Tune Into the Flow

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Having a healthy relationship with money is similar to having a healthy relationship with another human being. While it requires some quality attention and intention, it is not true that the more “effort” you put into it the better. Money may be a little trickier than a personal relationship, because intensity is actually never a good thing. The funny thing about money energy is that the more desperately we cling to it, the more it tends to be repelled from us.

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If some is good, more must be better, right?

In our culture we are so accustomed to messages that tell us that bigger, taller, and faster is better. We need more of this, that and the other. A quarter pound hamburger is good. Surely the half pound must be better. We super size everything from our food to our houses, in an attempt to satisfy our emotional needs and wants.

Partnership

Who are the important partners in your life and, in particular, your financial life? Your spouse? Your parents? Your boss or place of employment? Your clients?

The funny thing about money is that we often get so tied up in our heads with the partnering, planning, preparing and implementation of our “financial strategies” that we rarely begin at the beginning.

Divine Ideas

Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money. W. J. Cameron

Have you noticed that when you get inspired by an idea, get a clear picture of the process and results, and pour your heart and soul into working toward that picture; that all sorts of people and resources suddenly appear to support you? From out of nowhere the right people, places and things are drawn to you. Somehow the money needed to move the idea forward seems to appear at exactly the right time? It is almost as if someone knows what your intentions are!

The Lack of Lack

How often do you take the time to listen closely and deeply in conversations? One of the things I love to do is listen behind and between the words and sentences and attempt to discern what underlying beliefs and assumptions are being relayed.

Response Ability

How do you feel when you sit down to pay your bills each month? Most of the people I know think of money as a burden. For many of us, finances cause us extreme stress and consternation. Consequently, often we are in a hurry to hand over responsibility for our money to someone else: the bank, our spouse, or our financial advisor. While there is nothing wrong with seeking advice from others, at the end of the day we must take complete ownership for how we use our resources.

Intention Attention

Money is the visible sign of a universal force, and this force in its manifestation on earth works on the vital and physical planes and is indispensable to the fullness of the outer life. In its origin and its true action it belongs to the Divine.
-Sri Aurobindo

This statement certainly gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect. “Money is ... indispensable to the fullness of the outer life.” What exactly does this mean?