told me, then added, “Men are the powerful ones, men
take care of the money.”I was actually quite surprised by these
statements, as she was merely a woman in her early 40’s. My
intuition kicked in and I asked her what she did for a living. Her
reply? She sells insurance & does financial planning for
families. All at once we both began laughing. She trusted herself to
deal with others financial planning but not her own. Immediately she
realized the insanity of her thinking & that this was what was
hindering her own financial freedom. She needed to get unstuck by
changing her thoughts and actually own her financial intelligence.
3) I don’t deserve money
Common Statements that Support this Thought;
I don’t deserve money/abundance I only need enough to pay my
bills No one in my family ever had money & they did ok. If you
do not believe that you deserve money, then how could you possible
have what you desire? Craving abundance while deep down inside you
don’t believe that your talents warrant what you are paid or that
you deserve anything more created a passive state. It’s simple
physics: a positive + a negative = neutral. In energetic terms, you’ve
just canceled out any possibility of your abundance. The energy
around money becomes passive. That’s crazy, right!? “No one
would ever do that!”You say, but yet you are. Think about it.
During a session a client told me that he “only needed enough
money to pay his bills.”Then added, “it’s not like I need tons
of money, I just want to survive.”Well guess what?! That’s
exactly what he was doing –Just Surviving…barely. He was shocked
when I asked him why he felt that was all he deserved in life.
Shocked & physically taken back, the light bulb when on & he
could see how his thoughts/limiting beliefs has stymied his career.
I suggested he change his thought process to a deserving abundant
mindset and begin to dream about what having some more fluidity with
money would look like. For each person this is a very personal
journey. We all have different dreams and fantasies. He was not
focusing on a BMW (there’s nothing wrong with wanting a nice car)
but trekking through Nepal with his girlfriend for 3 months without
financial cares. Maybe next year he’ll have shifted his mindset
enough to think about the BMW but I would venture to guess it would
be a mini van with camping equipment and a tribe of children. : )
That’s HIS hearts desire & HIS personal definition of
abundance.
I cannot stress enough that your spiritual well being has much to
do with your ability to accept abundance in your life. This is your
spiritual self esteem at work. What do you deserve in life? How much
do you deserve? For each person the answers to these questions are
different. The measure of them also varies. It’s important to know
that receiving blessings of abundance (not just money) is as
important as sharing them. Ideally the more you have, the more you
can bless others around you.
Wishing you your hearts desire. Maria
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