Frequently Asked Questions About Money And Abundance
Welcome to the Frequently Asked Questions about money and abundance.
As always, these are just my opinions. Use your own gut to work out what your truth is. Please seek appropriate professional help before making any major life changes.
Money is simply a physical manifestation that we use to exchange stuff for stuff. So, it’s not money that is the issue but rather how you view money. Louise Hay found when she was teaching, more people had issues about money than they had about sex!
How do you view money? Do you see it as an unlimited resource flowing to you and through you? Is it something only for a certain percentage of the world? Is it something which is not to be enjoyed but saved for a ‘rainy day,’ in case something goes wrong?
As with all things in life and the Law Of Attraction, it doesn’t matter what the subject is but more importantly how you view that subject. So it is better you don’t think about it at all if you are going to activate any negative aspects of it. However, as it touches you at so many points throughout the day, it would serve you to shift your feeling place about it to something more good feeling.
When you can let go of all preconceived notions of money and how it should be dealt with and begin to develop a positive outlook towards any type of abundance, then you will line up with more joyous experiences with any type of wealth you desire, be it large or just right amounts.
As Louise Hay says ‘Money is as spiritual as a rose,’ yet how many of us truly feel that way? Money like anything else, is a reflection of consciousness. If this life experience has created within you a desire to have it, then to want it is just part of you being here. It is purely an exchange, the flow of energy from one place to another. Everything you see before you is spirit made manifest, from the trees, to the tables and chairs and dollar bills, pound coins and Euros. It is all vibration brought into the physical.
What people generally refer to when they say ‘money shouldn’t be desired’ is usually the apparently harmful acts that are associated with the need for money- theft, lying and other similar acts. So it isn’t the desire for money driving this, it is the desperation from the place of lack that is causing the disharmony. If you can make your peace with this then you will go about attracting what you want. As it must be said again, when you use ANY subject to block off Source Energy flowing through you because you are focusing upon something in a negative way, then you are a vibrational match to those undesirable circumstances. Work to feel good about as many subjects in your life as you can and watch your life become more free flowing than you have ever experienced!
People probably have so much stuff about money probably because it is such an integral part to everyday life. It is survival! But unlike oxygen that is ever abundant, a lot of people associate it with either lack or over excess and glutton. We have so many phrases inbuilt into society such as ‘money doesn’t grow on trees,’ ‘Don’t waste! In my day we didn’t have that!’ Especially with the financial crisis, it has exacerbated people’s negative judgements about money and those who deal in large sums of it.
So, you walk round with all these jumbled beliefs which are locked into your vibration. Whilst at the same time splitting your energy if you do want to receive abundance as you believe on some level that it is bad! And people declare the Law Of Attraction doesn’t work when they are affirming for money, because they have so many negative connotations with finance.
The job is to start to train your brain and feelings into viewing money as positively as you can. It will serve you far greater than harbouring feelings of lack or resentment, guilt or anything on the lower part of the emotional scale.
No, not unless it is from a natural place of inspiration through their own life experience. You cannot fix someone else’s life nor can you create in another’s reality. Onlookers easily and erroneously think that it would fix everything if the really rich were to give the poor all their money.
You wouldn’t say ‘I have been well all these years and my health is perfect, I will try being sick so other people can have some wellness.’ In essence it is the same with abundance. The having of money is just a reflection of consciousness, by giving it to someone else you don’t help them create it for themselves, instead this is trying to plug a hole which will almost certainly need refilling shortly!
The best thing you could do is be the abundant you, hold that vibration steadily and be happy. Others will look to you and those who are interested (and perhaps desperate) will ask you how you do it, and those who are willing to take their lives to the next level will pay close attention to how you live your life and not by the results that you achieve.
When your cup runneth over with abundance, you may have the inspiration to look to others to share it with, as co creation is so delicious. Richard Branson, Bill Gates and the like are doing tremendous things for the other nations who are less fortunate but they are doing this from a place of abundance and not obligation or lack. It is the calling forth of life through them that drives them forward in their endeavour.
No! Not at all! To draw abundance to you, you just need to be aligned with the notion of wealth. It is purely consciousness- that is all it is! That’s why the rich get richer; they get used to dealing with large amounts of money, therefore they expect it and as they expect it, they draw more of it to them. I can definitely attest to this- the more ‘successful’ I’ve become, the more I’ve been given for free. Get on that wheel of well being and allow more and more opportunities be delivered to you- you don’t even need to lift a finger in some cases.
£1,000,000 to Richard Branson isn’t a great deal and I would imagine that he would use it wisely and easily be able to increase it. However, give £1,000,000 to someone who has nothing, it is possible that they aren’t used to handling that sum of money and they may fritter it away. This is the reason why so many lottery winners end up in the place they did before they won, their consciousness isn’t up to speed with holding those large amounts.
Make it your dominant intention to feel good about money and those who have it and feel your vibration shift and watch for the manifestational evidence of this. If you hold negative judgement towards anyone or anything for any reason then you automatically block it from coming your way.
Usually, unless you are in a space of lack or jealousy, you don’t begrudge other people for being happy, for being able to breathe, neither should you begrudge those who are wealthy, for it is their consciousness and life experience that got them where they are.
Firstly and most importantly start by making it your goal to feel better about money and anything that relates to abundance, wealth, creating and having stuff. Not only will that bring you closer to physically creating what you want. You will also be having a joyous life experience- and anything worth doing, is doing because it feels good!
When you have shifted your vibration sufficiently, money will make its way to you, it is law! However, don’t try too hard and don’t keep on looking out for it at every single moment (unless this brings you joy). It is very easy to do this work and constantly pop your head up and think ‘well where is it then!?’ Even this demonstrates the lack you are feeling. When you just know it is going to happen, you release the need to endlessly check what’s coming into your life.
Similarly to when you place an order in a restaurant, you don’t pop into the kitchen demanding to speak to the chef every two minutes to check where your order is. You know that you’ve placed the order and in a reasonable time your food will come.
Because there are so many beliefs and feelings within you, it can be a long term process. So for some it may take minutes to shift vibration and see a result, other people it might take many years of working to feel good on the subject, but you must trust that if you consistently and continually work on the processes and techniques that you will see change. And if nothing else, you will be living a more powerful and enjoyable life and that is worth more than anything else.
Odds are it won’t, especially if there is tremendous resistance, the term 'desperate' or 'need' indicates an emphasis on lack, an activation of what is not wanted. On many levels it really is in your best interest to work on your vibration and do anything to iron out the creases. Not only will you feel better, it will lead you to more effective inspired action. Action taken out of alignment (i.e. from a place of lack) doesn’t usually end well.
On a brighter note however, if you are experiencing extreme negativity, then a little bit of work can potentially unlock huge amounts for you. It’s similar to a dam, it holds back gallons of water but if a small crack is made in the middle of it, all the built up pressure gushes through breaking it wide open.
Ideally however, you wish to be working with less extreme vibrational gaps, so life is a bit less of a rollercoaster (although some do enjoy the drama of it all!). In an ideal world, you would want to experience a bit of contrast, focus on allowing and then expect the good stuff to come.
My advice under this circumstance would be to really push to get your mind off the worry, this can be hard, especially if you have bailiffs a-knocking but worrying not only locks off your vibration but the physiological effects from long term stress aren’t helpful.
Nothing is ever so far out of whack that it cannot be brought back into alignment. It just takes focus, focus and more focus! If money has been a long term issue (and if it’s got to this desperate level, it probably has) then it really would serve you to look to fix your vibration over an extended period of time. Trust that feeling good about money and abundance is the key to changing your life- what other options are there?
This isn’t to say stay home and just meditate, it means setting up your vibration through these processes and then taking the inspired action- it could be through a new job, a suitable loan, buying a winning lottery ticket. The key is that it is inspired action. If you’re feeling helpless then hunting around for something to fix the situation can be a lot less productive.
I know when I first moved out of home I was terrified and was worried about money and it was not a good place to be. It has taken many years of work (including reading a Rampage of Money twice a day for over 7 years!) and I’m feeling much easier about the whole subject.
This is a tricky one for people to get their heads round and proves quite a resistant point for many. You have to look at the bigger from the viewpoint of Source and know that there is value in all experiences and it is perspective which matters.
On some level I believe that we knew the essence of what we were going to experience before we entered this physical experience. So on some level we all chose the circumstances- whether it’s a prince/princess, millionaire/poor man, gay/straight. All for the experience of it and there is no good or bad, only that which is to be experienced so we can have that constant expansion.
Also you cannot know what the experience of another is. It is easy to tar everyone with the same brush and think ‘oh they are in poverty therefore everyone there is miserable and living a horrible life.’ Firstly that isn’t a good feeling thought for you, secondly you just don’t know. I have visited with families in the Philippines where hot water was a luxury they didn’t have and all clothes were hand washed. However, the love, sense of community and sharing that went on between the family was beautiful. There was an abundance of love and generosity far greater than I ever saw in the western world, where someone can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely.
Again, it is down to relative perspective. It could be said that millionaires with their private cars, jets and 10 room mansions are looking at us taking public transport and residing in one-bedroom flats thinking ‘Oh goodness, what poverty they are living, they must be miserable!’ But it just isn’t that way at all. You get to choose what you make of wherever you are, wherever you are! Just as there are poor people in misery, there rich people in misery, it isn’t the having or not having of money but rather how they perceive their situation that makes the difference.
This depends on how you view it and your alignment with your belief. The most important point within this is that you don’t split your energy as this is what attracts the funky stuff. If you’ve somehow been given some free stuff and you wish to keep it, keep it and don’t feel guilty. If you’ve been given free stuff and you give it back, then give it back and don’t feel regret that you’ve lost out.
So for example, if you’ve been given extra change by a supermarket and you decide to keep it think ‘Wow, thank you Universe for delivering this abundance easily and effortlessly to me, it is just the eternal flow of abundance making its way to me through my crack of least resistance.’
If you return it, you can think ‘Thank you Universe for this sign of my alignment with abundance. I return it with the full faith that I am working within my moral code and choice. I know that there are many other ways the Universe will show me my wealth.’
As with all decisions in life, it doesn’t matter what you choose, all that counts is that you are giving it your full energy and not splitting it with ‘ifs’ or ‘buts.’ This is because someone will keep what they were given by mistake, feel guilty, attract something which matches that, e.g. they lose a bus pass or something valuable breaks and then declare ‘It’s karma! The Universe is wreaking its revenge for me keeping it.’ This is not the case, what is happening is that your energy is being split and the Universe matches this mixed vibration with the discomfort you were feeling.
Whereas when you line up with the good that’s happening in your now, then you will draw more of that which pleases to you, so you will continue to be given abundance through ‘mistakes’ if you enjoy that, or if you’re not comfortable with that, then you will be showered in other ways which you prefer.
The way to allow in abundance through any endeavour is to start really enjoying the action and then money will follow. There is a wonderful clip by Bashar as he speaks about the lottery. He highlights the point that for almost all people, they are not as passionate about actually playing the lottery as they are doing the thing that winning the lottery would enable to them do.
When you allow the lottery to reflect to you, your relationship with wealth and when you make it that you win every time (e.g. by treating it as a fun game or by appreciating the game for the pleasure it brings you to play it), and when you make winning in any way, equal to winning in any other way, you will bring yourself into the space with the highest probability of winning in the way you truly want, i.e. financially.
Allow this to be one way of many that you use to focus your mind on the subject of money and whether you actually win or not won’t matter as much, and when you have it in this state of ease then you are more likely to win.
I know that since I have shifted my mindset that I am winning the lottery so much more consistently than I have in my whole life- and whilst the winnings are only a few pounds, the sense of joy and confirmation of alignment is worth more than anything! It simply is just FUN!
I would also suggest raising your consciousness to be able to deal with such large sums of money. Visualise, dream and make shopping lists of what you would spend all that money on, how you would invest it and enjoy the delicious feeling of freedom and choice it would bring. But do not use it as a means to cover up the lack that is already in your life as you’re still vibrating with the absence of something. People think that if they were to win the huge lotteries that everything would be solved but this is not usually the case, in fact it usually brings on more problems and unhappiness.
When you can hold the mindset that, ‘life is good now and I don’t see it changing wildly because I am really having fun where I am’ then it will raise your likelihood of winning because you are sending out the vibration of good things coming to you.
So many stories have been reported of those in poverty who won the lottery but ended back in the same place as they spent it fruitlessly. Train your vibration and your mind gradually to deal with larger and larger sums of money and move on to the next logical step bit by bit. This works so much better than trying to make huge uncomfortable jumps.
I had some friends from America who won something like $50,000,000. They are still living relatively the same lives (e.g. flying economy because they always have done so in the past) and seem happy. However, they are being harassed by family members for money. Being able to draw the line and trust that if you don’t feel like doing anything, then you don’t have to, is such an important skill for this and for life in general. You cannot fix anyone’s life and no one can expect you to, for we are all under the laws of our own consciousness, each in charge of our own life experience.
When you know that through your life experience you have asked for the money and truly trust and work towards your alignment, then the question ‘How do I win the lottery’ becomes less important as you realise that you can receive abundance in a myriad of ways, both financially and emotionally. And this is what you came into this life experience for.
I would disagree. The distribution of material wealth flows where the consciousness is (as is the same with love, health and so on) and there is little you can do to fix it, especially from that mental standpoint, because you are focusing upon lack and injustice. The rich get richer because they know abundance and expect it, therefore their vibration is trained in that place of wealth.
If you were to collate all the money in the world, divide it and give everyone the same amount, it would not take long for the distribution to go back to where it was. There would be no use in taking from the rich and trying to force it on the poorer.
However, if this life experience has borne within you the desire to see everyone happy, comfortable and physically wealthy then you can start to line up with your dream by focusing upon what could be, holding to that dream and letting the Universe inspire you to take the action which would lead to the satisfying result you are seeking.
Many people critical of the Law Of Attraction and this subject superficially dismiss this for they don’t like to accept that everyone is in charge of their experience. Yet, usually they are not the ones who are in alignment with any solution to this problem (as they see it) as they are often usually critical of many other things; instead of searching for points of harmony that they can glean from the different viewpoints of life.
Steve Jobs has literally changed the world many times over with his creations. And continues to do so! He was hell bent on providing the best experience for the customer and let no one stand in his way. After many years of contrast he came into alignment with his vision and the rest is history. He didn’t spend all day, everyday complaining about other people’s products. He used other products to know what he didn’t want and then went on to create ones that he loved.
Oprah’s 25 year old talk show was consistently number 1. Over the years when all the different talk shows came out, she told her team to not pay attention to the competition but to run the best race that they could- for themselves and no one else!
And so, if this issue of the seemingly unfair distribution of wealth across the planet truly concerns you, then start lining up your vibration with the solution and not beating the drum of the problem. Then watch how the Universe supports you and your legacy will be great.
Although seemingly disparate subjects, I have grouped all of these questions together because the answer is the same. When deciding whether to take an action, you must work within your belief systems at that point in time and not split your energy.
If you give to charity, the homeless, or tithe, then do so from a space and place of abundance. Hold the notion that you have all this wonderful wealth and that you just love to share and let that appreciation and joy flow through you towards them as you have chosen to direct your well being towards this particular cause. It doesn’t serve your vibration to give from a place of ‘I am trying to do what I believe you cannot do for yourself,’ because you are focused upon their lack. A better stance would be to hold the vibration of ‘I have all this abundance and I would love to share it with you and hope you find some upliftment from it too.’ So the action you are offering is exactly the same but the difference in vibrational standpoint is immense. Quite literally the difference between them continuing to perpetuate the same behaviour or being inspired to their success.
Make the decision and then line up with it. With travel insurance- if you choose not to purchase it, then trust in your ultimate well being, that you are so well looked after and aligned that you won’t ever need it. Or buy it and then think to yourself ‘it’s a small price for peace of mind, should something come up then I know I am covered.’ Just don’t pick one action and then contradict yourself by coming up with reasons why you shouldn’t have taken it.
And no one gets to choose for you, someone could easily say that you need insurance, ‘just in case’ or another law of attraction buddy might tell you not to get insurance as that is just attracting trouble. But it is your decision and vibration and no one else’s that counts.
And as time changes you may change. I distinctly remember a few years ago, I didn’t buy travel insurance for a trip, my friend got ill and had to cancel and they didn’t have insurance either. Whilst I could have carried on without insurance and know my well being, I took my friend’s experience onboard (I didn’t need to, I could have easily ignored their experience, but hey I’m only human!) and decided to buy insurance. I reasoned it’s a small price for that feeling of security.
Again, it doesn’t matter what you choose, but you have to align with it, it really is that simple.
If you decide to loan someone money, then make sure it’s a comfortable amount for you- there is nothing worse than lending them money and then judging or resenting them if they don’t pay it back, or if they decide to spend it frivolously. Or don’t lend it to them and definitely don’t feel guilty about it. Trust that they are in charge of their own experience and are smart and strong enough to work their way out of the situation, not least of all because their vortex is full of abundance that they have been asking for.
The recession was just a culmination of worldwide energies which climaxed into one of the biggest Step 1 moments of recent years. My question to you is ‘What is your relation to the recession and how do you garner from it the best that you can?’
You may have been hit directly, indirectly or perhaps not at all. None of that matters, what counts is what you do with your now and your future. The recession has been one of the greatest catalysts to awakening, because people found when all their material goods were pulled out from under them, there had to be more, so they went seeking spirituality.
You can stay in resentment and blame towards those who were central to the recession, or you can feel good and know that everyone is in charge of their own experience and just because things are going badly around you, that this does not have to be your experience. There will always be those who thrive in the best and worst of times and others who no matter what is going, will perpetuate poverty and lack.
It comes down to your consciousness and power of focus. As the news is televised to millions of homes and everyone starts giving this their attention, they start to vibrate in harmony with this, the energy grows, a huge event occurs, then people say ‘Well how does Law Of Attraction explain these huge disasters?’ But one in alignment is more powerful than millions who are not. If you can hold tight to your sense of trust and well being, then you will be inspired to the most ease filled action.
It depends on what is the point of resistance for you within this issue. If it’s to do with how you view money- then you need to work on clearing up any beliefs that you hold about what money means to you. Do you view it as evil or bad? And so on. The other component to do with receiving is the issue of worthiness. It might be the case that you would like more money but you don’t feel worthy of it.
In the first instance, you want to start shifting your view on money. Money is simply an energetic exchange, it is no different than the offering of time, help or any other physical good. When you start to allow yourself to change your view, then anything is possible to allow in. Louise Hay asks what container do you see when you’re allowing in? A bucket, a thimble, a pipeline?
Money is like oxygen- infinite and abundant; breathe it in and breathe it out, this is the natural cycle of giving and receiving. If you are rich this does not make you bad or evil and you need to release these beliefs which do not serve you because they will block your energy from receiving any good that is to come your way. When you see someone with abundance you want to think ‘Oh wow, good for them! That is amazing that they have created this for themselves.’ Whenever I pass a fancy car showroom or expensive designer stores, I like to think ‘That is simply stunning! How opulent!’ and allow that appreciation to flow through me. Nothing, including money is good nor bad, it is simply a question of ‘are you aligned or not?’
If worthiness is your issue then this may take a bit more work as this is likely to be more deeply seated within you. You need to start accepting your perfection! To start knowing that you are a worthy being, that you chose to be here and now in this body to experience the best life has to offer. The reason it feels so bad that you are unable to accept money or anything good, is because you are viewing it in a way that Source simply is not, i.e. Source knows that you should have anything you want in life, but if you’re looking at it thinking you can’t accept it as you’re not good enough, then this is where the discord is felt.
Make a conscious effort to know how wonderful you are and watch all things around you change. You will be able to attract and accept more abundance than you have ever experienced in your life. But it is a long term process.
In this case I would suggest going general and stepping back from the situation. You have to make whether you get your money back or not irrelevant to your feeling good. I know that may sound impossible but you can’t let anything block your connection to Source, the cost is just too great!
Start saying things to yourself such as ‘I know that the Universe will provide me with abundance either through this channel or in many other ways. I know that I am infinitely wealthy and it doesn’t matter if I see this particular money back as I know I am well provided for.’ As you talk yourself into well being, then you release resistance, raising your vibration and attracting positive things into your life.
If you’re harbouring resentment towards this person, you need to let them off the hook and as with all relationships, let go of them needing to behave in specific ways to please you. It does not serve you to hold onto these negative emotions, no matter how justified or correct you may be. A beautiful phrase is ‘I’d rather be happy, than right!’ You may feel like they’re getting off too easily but the sooner you can let it go, the sooner the Universe can deliver it back to you in a variety of pleasing ways.
This has been a Step 1 experience- you have asked for reliable people in your life, your money back, the feeling of trust and security and this person has been a wonderful co creator in this situation. Now move into Step 3 mode and do your best to chillout!
And odds are, when you have really let it go- it is highly likely this person will pay you back, that’s the irony!
I would use this as an awareness exercise. What is your knee jerk reaction? Is it ‘stupid me, I’ve done it again!’ or ‘OMG that was so much money, how am I going to get it back?’ or ideally ‘That was a pain in the A, but I’ll be ok and it’s not the end of the world!’
It’s relatively easy to do affirmations for well being and abundance and do the processes, but if you find your immediate reaction to a situation is a negative one, then this highlights to your where your set point is. Many people ask why they are doing the work to feel better about money, relationships etc but why things aren’t changing. One reason is that their ‘air time’ or dominant vibration is one of absence, lack or poverty.
When you properly train your vibration to a higher setpoint and when your instant reaction is ‘it’ll be ok, I’m good no matter what.’ Now you are an overall match to abundance and whilst you may have lost this money, what’s down the road for you is so much more, you just have to trust.
This has been a Step 1 experience- you have asked for more money, you have asked for your belongings to be kept safe and in your possession. Now you have to feel good and move into Step 3- the allowing process. And when you train your natural vibration to that of alignment, then greater money will be able to make its way to you.
You could try to look for or recoup your money and you may find it but know that you can’t stay in the vibration of lost and expect to find it. Try knowing it will return, that somehow someway you may stumble across it when you least expect it. When you can take a broader view of the whole situation, you are more likely to spot it.
As always, these are just my opinions. Use your own gut to work out what your truth is. Please seek appropriate professional help before making any major life changes.
- What is money all about?
Money is simply a physical manifestation that we use to exchange stuff for stuff. So, it’s not money that is the issue but rather how you view money. Louise Hay found when she was teaching, more people had issues about money than they had about sex!
How do you view money? Do you see it as an unlimited resource flowing to you and through you? Is it something only for a certain percentage of the world? Is it something which is not to be enjoyed but saved for a ‘rainy day,’ in case something goes wrong?
As with all things in life and the Law Of Attraction, it doesn’t matter what the subject is but more importantly how you view that subject. So it is better you don’t think about it at all if you are going to activate any negative aspects of it. However, as it touches you at so many points throughout the day, it would serve you to shift your feeling place about it to something more good feeling.
When you can let go of all preconceived notions of money and how it should be dealt with and begin to develop a positive outlook towards any type of abundance, then you will line up with more joyous experiences with any type of wealth you desire, be it large or just right amounts.
- Isn’t money non spiritual/the root of all evil/not something to be desired?
As Louise Hay says ‘Money is as spiritual as a rose,’ yet how many of us truly feel that way? Money like anything else, is a reflection of consciousness. If this life experience has created within you a desire to have it, then to want it is just part of you being here. It is purely an exchange, the flow of energy from one place to another. Everything you see before you is spirit made manifest, from the trees, to the tables and chairs and dollar bills, pound coins and Euros. It is all vibration brought into the physical.
What people generally refer to when they say ‘money shouldn’t be desired’ is usually the apparently harmful acts that are associated with the need for money- theft, lying and other similar acts. So it isn’t the desire for money driving this, it is the desperation from the place of lack that is causing the disharmony. If you can make your peace with this then you will go about attracting what you want. As it must be said again, when you use ANY subject to block off Source Energy flowing through you because you are focusing upon something in a negative way, then you are a vibrational match to those undesirable circumstances. Work to feel good about as many subjects in your life as you can and watch your life become more free flowing than you have ever experienced!
- Why do people have so much baggage about money?
People probably have so much stuff about money probably because it is such an integral part to everyday life. It is survival! But unlike oxygen that is ever abundant, a lot of people associate it with either lack or over excess and glutton. We have so many phrases inbuilt into society such as ‘money doesn’t grow on trees,’ ‘Don’t waste! In my day we didn’t have that!’ Especially with the financial crisis, it has exacerbated people’s negative judgements about money and those who deal in large sums of it.
So, you walk round with all these jumbled beliefs which are locked into your vibration. Whilst at the same time splitting your energy if you do want to receive abundance as you believe on some level that it is bad! And people declare the Law Of Attraction doesn’t work when they are affirming for money, because they have so many negative connotations with finance.
The job is to start to train your brain and feelings into viewing money as positively as you can. It will serve you far greater than harbouring feelings of lack or resentment, guilt or anything on the lower part of the emotional scale.
- Shouldn’t the rich be giving to the poor?
No, not unless it is from a natural place of inspiration through their own life experience. You cannot fix someone else’s life nor can you create in another’s reality. Onlookers easily and erroneously think that it would fix everything if the really rich were to give the poor all their money.
You wouldn’t say ‘I have been well all these years and my health is perfect, I will try being sick so other people can have some wellness.’ In essence it is the same with abundance. The having of money is just a reflection of consciousness, by giving it to someone else you don’t help them create it for themselves, instead this is trying to plug a hole which will almost certainly need refilling shortly!
The best thing you could do is be the abundant you, hold that vibration steadily and be happy. Others will look to you and those who are interested (and perhaps desperate) will ask you how you do it, and those who are willing to take their lives to the next level will pay close attention to how you live your life and not by the results that you achieve.
When your cup runneth over with abundance, you may have the inspiration to look to others to share it with, as co creation is so delicious. Richard Branson, Bill Gates and the like are doing tremendous things for the other nations who are less fortunate but they are doing this from a place of abundance and not obligation or lack. It is the calling forth of life through them that drives them forward in their endeavour.
- Don’t you have to be ruthless or immoral to be rich?
No! Not at all! To draw abundance to you, you just need to be aligned with the notion of wealth. It is purely consciousness- that is all it is! That’s why the rich get richer; they get used to dealing with large amounts of money, therefore they expect it and as they expect it, they draw more of it to them. I can definitely attest to this- the more ‘successful’ I’ve become, the more I’ve been given for free. Get on that wheel of well being and allow more and more opportunities be delivered to you- you don’t even need to lift a finger in some cases.
£1,000,000 to Richard Branson isn’t a great deal and I would imagine that he would use it wisely and easily be able to increase it. However, give £1,000,000 to someone who has nothing, it is possible that they aren’t used to handling that sum of money and they may fritter it away. This is the reason why so many lottery winners end up in the place they did before they won, their consciousness isn’t up to speed with holding those large amounts.
Make it your dominant intention to feel good about money and those who have it and feel your vibration shift and watch for the manifestational evidence of this. If you hold negative judgement towards anyone or anything for any reason then you automatically block it from coming your way.
Usually, unless you are in a space of lack or jealousy, you don’t begrudge other people for being happy, for being able to breathe, neither should you begrudge those who are wealthy, for it is their consciousness and life experience that got them where they are.
- How do I get more money?
Firstly and most importantly start by making it your goal to feel better about money and anything that relates to abundance, wealth, creating and having stuff. Not only will that bring you closer to physically creating what you want. You will also be having a joyous life experience- and anything worth doing, is doing because it feels good!
When you have shifted your vibration sufficiently, money will make its way to you, it is law! However, don’t try too hard and don’t keep on looking out for it at every single moment (unless this brings you joy). It is very easy to do this work and constantly pop your head up and think ‘well where is it then!?’ Even this demonstrates the lack you are feeling. When you just know it is going to happen, you release the need to endlessly check what’s coming into your life.
Similarly to when you place an order in a restaurant, you don’t pop into the kitchen demanding to speak to the chef every two minutes to check where your order is. You know that you’ve placed the order and in a reasonable time your food will come.
Because there are so many beliefs and feelings within you, it can be a long term process. So for some it may take minutes to shift vibration and see a result, other people it might take many years of working to feel good on the subject, but you must trust that if you consistently and continually work on the processes and techniques that you will see change. And if nothing else, you will be living a more powerful and enjoyable life and that is worth more than anything else.
- I have no money and am desperate- how is changing my thinking going to help get me money NOW?
Odds are it won’t, especially if there is tremendous resistance, the term 'desperate' or 'need' indicates an emphasis on lack, an activation of what is not wanted. On many levels it really is in your best interest to work on your vibration and do anything to iron out the creases. Not only will you feel better, it will lead you to more effective inspired action. Action taken out of alignment (i.e. from a place of lack) doesn’t usually end well.
On a brighter note however, if you are experiencing extreme negativity, then a little bit of work can potentially unlock huge amounts for you. It’s similar to a dam, it holds back gallons of water but if a small crack is made in the middle of it, all the built up pressure gushes through breaking it wide open.
Ideally however, you wish to be working with less extreme vibrational gaps, so life is a bit less of a rollercoaster (although some do enjoy the drama of it all!). In an ideal world, you would want to experience a bit of contrast, focus on allowing and then expect the good stuff to come.
My advice under this circumstance would be to really push to get your mind off the worry, this can be hard, especially if you have bailiffs a-knocking but worrying not only locks off your vibration but the physiological effects from long term stress aren’t helpful.
Nothing is ever so far out of whack that it cannot be brought back into alignment. It just takes focus, focus and more focus! If money has been a long term issue (and if it’s got to this desperate level, it probably has) then it really would serve you to look to fix your vibration over an extended period of time. Trust that feeling good about money and abundance is the key to changing your life- what other options are there?
This isn’t to say stay home and just meditate, it means setting up your vibration through these processes and then taking the inspired action- it could be through a new job, a suitable loan, buying a winning lottery ticket. The key is that it is inspired action. If you’re feeling helpless then hunting around for something to fix the situation can be a lot less productive.
I know when I first moved out of home I was terrified and was worried about money and it was not a good place to be. It has taken many years of work (including reading a Rampage of Money twice a day for over 7 years!) and I’m feeling much easier about the whole subject.
- What about the poor countries and the poverty stricken?
This is a tricky one for people to get their heads round and proves quite a resistant point for many. You have to look at the bigger from the viewpoint of Source and know that there is value in all experiences and it is perspective which matters.
On some level I believe that we knew the essence of what we were going to experience before we entered this physical experience. So on some level we all chose the circumstances- whether it’s a prince/princess, millionaire/poor man, gay/straight. All for the experience of it and there is no good or bad, only that which is to be experienced so we can have that constant expansion.
Also you cannot know what the experience of another is. It is easy to tar everyone with the same brush and think ‘oh they are in poverty therefore everyone there is miserable and living a horrible life.’ Firstly that isn’t a good feeling thought for you, secondly you just don’t know. I have visited with families in the Philippines where hot water was a luxury they didn’t have and all clothes were hand washed. However, the love, sense of community and sharing that went on between the family was beautiful. There was an abundance of love and generosity far greater than I ever saw in the western world, where someone can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely.
Again, it is down to relative perspective. It could be said that millionaires with their private cars, jets and 10 room mansions are looking at us taking public transport and residing in one-bedroom flats thinking ‘Oh goodness, what poverty they are living, they must be miserable!’ But it just isn’t that way at all. You get to choose what you make of wherever you are, wherever you are! Just as there are poor people in misery, there rich people in misery, it isn’t the having or not having of money but rather how they perceive their situation that makes the difference.
- Is it ok to keep money/stuff that I’ve been given by mistake?
This depends on how you view it and your alignment with your belief. The most important point within this is that you don’t split your energy as this is what attracts the funky stuff. If you’ve somehow been given some free stuff and you wish to keep it, keep it and don’t feel guilty. If you’ve been given free stuff and you give it back, then give it back and don’t feel regret that you’ve lost out.
So for example, if you’ve been given extra change by a supermarket and you decide to keep it think ‘Wow, thank you Universe for delivering this abundance easily and effortlessly to me, it is just the eternal flow of abundance making its way to me through my crack of least resistance.’
If you return it, you can think ‘Thank you Universe for this sign of my alignment with abundance. I return it with the full faith that I am working within my moral code and choice. I know that there are many other ways the Universe will show me my wealth.’
As with all decisions in life, it doesn’t matter what you choose, all that counts is that you are giving it your full energy and not splitting it with ‘ifs’ or ‘buts.’ This is because someone will keep what they were given by mistake, feel guilty, attract something which matches that, e.g. they lose a bus pass or something valuable breaks and then declare ‘It’s karma! The Universe is wreaking its revenge for me keeping it.’ This is not the case, what is happening is that your energy is being split and the Universe matches this mixed vibration with the discomfort you were feeling.
Whereas when you line up with the good that’s happening in your now, then you will draw more of that which pleases to you, so you will continue to be given abundance through ‘mistakes’ if you enjoy that, or if you’re not comfortable with that, then you will be showered in other ways which you prefer.
- How do I win the lottery? How can I get money easily?
The way to allow in abundance through any endeavour is to start really enjoying the action and then money will follow. There is a wonderful clip by Bashar as he speaks about the lottery. He highlights the point that for almost all people, they are not as passionate about actually playing the lottery as they are doing the thing that winning the lottery would enable to them do.
When you allow the lottery to reflect to you, your relationship with wealth and when you make it that you win every time (e.g. by treating it as a fun game or by appreciating the game for the pleasure it brings you to play it), and when you make winning in any way, equal to winning in any other way, you will bring yourself into the space with the highest probability of winning in the way you truly want, i.e. financially.
Allow this to be one way of many that you use to focus your mind on the subject of money and whether you actually win or not won’t matter as much, and when you have it in this state of ease then you are more likely to win.
I know that since I have shifted my mindset that I am winning the lottery so much more consistently than I have in my whole life- and whilst the winnings are only a few pounds, the sense of joy and confirmation of alignment is worth more than anything! It simply is just FUN!
I would also suggest raising your consciousness to be able to deal with such large sums of money. Visualise, dream and make shopping lists of what you would spend all that money on, how you would invest it and enjoy the delicious feeling of freedom and choice it would bring. But do not use it as a means to cover up the lack that is already in your life as you’re still vibrating with the absence of something. People think that if they were to win the huge lotteries that everything would be solved but this is not usually the case, in fact it usually brings on more problems and unhappiness.
When you can hold the mindset that, ‘life is good now and I don’t see it changing wildly because I am really having fun where I am’ then it will raise your likelihood of winning because you are sending out the vibration of good things coming to you.
So many stories have been reported of those in poverty who won the lottery but ended back in the same place as they spent it fruitlessly. Train your vibration and your mind gradually to deal with larger and larger sums of money and move on to the next logical step bit by bit. This works so much better than trying to make huge uncomfortable jumps.
I had some friends from America who won something like $50,000,000. They are still living relatively the same lives (e.g. flying economy because they always have done so in the past) and seem happy. However, they are being harassed by family members for money. Being able to draw the line and trust that if you don’t feel like doing anything, then you don’t have to, is such an important skill for this and for life in general. You cannot fix anyone’s life and no one can expect you to, for we are all under the laws of our own consciousness, each in charge of our own life experience.
When you know that through your life experience you have asked for the money and truly trust and work towards your alignment, then the question ‘How do I win the lottery’ becomes less important as you realise that you can receive abundance in a myriad of ways, both financially and emotionally. And this is what you came into this life experience for.
- There is an unfair distribution of wealth on this planet! How do we fix that?
I would disagree. The distribution of material wealth flows where the consciousness is (as is the same with love, health and so on) and there is little you can do to fix it, especially from that mental standpoint, because you are focusing upon lack and injustice. The rich get richer because they know abundance and expect it, therefore their vibration is trained in that place of wealth.
If you were to collate all the money in the world, divide it and give everyone the same amount, it would not take long for the distribution to go back to where it was. There would be no use in taking from the rich and trying to force it on the poorer.
However, if this life experience has borne within you the desire to see everyone happy, comfortable and physically wealthy then you can start to line up with your dream by focusing upon what could be, holding to that dream and letting the Universe inspire you to take the action which would lead to the satisfying result you are seeking.
Many people critical of the Law Of Attraction and this subject superficially dismiss this for they don’t like to accept that everyone is in charge of their experience. Yet, usually they are not the ones who are in alignment with any solution to this problem (as they see it) as they are often usually critical of many other things; instead of searching for points of harmony that they can glean from the different viewpoints of life.
Steve Jobs has literally changed the world many times over with his creations. And continues to do so! He was hell bent on providing the best experience for the customer and let no one stand in his way. After many years of contrast he came into alignment with his vision and the rest is history. He didn’t spend all day, everyday complaining about other people’s products. He used other products to know what he didn’t want and then went on to create ones that he loved.
Oprah’s 25 year old talk show was consistently number 1. Over the years when all the different talk shows came out, she told her team to not pay attention to the competition but to run the best race that they could- for themselves and no one else!
And so, if this issue of the seemingly unfair distribution of wealth across the planet truly concerns you, then start lining up your vibration with the solution and not beating the drum of the problem. Then watch how the Universe supports you and your legacy will be great.
- Should I give to charity or tithe? Should I buy travel insurance? Should I give a loan to a friend?
Although seemingly disparate subjects, I have grouped all of these questions together because the answer is the same. When deciding whether to take an action, you must work within your belief systems at that point in time and not split your energy.
If you give to charity, the homeless, or tithe, then do so from a space and place of abundance. Hold the notion that you have all this wonderful wealth and that you just love to share and let that appreciation and joy flow through you towards them as you have chosen to direct your well being towards this particular cause. It doesn’t serve your vibration to give from a place of ‘I am trying to do what I believe you cannot do for yourself,’ because you are focused upon their lack. A better stance would be to hold the vibration of ‘I have all this abundance and I would love to share it with you and hope you find some upliftment from it too.’ So the action you are offering is exactly the same but the difference in vibrational standpoint is immense. Quite literally the difference between them continuing to perpetuate the same behaviour or being inspired to their success.
Make the decision and then line up with it. With travel insurance- if you choose not to purchase it, then trust in your ultimate well being, that you are so well looked after and aligned that you won’t ever need it. Or buy it and then think to yourself ‘it’s a small price for peace of mind, should something come up then I know I am covered.’ Just don’t pick one action and then contradict yourself by coming up with reasons why you shouldn’t have taken it.
And no one gets to choose for you, someone could easily say that you need insurance, ‘just in case’ or another law of attraction buddy might tell you not to get insurance as that is just attracting trouble. But it is your decision and vibration and no one else’s that counts.
And as time changes you may change. I distinctly remember a few years ago, I didn’t buy travel insurance for a trip, my friend got ill and had to cancel and they didn’t have insurance either. Whilst I could have carried on without insurance and know my well being, I took my friend’s experience onboard (I didn’t need to, I could have easily ignored their experience, but hey I’m only human!) and decided to buy insurance. I reasoned it’s a small price for that feeling of security.
Again, it doesn’t matter what you choose, but you have to align with it, it really is that simple.
If you decide to loan someone money, then make sure it’s a comfortable amount for you- there is nothing worse than lending them money and then judging or resenting them if they don’t pay it back, or if they decide to spend it frivolously. Or don’t lend it to them and definitely don’t feel guilty about it. Trust that they are in charge of their own experience and are smart and strong enough to work their way out of the situation, not least of all because their vortex is full of abundance that they have been asking for.
- What the hell happened with the recession?
The recession was just a culmination of worldwide energies which climaxed into one of the biggest Step 1 moments of recent years. My question to you is ‘What is your relation to the recession and how do you garner from it the best that you can?’
You may have been hit directly, indirectly or perhaps not at all. None of that matters, what counts is what you do with your now and your future. The recession has been one of the greatest catalysts to awakening, because people found when all their material goods were pulled out from under them, there had to be more, so they went seeking spirituality.
You can stay in resentment and blame towards those who were central to the recession, or you can feel good and know that everyone is in charge of their own experience and just because things are going badly around you, that this does not have to be your experience. There will always be those who thrive in the best and worst of times and others who no matter what is going, will perpetuate poverty and lack.
It comes down to your consciousness and power of focus. As the news is televised to millions of homes and everyone starts giving this their attention, they start to vibrate in harmony with this, the energy grows, a huge event occurs, then people say ‘Well how does Law Of Attraction explain these huge disasters?’ But one in alignment is more powerful than millions who are not. If you can hold tight to your sense of trust and well being, then you will be inspired to the most ease filled action.
- I feel bad receiving money/I can’t hold on to money- what can I do?
It depends on what is the point of resistance for you within this issue. If it’s to do with how you view money- then you need to work on clearing up any beliefs that you hold about what money means to you. Do you view it as evil or bad? And so on. The other component to do with receiving is the issue of worthiness. It might be the case that you would like more money but you don’t feel worthy of it.
In the first instance, you want to start shifting your view on money. Money is simply an energetic exchange, it is no different than the offering of time, help or any other physical good. When you start to allow yourself to change your view, then anything is possible to allow in. Louise Hay asks what container do you see when you’re allowing in? A bucket, a thimble, a pipeline?
Money is like oxygen- infinite and abundant; breathe it in and breathe it out, this is the natural cycle of giving and receiving. If you are rich this does not make you bad or evil and you need to release these beliefs which do not serve you because they will block your energy from receiving any good that is to come your way. When you see someone with abundance you want to think ‘Oh wow, good for them! That is amazing that they have created this for themselves.’ Whenever I pass a fancy car showroom or expensive designer stores, I like to think ‘That is simply stunning! How opulent!’ and allow that appreciation to flow through me. Nothing, including money is good nor bad, it is simply a question of ‘are you aligned or not?’
If worthiness is your issue then this may take a bit more work as this is likely to be more deeply seated within you. You need to start accepting your perfection! To start knowing that you are a worthy being, that you chose to be here and now in this body to experience the best life has to offer. The reason it feels so bad that you are unable to accept money or anything good, is because you are viewing it in a way that Source simply is not, i.e. Source knows that you should have anything you want in life, but if you’re looking at it thinking you can’t accept it as you’re not good enough, then this is where the discord is felt.
Make a conscious effort to know how wonderful you are and watch all things around you change. You will be able to attract and accept more abundance than you have ever experienced in your life. But it is a long term process.
- Someone owes me money but it doesn’t look like they’ll pay me back- how do I get it?
In this case I would suggest going general and stepping back from the situation. You have to make whether you get your money back or not irrelevant to your feeling good. I know that may sound impossible but you can’t let anything block your connection to Source, the cost is just too great!
Start saying things to yourself such as ‘I know that the Universe will provide me with abundance either through this channel or in many other ways. I know that I am infinitely wealthy and it doesn’t matter if I see this particular money back as I know I am well provided for.’ As you talk yourself into well being, then you release resistance, raising your vibration and attracting positive things into your life.
If you’re harbouring resentment towards this person, you need to let them off the hook and as with all relationships, let go of them needing to behave in specific ways to please you. It does not serve you to hold onto these negative emotions, no matter how justified or correct you may be. A beautiful phrase is ‘I’d rather be happy, than right!’ You may feel like they’re getting off too easily but the sooner you can let it go, the sooner the Universe can deliver it back to you in a variety of pleasing ways.
This has been a Step 1 experience- you have asked for reliable people in your life, your money back, the feeling of trust and security and this person has been a wonderful co creator in this situation. Now move into Step 3 mode and do your best to chillout!
And odds are, when you have really let it go- it is highly likely this person will pay you back, that’s the irony!
- I’ve lost some money (either misplaced it/invested in something which didn’t work etc)! What do I do?
I would use this as an awareness exercise. What is your knee jerk reaction? Is it ‘stupid me, I’ve done it again!’ or ‘OMG that was so much money, how am I going to get it back?’ or ideally ‘That was a pain in the A, but I’ll be ok and it’s not the end of the world!’
It’s relatively easy to do affirmations for well being and abundance and do the processes, but if you find your immediate reaction to a situation is a negative one, then this highlights to your where your set point is. Many people ask why they are doing the work to feel better about money, relationships etc but why things aren’t changing. One reason is that their ‘air time’ or dominant vibration is one of absence, lack or poverty.
When you properly train your vibration to a higher setpoint and when your instant reaction is ‘it’ll be ok, I’m good no matter what.’ Now you are an overall match to abundance and whilst you may have lost this money, what’s down the road for you is so much more, you just have to trust.
This has been a Step 1 experience- you have asked for more money, you have asked for your belongings to be kept safe and in your possession. Now you have to feel good and move into Step 3- the allowing process. And when you train your natural vibration to that of alignment, then greater money will be able to make its way to you.
You could try to look for or recoup your money and you may find it but know that you can’t stay in the vibration of lost and expect to find it. Try knowing it will return, that somehow someway you may stumble across it when you least expect it. When you can take a broader view of the whole situation, you are more likely to spot it.