Focus on Money or Life?

There is a lot of talk in new consciousness communities about money. How to make it how to manifest it, how to intend it, how to, how to, how to. Interestingly one of the tenets of the Law of Attraction is not focusing on “the how” but get a feeling sense of what you want, and feel it.

The challenge of manifesting something big is if you have no previous template, you therefore have no feeling sense about something you have never had. So what to do?

Well intend to feel the feelings of feeling what it feels like to have the life of your dreams. Ok that was a little confusing. Let me rephrase that. If you have never had a multi million dollar lifestyle and you now intend and want it, a key way to achieve it is to feel what it feels like deep in your soul to have it. In my experience, by doing that, you will start to have life experiences that deliver that feeling sense to you. You will create experiences that allow you to have a deeper felt sense of having money and that life dream. So now you have a template of feeling to build on.

I think it is important to know that the feeling is a new muscle that you have to develop and grow. Along those lines many of us have deep seated issues around money, the actual green stuff. I have found that by focusing on my dream life, I have had more success in the feeling part of it and I have create some amazing things that have allowed me to continue to strengthen my feeling muscle to then attract more. I have found it helps to focus on the following (instead of focusing specifically on money):

· the lifestyle

· the kinds of people that are surrounding me (what is their essence)

· the home I might have (what do I feel like living there, what does a "day in the life" look like?)

· the feelings I have as I am working at something I love doing (not focused too much on the actual “job”… you don’t really know what it is you will be doing)

· achieving work life balance etc.

Given my dysfunctional belief systems about money, when I focus on money as a visualization activity I have had really mixed results. My postulation is, at least for me, until I get to these dysfunctional money beliefs I am going to instead focus on the things I do believe; my talents, my work ethic, my ability to manifest a fun interesting life , then trust the money will follow. So far it seems to be working I have manifested some truly remarkable things.

Tithing

The only thing I have done that is allowing me to have a new more positive relationship with money is tithing. Edwene Gaines wrote an amazing book about tithing and I had the privilege of participating in her workshop. The idea is giving back to where you are spiritually feed. That could be a speaker, a blogger, a waitress your church or spiritual community or anyone the moves you spiritually. The idea is to give back 10% to the spiritual part of you, the ultimate show of gratitude. In fact I just decided I am going to tithe to Edwene, she helped me so much with this.

The day of her workshop someone came up to me at the half way mark and handed me a check as a thank you for spiritually feeding them. That was the truest affirmation of the power of tithing, minutes before I had made a “pinky swear” with two other dear friends that we were going to try tithing 10% for 6-months, and then I received this check.

Each time I tithe it is a process; as I write the check and then feel the gratitude that I have the money to give and trust that its is a energetic field of gratitude that I am creating to bring more things into my life to be grateful for. I just feel so amazing afterward. Money as gratitude is a concept that works for me. My life has changed pretty dramatically since I started tithing.

I do believe that some people don’t have these same issues with money that I have and can simply focus on money and create it… they will likely have other things that aren’t as “easy” to manifest that they need to find a “work around” for.

This whole post was “manifested” through the following post by Bradley Woods over at his Conceive, Believe, Achieve Blog. I think this is a great excersise:

Six Steps To Turn Desire Into Gold

May 3, 2007 By Bradley Woods

1. Determine the exact amount of money you desire

2. Determine what you intend to give in return for this money.

3. Establish a definite date by which you intend to possess all this money.

4. Create a definite plan for achieving your desire and begin immediately to take action.

5. Write out a statement of the time limit, what you intend to give, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate this money.

6. Read your written statement aloud twice a day, in the morning and evening. Put all the emotion you can behind this as you begin to see yourself clearly in the possession of what you desire.

END

I commented about my struggles with focusing on the financial aspect of this and Bradley’s return comment on his blog was:

“I didn’t post these steps just for intending money. These six steps can help you to get anything. I use the word money here loosely to describe your own dreams and desires. It was never my desire to put money on a pedestal. You bring up an important point Jennifer. You obviously have to know what you want before you can ever achieve it but the emotion you put behind this intention is also very important.”

I think this exercise is worth a try and perhaps even using it with the money aspect… let’s see how I do with my internal beliefs!

Comments

[Mirriam]

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[happymoney]

Liked your post, specially those six steps. They are so true, if you want something you must decide that and make a plan how you get it.

[Junyang]

Hi Jennifer,
I think this is absolutely great stuff that you are sharing here. I totally agree with you that what link the present us to the us-to-be is the desire, which seems to be one of the fundamental working forces in the Law of Attraction. If we don't desire, why would we be attracted. These six steps that you posted is an incredible elementary guide to how to muster the law of attraction into practicality of our lives. Furthermore talking about the thought-revoking report that Mirriam mentioned, you might be interested to check out an equally interesting report that I came across, its free for download for the following URL; http://www.theofficiallawofattraction.com/rights/
Hope you enjoy this sharing.
Regards.

[Junyang]

Hi Jennifer,
I think this is absolutely great stuff that you are sharing here. I totally agree with you that what link the present us to the us-to-be is the desire, which seems to be one of the fundamental working forces in the Law of Attraction. If we don't desire, why would we be attracted. These six steps that you posted is an incredible elementary guide to how to muster the law of attraction into practicality of our lives. Furthermore talking about the thought-revoking report that Mirriam mentioned, you might be interested to check out an equally interesting report that I came across, its free for download for the following URL; http://www.theofficiallawofattraction.com/rights/
Hope you enjoy this sharing.
Regards.

[Junyang]

Hi Jennifer,
I think this is absolutely great stuff that you are sharing here. I totally agree with you that what link the present us to the us-to-be is the desire, which seems to be one of the fundamental working forces in the Law of Attraction. If we don't desire, why would we be attracted. These six steps that you posted is an incredible elementary guide to how to muster the law of attraction into practicality of our lives. Furthermore talking about the thought-revoking report that Mirriam mentioned, you might be interested to check out an equally interesting report that I came across, its free for download for the following URL; http://www.theofficiallawofattraction.com/rights/
Hope you enjoy this sharing.
Regards.

[Junyang]

Hi Jennifer,
I think this is absolutely great stuff that you are sharing here. I totally agree with you that what link the present us to the us-to-be is the desire, which seems to be one of the fundamental working forces in the Law of Attraction. If we don't desire, why would we be attracted. These six steps that you posted is an incredible elementary guide to how to muster the law of attraction into practicality of our lives. Furthermore talking about the thought-revoking report that Mirriam mentioned, you might be interested to check out an equally interesting report that I came across, its free for download for the following URL; http://www.theofficiallawofattraction.com/rights/
Hope you enjoy this sharing.
Regards.