Why Aren't There More
Prosperous Spiritual People?
by Hu Dalconzo
There is a wonderful prosperity parable that goes...There was
a man who appeared to be ragged and financially destitute. He came upon
a road boss and he said, "I need work." The road boss said, "Go over there
and roll that big stone up and down the hill, and that will fulfill your
need." The ragged man responded, "You don't understand. What I really
need is money." "The road boss said, "You didn't say that. If it is only
money you need, here is $50, but you can't spend it." Again, the man was
confused. "What I truly need is food, fuel and clothing, not just money."
The boss responded, "Again you didn't say that. If you truly need these
things, take the money and spend it on food, fuel and clothing, but don't
eat the food, nor burn the fuel, nor wear the clothing..." Because of
the road boss, the man was forced to look at what he really needed, which
was a sense of security, a sense of inner satisfaction. These are all
invisible; all are within the mind and made of a divine substance.
When you break it all down, it wasn't work that he needed, nor was it
the money or even the things money can buy. It has something to do with
an inner sense of fulfillment, of satisfaction, of being taken care of.
It is the ability to be able to manifest all of those things in your life,
with or without money or food or fuel or whatever. What you think you
need and what you truly need are often very different things. Prosperity
is in the now. It is in your mind and in your thoughts. You'll never find
it in material things. The only thing you'll find in the material world
of things is a need for more material things.
We live in a society where money is the medium of exchange, so money is
extremely important. Many spiritually based people have fear based money
beliefs like... "Money is the root of all evil!" and "Poverty
is holy and money is evil!" The truth is that... the worship
of money is evil. This means that to use money as a tool for manipulation
and external power is evil, not the money itself. Law is the process by
which the unmanifest becomes manifest. You don't have to like the financial
laws, but you do have to learn them because you can get hurt by not knowing.
I know a couple that earns $32,000 a year and they have Money Mastery
because they live on 90% of what they earn. I know another couple that
earns $152,000 a year, but they spend $160,000 a year. They always feel
like they will never have enough money even though they earn five times
as much as the other couple. This simple key to Money Mastery is one we
must all learn... live on 10% less than you earn, than you will always
have enough money.
Whether you have a lot or a little, money talk is perceived as deeply
personal. According to William G Herron, Ph.D., the author of Money Matters,
"We are taught that revealing financial information about ourselves
is exposing ourselves." Our money issues, however, remain largely
shrouded in personal privacy. A recent study of 2,000 working Americans
(men and women of all ages and income brackets), conducted by Princeton
sociology professor Robert Wuthnow, Ph.D., reported that most people flatly
declared "no" when asked if they ever discuss their finances with friends
or family.
When we avoid talking about money, we are cheating ourselves. Our unwillingness
to talk through our own and other people's money fears has its costs.
Who is talking about money to the conflicted mother when she is deciding
whether she should quit her job and stay at home with young children?
Who is talking to the new holistic practitioner about how to market his/her
new practice? Who is giving the welfare parent the financial education
that he/she needs to get a good paying job?
Money can be a hot, tricky topic, as intimate as talking about sex. But
without ever mentioning numbers, we can discuss money and our values with
people we trust in ways that invite us into new and healthy viewpoints
about one of life's most challenging issues. According to Rosemary Williams,
executive director of the Women's Perspective (a national nonprofit organization
that provides non-denominational workshops on reconciling money with spirituality),
attendees at her workshops are almost invariably transformed in some way
by sharing their money stories. "It can be the opening of a window,
or the opening of a floodgate," she says. "But it is always light
that comes through.
There is much to be gained by breaking the money taboo and exploring your
beliefs about money. What you think you need and what you truly need are
often very different things. You'll never find what you need in material
things. The only thing you'll find in the material world is a need for
more material things.
Most people have been conditioned to associate making money with struggle
and pain, and thus they have come to believe that they can only earn money
by doing things that they don't want to do. If you are spending your life
struggling at something that has no meaning for you, and justifying it
by saying that you must do it because it gives you the money you need
to pay your bills, then you are opting for some personal dishonesty with
yourself. Financial struggle is effort laced with negative emotions. Financial
struggle is a programmed response. A money struggler creates a life-style
that is fragmented, which makes everything that he/she does to earn money
into a painful grind.
In closing, when you that you love to do, you will make plenty of money
and it will feel like you'll never have to work another day in your life.
Remember.... Money only makes you more of what you already are!
Namaste, my soul friends..... Hu Dalconzo
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