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Sun Setting On A Special Day Of Friendship

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Sun setttingI woke up to find the mist had descended this morning. No sign of the sun which had been waking me all week. On the day I was going to visit good friends in their new home. So I ended up driving into the foggy morning to get my first glimps of their place.

The fog reminded me that I don’t always know where I am going. Quite a lot of the time. It also reminded me that the sun is there more often than I sometimes recognise. Up above the clouds,  waiting to peep through again. The visit to my friends was special because they had set off on a journey to their dream home six years ago. It started with them recognising it was time to consider a new home. One more suited to the way their interests were going. Both are wonderful healers but were stuck in the material work concerns that can swamp us all. Putting a wish out to the Universe that they would like to live in a place they had just visited  got them opening up to a new dream.

By the time I arrived the sun was starting to peep through the mist. An afternoon and evening of bright sunshine was on the cards. Six years on it was a delight to see my friends so energised and happy. Their new home glowed with positive energy. And the land around them welcomed them. And me as I wandered around. It reminded me that dreams do come true. The path to this dwelling had been up and down. Snags and hitches along the way. But the consistency of my friends dream kept them positive even when exploring other options. They understood that the sun was shining just above them. They had to wait for the mist to clear.

This evening I watched the sun set behind Mill Knock, Ben John and Bartholm Hill. It created a vivid red and pink sky. Reminding me that dreaming is an essential part of manifesting. As is taking action. Because investigating possibilities, following up options and confirming what I want are all ways to help the Universe deliver my dreams. In the way they are meant to arrive.

Day 917 of my blogging challenge 

Mr Money’s Triangle

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imageOne of the things I’m frequently asked about is to predict the future for people. Especially to take a look at their financial and relationship future. These two issues are the ones that always seem to come up whenever people are talking. Stress about money and uncertainty about relationships cause an awful lot of soul searching for most of us. Yet we don’t often consider the relationship triangle that these issues create. This week has certainly been big on the theme of money and understanding the feelings of lack that we often try to satisfy by getting material things. That underlying feeling of lack can colour even our most positive thoughts and feelings about the flow of abundance.

As I unpicked the threads of my attitude to abundance, and especially how money influences what I receive, I was looking for inspiration. Once again my Guides were ready to send me an idea to help me make sense of how to manifest abundance. They asked me what my relationship with money would be if money was a real person. I’d never thought of it that way. I usually acknowledge that money is a form of energy, an illusion in some ways, that ebbs and flows through my life. I know that when I doubt that the Universe will provide then the flow is much less than when I trust that I will have every penny I need exactly when I need it. So what would Money be like?

I decided first of all that he would be Mr Money. I find money has a distinctly masculine energy which can be at odds with my own feminine energy. Then I started to think about how much he is involved in my life. Sometimes he seems like a very generous man and gifts pour in. Other times he seems to be a stern judge so money is kept back. He can have quite a bossy attitude. He believes in hard work, saving for the future and watching every penny. He never encourages spontaneous spending or treats. If I work really hard he will bring me a bonus – but only if I do it his way. He happily interfered in my past relationships. He was the third person in the triangle. Much more of a threat than a lover or mistress because his power to influence disagreement was massive. You see he also believes that women shouldn’t earn more than men, should be glad to work three jobs for the same as one man would get for one and should be dependent on their man.

As I learned more about Mr Money I began to see why many of our transactions are really triangles. As a therapist I accept money as an exchange of energy but Mr Money tells me what I’m worth and tells the other person what to pay me. If we don’t agree on an amount of exchange Mr Money is very good at getting in the way of our practitioner/client relationship. In the same way many couples find their relationships challenged by their different approaches to Mr Money. Falling our of love is much easier if Mr Money is creating disputes, feelings of lack or emotional tension. Until both parties in the relationship resolve the connection with Mr Money abundance will be in short supply. So how do we learn to love Mr Money and get him to step out of the triangle?

Working through this idea from my Guides I started to recognise some of the ideas I have about Mr Money have been around me all of my life. The social conditioning I was exposed to had the seeds of my relationship with Mr Money. I come from a family where the war was still a vivid memory. Rationing, making do, going without were all experiences my grandparents and parents had. The country I was born into was still recovering economically and, as men were considered to be the ‘bread winner’ (an interesting term in itself), most women were stay at home mothers. If the women in my community did work it was usually part-time, low paid or piece work. The religious influence was about working hard and gaining a reward in heaven rather than here on Earth. Suffering or enduring poverty seemed to be the way to win extra points for a luxury life in the afterlife. Mr Money was always in short supply. He never seemed to be around when a bit of cake would have been welcome. He did pop in every Easter and Christmas with little gifts but most of the year he was an absent partner.

I decided as I worked through this that Mr Money really needed to be made welcome. I have to love him for the abundance he represents. There is a generous side Mr Money that I need to see more of. And I have to break down the triangle he represents in my life. If I step out of the fear of lack that he has come to represent I am sure I will have a much better relationship with Mr Money. That will help the flow of abundance, not only for me but for my whole family. Mr Money can be a friendly influence. He can help me to really value myself and have expectations accordingly.

My Guides are always bringing me a clearer understanding of the way that I limit my life without even realising it. My Mr Money is going to work with me in a brand new way from now on. If you find yourself struggling to manifest abundance consistently and easily please check out your Money relationship. What is your Mr or Miss Money like? How do they look after you? What do you need to change about any triangle they are involved in with you and others? I hope you find a more positive relationship with the flow of money through your life.

Day 186 of my blogging challenge. 

Money, Money, Money

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imageHow much money do I need? How much money does anyone need? What do I exchange to get money? Who says how much I get for whatever I exchange? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have all the money in the world? I often meet people who are asking these questions. They have studied The Secret or Cosmic Ordering or all about the Law of Attraction. They have worked money spells, used positive affirmations and visualised themselves with lots and lots of money. Yet still they feel that they don’t have enough money, need more or will never get enough. So they put themselves through lots of challenging circumstances to earn, spend and earn more money.

I know that we have to work with the idea of money. It’s the energy exchange we use at the moment to barter our labour and produce so that we can obtain whatever we are missing. But that’s the trap. We have got used to thinking that we don’t have everything we need. We are sold the idea that we need more ‘things’ to fill up our homes and lives. Or that we need to spend in order to have more experiences in our lives. When we can’t have those things or experiences we drop into a poverty conciousness. The idea of ‘lack’ hides behind the desire for more and more stuff. So where does this lack come from?

If you have been reading my blogs you will know that I challenge my Guides quite a bit. I ask them to explain about being human time and again so I can work out how to live my life on a spiritual level. The idea of lack has always been a challenge for me. Why should anyone lack anything? We live on such an abundant planet. Who says that this person or that ‘owns’ anything at all? When I was studying economics I guess I was a challenge for my tutors too, lol. Why is one person or group of people designated the controller of resources that other people have to work to obtain for them. Then to be given a payment that is a fraction of the value of what has been obtained. How can that be fair? So back I came with all these questions to my Guides. My tutors hadn’t had any acceptable explanations. Could my Guides do better?

They certainly feel we have set ourselves a big challenge. Their view is that money is an illusion. Only when we start to understand that it is an idea representing an energy flow can we chip away at the idea of lack. They took some time explaining to me that we actually can’t suffer from a lack of anything. They would express the energy in terms of love. We are always surrounded by a current of unconditional love. The love flows into us and from us. When we give and receive this love unconditionally to ourselves and others there is no room to feel lack. As soon as we start to place conditions on the flow of love energy we are creating lack. We are saying there is an absence of total abundance and that we are feeling it. If the restriction is allowed to grow then alongside the lack we develop a feeling of powerlessness. We forget that we can receive as much or as little as we choose to have. The flow of love dries up and we start to chase other imagined energies to fill the place of love.

My Guides say that we bought into the idea of lack such a long time ago that we don’t even question what it represents any more. Our civilisations have been built on the idea that some have more and some have less. Yet each civilisation will eventually fail. All the money in the world can’t keep empires, of any sort, from falling apart. What we can do each and every day is to notice when we are feeling the lack and take a look at where the love has stopped flowing. It took me a long time to understand how to put this into practice. It is hard to weed out the subconscious urges that are triggered when we compare ourselves to others. Or when we look at TV, magazine or online advertising. In fact it was only when I began buying food one day at a time that I really noticed my deep feelings of lack.

Life events constantly remind us that planning for tomorrow is rather pointless. What if there is no tomorrow and today is all we have? As my Mum always said there are no pockets in shrouds. As I noticed the amount of ‘lack’ I was feeling every day I decided it really was time to challeng that viewpoint. I started what I called Counting My Blessings. I would make a list every morning of what I had for my day. I started by putting myself at the top of the list because I’m not afraid of working to make sure I have some energy to barter for food. I also put my daughter at the top of the list because she is the most precious gift in my life. Then I would put my pets. I would even write what food I had in the fridge already and the meals I could make from the stuff in the cupboards. With the encouragement of my Guides I tried to focus on what blessings of love I had too. That was a lot harder. We aren’t used to giving ourselves love – we tend to focus on loving everyone else instead. In time it became easier to challenge that feeling of lack when it popped into my day. I’ve found some peace about money. It is there at the moment because we believe in it’s power. I’m hopeful that more and more of us are starting to tackle the idea and feeling of lack too. Communities become strong when there is a free giving and taking of resources to each according to her needs. So I focus on the flow of love in my day and remind myself that I have everything I could possibly need in my life.

Next time you are stressed about money take a look at what is driving that feeling. Check out why you feel that you need whatever the money is intended to provide. Or why you feel you are lacking. Stay grounded in today and give yourself as much love as possible. You might find that the manifesting of abundance becomes much easier when you do so.

Day 176 of my blogging challenge.