Prosperity
What is it?
Prosperity is different things to different people.
For the poor - it is having money.
For the weak - it is to be strong
For the lover - it is to have someone to love.
For the sick - it is to be healthy.
For the lost - it is to be wise.
Where
there is a real or perceived lack (of any sort), "Prosperity" is that
which fills its place. We can also say that "Prosperity" is a
dualistic
concept, one relative from person to person ("One mans' trash
is another mans' treasure" as the saying goes). The quest for
prosperity speaks to some of our basic human
needs, but taken to extremes, can reflect imbalanced desires.
Materialism or Spirituality ?
When
we speak of prosperity, "money" is usually the first thought that comes
to mind, followed by all those things we believe it
represents... i.e. all those things we think it can buy:
control, freedom, security, sexuality, love, pleasure, power, prestige,
etc. And so, it is natural that the quest for prosperity (be it in the
form of money or another object of desire) takes hold of us on a
very primal level - all of which is controlled by the "ego-mind". I am
not saying that desire or material prosperity is bad (desire
is a part of our human nature, and matter is the very substance of the
universe), but if such a quest is taken to extreme -
misaligned and inharmonious with the inner heart and higher
self (which guides ones souls purpose in being), the ego-mind and
its fixation on the attainment of our "object" of desire (and the fear
of its
loss), will take over our life. When that happens (and it can occur in
degrees) our mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual resources get
tied up and held hostage (attached) to that thing. However, if we can
release
these
attachments/constraints, we will free up a tremendous amount of
resources
that can potentially be put to a higher purpose (like for our
healing).
Anything the ego-mind fixates on, be it the pursuit of
money, or love, or power, or knowledge, or the next drug induced
rush.... all these things, if we invest our life energies into, we are
becoming attached to. And if any of these things are of a material
nature, we are tethering our spirits into the material reality. And in
this case, Jesus was right on when he said "Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the Kingdom of God." and "It
is harder for
a rich man to enter the Kingdom
of God
than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle." If a
person truly wishes to transcend the limitations of the material
reality and delve in the Spirit, these are the issues you must face and
the questions you must ask.
Creating
Space & Flow
Like
an enormous river, life is in a constant state of flow. The more
powerful and
wide the flow you can generate in your being, the more life you have.
By removing the material blocks to this flow, you create more open
space for the spiritual to flow in.
"Blessed are the poor"
The spiritual will only come in to your being
when you have made the space for it.
What
is preventing or blocking our full experience of space and flow is a
deep seated fear and lack of trust in the providence of Spirit. The God
of most people - that which is held up in trust above all else is money
("blessed are the poor"?). Many lives are spent in the pursuit, not of
the spiritual but of this material and transitory commodity. By
hoarding or storing most of our energies in the material, we become
spiritually deficient (even bankrupt). The nature of this material
energy is to congest, contract, or limit our spiritual energies. The
polar opposite of this is "Prosperity", and "prosperity" is more than
just having lots of money. In order to be prosperous, one must be "In
the Flow". Energies in all its forms must come in and out on every
level - there must not been any congestion or holding on in the
slightest. Holding on comes from fear - a trait of the limited material
ego-mind.
A very
effective tool used in releasing the hold this material ego-mind has on
you, is to release it in its symbolic form - as money. This is another
reason why I ask so much for my healing work - it helps you open up
your "Prosperity Channels". However, any time one opens up and flows in
these ways, there are bound to be "growing pains" - it is not
comfortable, but it is necessary if one desires to heal and evolve.
"Blessed are those who give" is not just some saying but an observable
and repeatable truth of the immutable "Laws of Prosperity". The form
this expresses is through a time honored tradition seen in just about
every religion known to man – and it is called "Tithing".
"Seek
yea first the Kingdom
of Heaven
and all shall be given unto you".
Eternal
Investment
Investing
your time, energy and money in spiritual development and healing is an
investment in your eternal self. All things in this world break down,
change, decay... from the economy, the security offered by society and
government, the friends and family around you, and of course our own
bodies ("Store not your treasures where rust doth corrupt").
Conventional wisdom holds that we should invest our lives - our time,
energy and money - in the pursuit of material wealth and pleasures, and
in that they say we will find fulfillment, happiness and security. Many
people are financially well to do, but that doesn't necessarily mean
they are more happy or at peace with themselves.
I believe that true, lasting and deep
happiness and peace are found by following an "inner dream" - one that
is greater than the little self.
Sacrifice
Some say that spiritual healing should be
free, yet this is not entirely true - some personal sacrifice has
always been and always will be a factor in the healing equation. Why is
this so? To assure the greatest healing possible at all levels, your
personal will or intention must be fully engaged and challenged. If
someone is really willing to receive the most profound healing, they
must be willing to give something of themselves to it.
Most people will not pay for something if
they do not want or value it deeply. If you truly value healing, you
will do anything for it. If you do not value healing, even giving it
away freely will mean nothing to you, and you will not fully receive
nor hold the energy. For the healing to be most effective, there must
be a sacrifice, a giving out of something that has deep value to you
("in giving you receive"). I have found that the most powerful method
to catalyze this happens to be the most repugnant to everyone in the
material world - in this day and age, this sacrifice takes the form of
$ money $.
All great
journeys have required of the hero one great sacrifice or another (and
by following the healing path you are a hero!). In this age, money is
the common token of exchange, yet at other times and in other cultures
it could have been anything of value. When someone came to the shaman
for healing, they brought in exchange ones labor, animals, food, any
precious objects, even ones own children (don’t worry, I
don’t want your kids nor your pets. lol).
In some
religious circles, seekers of spiritual healing would scar their bodies
or perform extraordinary physical deeds - such as in the Indian "Sun
Dance".
The penitent Christian would fast, carry a
heavy cross, flog or even crucify himself (the later is still being
performed in some parts of the world today!).
If the ancient Hebrew broke or
“transgressed” from the “Law", they had
to make a “sin” offering to the Temple - some
offerings being in the form of precious metals such as gold (in some
languages, money and gold are called "gelt", as in the Dutch
“Guilder” - perhaps this is where the word "guilt"
came from).
In the Christian churches of old, when a
penitent wished to be expunged for their "sins", they would make a
sacrificial offering to the Church.
In Saudi
Arabia I witnessed two
brothers trying to gather "blood money" to pay off the family of
someone they killed in a traffic accident.
The common thread in all these stories is
that the sacrifice of something one considers precious (like money or
possessions or something) is somehow involved in the healing process.
Jesus
“As
a sacrificial offering, God gave his son to pay for our
sins”.
By giving up
his physical body, Jesus certainly made the statement that God is
worthy of our very lives. However, I think he also meant to say that
there would be no more need for “blood offerings”.
Remember, the Temples of that time were very bloody affairs, what with
the constant sacrificing of animals, the acrid smell of burnt flesh in
the air, and smoke billowing into the sky (how grim - not a place that
would engender love, light and forgiveness, but rather fear and
trembling). The law of the land was “an eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth”. You could (for example) have your hand
cut off for thievery, or be stoned to death for adultery. But Jesus was
all about love and peace, not bloodshed, killing or war. I am sure he
saw enough of that and said “we don’t need to do
any more, certainly not for the sake of religion”. With all
that being said, I don’t think Jesus meant that we
don’t make any sort of sacrifices in our lives for those
things we hold sacred and dear, it’s just that
“blood sacrifices” are not the order of the day
anymore. I seem to recall Jesus saying that “it is as nearly
impossible for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of
Heaven as it is for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle.” Think about it. He is speaking of the connection
between money and spirituality - there it is in black and white,
straight out of his philosophy. Interesting isn’t it.
No
Comparison
Each healer
has his own unique ways of working - one not to be compared to another.
I am not Jesus, so please don’t compare my methods (and me)
to him (besides, most of you only know him second hand from the books,
so any comparison would be woefully inadequate). I am a unique soul and
have a unique spiritual position and method of working. Some of my
Higher Self’s ways may be similar to Jesus, other ways may be
quite different. It is true that Jesus freely healed many souls, but he
also lived in a different time and culture that had its own unique
demands. Jesus also didn’t hesitate to ask of his disciples
to go through many difficult sacrifices... that they give up their
positions of power and wealth, travel to far off lands, endure terrible
physical hardships and persecutions. What I simply ask of you is very
clear and straight forward and (relatively) far easier to do
– just pay for your healings. It’s that simple.
There are no other hidden agendas.
Even as we speak, there are many beings in
spirit who are (anonymously and invisibly) working on your behalf,
pulling strings and making miracles. It is a constant. There are Angels
watching over you, Great Masters guiding you, Soul Mates loving you, so
many Spirits healing you... yet most times, you haven’t the
slightest clue (and that’s ok). I have asked and know that
(on many levels) my own Spirit has also been very busy (anonymously and
freely) working with and on many beings (and to be fair, I too have
been worked on). This is one of the great mysteries of life - that it
is all happening, even as we live and breath.
However, there comes a time when a balance
must be struck, when as incarnated human beings, we must take a
conscious and active role in our healing process, where we need to make
a definitive choice to ask for and even (Heaven forbid) pay for such
services. At these times, it becomes appropriate and imperative that we
demonstrate to Spirit our gratitude and willingness to give back in a
tangible material way. This is what your "Love Offering" "Donation" or
"Tithing" to this work is about.
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