This was so nourishing to read. The question that landed very profoundly with me was "Can one just leave a job and free fall, trusting that something will come up?" it's something I've been dancing with for a while, I left my 'job' over 4 years ago to persue my dreams and although I haven't financially profited through the persueal of those dreams 'yet', I have found that I've been supported no matter what it lots of different ways, that being said I'm a single person without children, from a middle class background, so my circumstances enabled me to take that jump in the first place. Now I'm asking myself the question, can I stay in this cocoon of safety and trust the inspiration will arrive for money to emerge from the abundance I now feel? Let's see!
Emma, I really appreciated reading your comment. Yes it is something to free fall and to land safely in a middle class world, and yet, that too takes courage...
it takes courage to firstly leave that which was no longer serving your heart and soul,
it takes courage to deeply listen to the inspiration that knocked on your heart and soul and showed you new ways of being in the world - ways that made you smile from the inside out;
it takes courage to live this new way and believe in it so strongly that you know that to go back to the 'other way' is now no longer an option.
May your cocoon gift you new inspirations to make what you love doing into a financial reality to support you mental, emotional, physical and spiritual needs.
Thank you so much for the ‘richness’ that you share here Sam, it gives another dimension to the questions about why we do what we do and the way that we do it in contribution of our happiness and wellbeing. We want too be rewarded for the work we do, but not at the sacrifice of other aspects of our self. This is something I’ve taken many lessons from, but feel like I’m still learning. On another note, I would love to join you in circle, it’s on my list, when things have settled I hope it will be possible. Love and light. Louise x
"We want to be rewarded for the work we do, but not at the sacrifice of other aspects of ourselves" YES how true. How TRUE!!! I have an image of a line in the sand that says something like "I'm on this side of the line. I am still worthy of what I earned on the other side, yet I am leaving my bags there and walking lighter here. Come and join me. This is where I am This is WHO I AM..."
Oh wow, I love this Sam, what comes to mind is if you want to play in my energy, then you play by the rules of my self worth and value. Now THAT feels powerful. The visitor is only able to look at me through the eyes of my own self worth and make their choices from there. A shift in awareness. Amazing, Thank you! xx
Louise! This is SOOOO powerful..."The visitor is only able to look at me through the eyes of my own self worth.." This is potent. This is life changing. This is alchemy. This is a new line drawn in the sand of personal power, self love and self worth and self value...
Who is rich? One who is satisfied with their portion. —ancient Jewish teaching
I’m mostly, but not 100%, with the “money is energy” folks commenting here. Here’s where I diverge…Before money, people also exchanged energy for goods. But it wasn’t calculated to the penny. It was based on trust. Money allows us to take trust out of the equation. Now we trust in the system that guarantees the money’s value. Money allows our relationships with people to be purely transactional, taking human relationships to a strange place. This doesn’t HAVE to happen with the existence of money, but it’s hard to resist.
So “yes” to money, “yes” to money as energy BUT a) careful to keep yourself rich by paying attention to where dissatisfaction in your life is coming from and b) resist relating to humans as transactional beings rather than the energetic beings that they are—even though money encourages the transactional mindset.
Firstly, thank you for sharing that Jewish teaching...that resonates so much.. Being RICH IS beyond money...
I can also relate very much to the EXCHANGE and TRUST aspect of what you wrote here. I am very good at exchange because I believe in TRUST and HONOUR.
To then apply that to money...YES YES YES!!!...for we are still humans and to HONOUR our fellow human in whatever it is we are choosing to pay for is important. When and where we give our money we also our energy, our time, our conscious "I am supporting this..."
Blessings to you Mika. Thank you for taking the time to read my article.
Yes, my Mum's role modelling here is an absolute blessing. I was very lucky to have such a great woman in my life to role model BALANCE - balance of family life and balance of work in a way that nurtured her and us in equal parts.
Sam, I would have loved to join this meeting...but my time I was already fast asleep for a few hours. I am sure it was a lively conversation because it's a big subject! Abundance is easier to talk about because it can show up in multiple ways. Ways that you brought forward, like Nature, for she is soooo fruitful. And she teaches us what abundance is even in times of waning, ebbing & wilting. For it is not always the harvest. It can be gratitude, silence, stillness, compost, change, etc. And also, as you said, love and kindness.
Money is another conversation. I feel at its root it is only energy. Truly that is what everything is. The bottom line is how are we in relationship with this energy and as you also brought forward, what are our beliefs about it. Anything can be made evil if done with greed and used in ways that are demeaning, exclusive and withholding. I feel it is not so much money that is the issue, but more the structure of our culture. For as it is right now, it seems to be only breeding disparity and hierarchy. The very wealthy and the extremely poor. Money can be a beautiful way of exchange. A win-win relationship. The key being relationship. But our society seems to focus more on the win-lose.
And I believe grass roots change is powerful. For me that is an inside job. Focusing on similar ideas that you brought forward in your third understanding. Which is how I live my life right now. This has not always been the case, but that is what growth and transformation is all about.
Julie, thank you for expressing all your thoughts here about Abundance and Money. It would be wonderful to share a sacred circle with you and discuss these ideas further.
What you write here resonates with me so much...That money is ENERGY and the CULTURE of which money has been portrayed is certainly an issue. When gifted and received in a way that is pure, a different exchange can be felt and gifted. I like that.
Julie, you spoke of Grass Roots Change, and Growth and Transformation...Can you share some of your wisdom that has arisen because of this?
Ps/ can you let me know where you are in the US? I am thinking that my early morning maybe ok for you??
Sam, Yes I have done calls with Australia and it is usually my later afternoon, I believe your morning. I live in California. Would be great to have a conversation!
Regarding Grass Roots etc. I see grass root change not as an organized event. It is rather many people doing their part, and it is the sum of all those parts that make the change happen. Like many blades of grass. If people (amount unknown) deeply committed themselves to do inner work. To focus on love rather than separation or indifference, that would send ripples out that could shift humanity in new directions. Activism is powerful, but it does not always affect change. Inner growth and transformation can affect the human conscious collective. I am not sure of the tipping point. But I do dedicate my inner work to the world.
I can relate to that. When I read your post I got this image:
If we can caretake our own patch of soil where the grass grows, the grass will grow taller and healthier. We need to tend the soil as well as the grass. When our soil is healthy little worms and other wonderful microbes in our soil will travel to the other soil and help that grass to grow too. It is the deeper work. It is the work of Gardeners ...for Gardners have such love and tenderness in their fingers. Thank you...
Thank you for your wisdom Satya...I keep coming back to your article on Money... you taught me a lot...you helped me rewire some old belief systems. THANK YOU.
This is wonderful, Sam! I'm so sorry to have missed the conversation. Sitting live in circle with you is on my bucket list. 🤗♥️ I LOVE money. This is a conversation I have often with my Uncle/dear friend on our weekly walks. He seems to think of money as vulgar and unspiritual, and he actually apologizes when he talks about it as though he's said a swear word. But, to me, money is a glorious, physical manifestation of energy. It amazes me that the universe came up with a way that we humans can give and receive, in a tangible form, the energy of gratitude, love, appreciation, desire, etc. That feels entirely sacred to me.
Oh Jenna!! I would love you to sit in circle with me. I feel that we would have so much to share!
I am working on another time/day that will hopefully be easier for you to join. I am thinking an early morning for me...that maybe lunchish time for you???
Jenna, when you said you LOVE MONEY I was like...REALLY!!! CAN ANYONE LOVE MONEY?!? Can anyone love money in a way that isn't power-over, that isn't abusing money or another or or or... I haven't heard anyone say that before...This is a new revelation for me. I understand it is just a form of exchange, yet I have never accepted that I can EMBRACE it so much...
Ohhh...how I would love you to join my next Let's Talk About Money and Abundance chat.
Thank you... Have you always loved money? has your love of money helped you to attract it more easily? ohhh, so many questions on LOVE OF MONEY....xxx
Lunchish time for me is when I'm most likely to be available. I'll definitely keep my eyes out for your next circle. 🤗❤️ I think maybe I have always loved money. I don't remember a specific time when I started feeling that way anyway. For as long as I can remember, it's felt like a substance of magic to me, another way that love is made manifest. I wonder how you'd feel about talking aloud to your money? I find that's a great way to start all relationships.
This was so nourishing to read. The question that landed very profoundly with me was "Can one just leave a job and free fall, trusting that something will come up?" it's something I've been dancing with for a while, I left my 'job' over 4 years ago to persue my dreams and although I haven't financially profited through the persueal of those dreams 'yet', I have found that I've been supported no matter what it lots of different ways, that being said I'm a single person without children, from a middle class background, so my circumstances enabled me to take that jump in the first place. Now I'm asking myself the question, can I stay in this cocoon of safety and trust the inspiration will arrive for money to emerge from the abundance I now feel? Let's see!
Emma, I really appreciated reading your comment. Yes it is something to free fall and to land safely in a middle class world, and yet, that too takes courage...
it takes courage to firstly leave that which was no longer serving your heart and soul,
it takes courage to deeply listen to the inspiration that knocked on your heart and soul and showed you new ways of being in the world - ways that made you smile from the inside out;
it takes courage to live this new way and believe in it so strongly that you know that to go back to the 'other way' is now no longer an option.
May your cocoon gift you new inspirations to make what you love doing into a financial reality to support you mental, emotional, physical and spiritual needs.
In honour of your journey.
thank you so much for the beautiful reflection of my courage, that was deeply needed. with love. 💖
i love that you call yourself an archaeologist of yourself! I think of myself as a detective of myself.
Oh I love that...a detective is very clever and finds clues that others would overlook. What a lovely way to self-care.
May you have a lovely day today.
Thank you so much for the ‘richness’ that you share here Sam, it gives another dimension to the questions about why we do what we do and the way that we do it in contribution of our happiness and wellbeing. We want too be rewarded for the work we do, but not at the sacrifice of other aspects of our self. This is something I’ve taken many lessons from, but feel like I’m still learning. On another note, I would love to join you in circle, it’s on my list, when things have settled I hope it will be possible. Love and light. Louise x
"We want to be rewarded for the work we do, but not at the sacrifice of other aspects of ourselves" YES how true. How TRUE!!! I have an image of a line in the sand that says something like "I'm on this side of the line. I am still worthy of what I earned on the other side, yet I am leaving my bags there and walking lighter here. Come and join me. This is where I am This is WHO I AM..."
I look forward to sharing time with you soon. xxx
Oh wow, I love this Sam, what comes to mind is if you want to play in my energy, then you play by the rules of my self worth and value. Now THAT feels powerful. The visitor is only able to look at me through the eyes of my own self worth and make their choices from there. A shift in awareness. Amazing, Thank you! xx
Louise! This is SOOOO powerful..."The visitor is only able to look at me through the eyes of my own self worth.." This is potent. This is life changing. This is alchemy. This is a new line drawn in the sand of personal power, self love and self worth and self value...
thank you for your wisdom xxx
Who is rich? One who is satisfied with their portion. —ancient Jewish teaching
I’m mostly, but not 100%, with the “money is energy” folks commenting here. Here’s where I diverge…Before money, people also exchanged energy for goods. But it wasn’t calculated to the penny. It was based on trust. Money allows us to take trust out of the equation. Now we trust in the system that guarantees the money’s value. Money allows our relationships with people to be purely transactional, taking human relationships to a strange place. This doesn’t HAVE to happen with the existence of money, but it’s hard to resist.
So “yes” to money, “yes” to money as energy BUT a) careful to keep yourself rich by paying attention to where dissatisfaction in your life is coming from and b) resist relating to humans as transactional beings rather than the energetic beings that they are—even though money encourages the transactional mindset.
Oh what wonderful wisdom you share here, Dan.
Firstly, thank you for sharing that Jewish teaching...that resonates so much.. Being RICH IS beyond money...
I can also relate very much to the EXCHANGE and TRUST aspect of what you wrote here. I am very good at exchange because I believe in TRUST and HONOUR.
To then apply that to money...YES YES YES!!!...for we are still humans and to HONOUR our fellow human in whatever it is we are choosing to pay for is important. When and where we give our money we also our energy, our time, our conscious "I am supporting this..."
Thank you, Dan for this great wisdom.
What an absolute gift to be role-modelled that from your mother.
Thank you for passing on your learning to us. 💕✨
Blessings to you Mika. Thank you for taking the time to read my article.
Yes, my Mum's role modelling here is an absolute blessing. I was very lucky to have such a great woman in my life to role model BALANCE - balance of family life and balance of work in a way that nurtured her and us in equal parts.
Sam, I would have loved to join this meeting...but my time I was already fast asleep for a few hours. I am sure it was a lively conversation because it's a big subject! Abundance is easier to talk about because it can show up in multiple ways. Ways that you brought forward, like Nature, for she is soooo fruitful. And she teaches us what abundance is even in times of waning, ebbing & wilting. For it is not always the harvest. It can be gratitude, silence, stillness, compost, change, etc. And also, as you said, love and kindness.
Money is another conversation. I feel at its root it is only energy. Truly that is what everything is. The bottom line is how are we in relationship with this energy and as you also brought forward, what are our beliefs about it. Anything can be made evil if done with greed and used in ways that are demeaning, exclusive and withholding. I feel it is not so much money that is the issue, but more the structure of our culture. For as it is right now, it seems to be only breeding disparity and hierarchy. The very wealthy and the extremely poor. Money can be a beautiful way of exchange. A win-win relationship. The key being relationship. But our society seems to focus more on the win-lose.
And I believe grass roots change is powerful. For me that is an inside job. Focusing on similar ideas that you brought forward in your third understanding. Which is how I live my life right now. This has not always been the case, but that is what growth and transformation is all about.
Julie, thank you for expressing all your thoughts here about Abundance and Money. It would be wonderful to share a sacred circle with you and discuss these ideas further.
What you write here resonates with me so much...That money is ENERGY and the CULTURE of which money has been portrayed is certainly an issue. When gifted and received in a way that is pure, a different exchange can be felt and gifted. I like that.
Julie, you spoke of Grass Roots Change, and Growth and Transformation...Can you share some of your wisdom that has arisen because of this?
Ps/ can you let me know where you are in the US? I am thinking that my early morning maybe ok for you??
Sam, Yes I have done calls with Australia and it is usually my later afternoon, I believe your morning. I live in California. Would be great to have a conversation!
Regarding Grass Roots etc. I see grass root change not as an organized event. It is rather many people doing their part, and it is the sum of all those parts that make the change happen. Like many blades of grass. If people (amount unknown) deeply committed themselves to do inner work. To focus on love rather than separation or indifference, that would send ripples out that could shift humanity in new directions. Activism is powerful, but it does not always affect change. Inner growth and transformation can affect the human conscious collective. I am not sure of the tipping point. But I do dedicate my inner work to the world.
I can relate to that. When I read your post I got this image:
If we can caretake our own patch of soil where the grass grows, the grass will grow taller and healthier. We need to tend the soil as well as the grass. When our soil is healthy little worms and other wonderful microbes in our soil will travel to the other soil and help that grass to grow too. It is the deeper work. It is the work of Gardeners ...for Gardners have such love and tenderness in their fingers. Thank you...
Gratitude for the mention Sam!
Thank you for your wisdom Satya...I keep coming back to your article on Money... you taught me a lot...you helped me rewire some old belief systems. THANK YOU.
So glad to hear that. It was helpful for me to write too!
This is wonderful, Sam! I'm so sorry to have missed the conversation. Sitting live in circle with you is on my bucket list. 🤗♥️ I LOVE money. This is a conversation I have often with my Uncle/dear friend on our weekly walks. He seems to think of money as vulgar and unspiritual, and he actually apologizes when he talks about it as though he's said a swear word. But, to me, money is a glorious, physical manifestation of energy. It amazes me that the universe came up with a way that we humans can give and receive, in a tangible form, the energy of gratitude, love, appreciation, desire, etc. That feels entirely sacred to me.
Oh Jenna!! I would love you to sit in circle with me. I feel that we would have so much to share!
I am working on another time/day that will hopefully be easier for you to join. I am thinking an early morning for me...that maybe lunchish time for you???
Jenna, when you said you LOVE MONEY I was like...REALLY!!! CAN ANYONE LOVE MONEY?!? Can anyone love money in a way that isn't power-over, that isn't abusing money or another or or or... I haven't heard anyone say that before...This is a new revelation for me. I understand it is just a form of exchange, yet I have never accepted that I can EMBRACE it so much...
Ohhh...how I would love you to join my next Let's Talk About Money and Abundance chat.
Thank you... Have you always loved money? has your love of money helped you to attract it more easily? ohhh, so many questions on LOVE OF MONEY....xxx
Lunchish time for me is when I'm most likely to be available. I'll definitely keep my eyes out for your next circle. 🤗❤️ I think maybe I have always loved money. I don't remember a specific time when I started feeling that way anyway. For as long as I can remember, it's felt like a substance of magic to me, another way that love is made manifest. I wonder how you'd feel about talking aloud to your money? I find that's a great way to start all relationships.
Ohhh, that is an interesting thought...talking out loud to my money... I like that...thank you xxx
Love to hear you say this Jenna - I love money too! It feels almost taboo to say it...