I recently read somewhere that forums as a means of communication for like-minded people have already outlived their usefulness… People prefer to communicate and make friends on social networks.
On the one hand, social networks are a more transparent tool: a person registers under their real name, shares details of their personal life and what is close to their heart.
On the other hand, this innovation appeared not so long ago, so few people understand the etiquette of communication, and therefore do not follow it. And few people think about the saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
In other words, any page or profile on a social network is like an apartment or a home, a sacred place where the spirit and atmosphere created by the owner lingers…
And then THEY appear… and start walking in dirty shoes across the freshly washed floors of the dwelling. Either they post advertising links, or they add you to groups with questionable content… and a whole pile of notifications about all sorts of nonsense comes raining down on you.
For me personally, Facebook is not a tool for communication, but a means through which I share what is close to my heart or what I myself find interesting.
I ban spammers who advertise their goods and services without a second thought, and I leave groups where people like to add me without my consent. For example, yesterday, completely unexpectedly, I found myself a fan of electroshock weapons )))
But that’s the backstory. The actual story I want to share with you is this:
A week ago, I was added to a group with the loud name “Secrets of the New Rich.” I hadn’t heard of this segment of the population, and I wasn’t familiar with their secrets, so I decided not to leave the group but to observe how things developed.
After receiving a dozen links to all sorts of money-making schemes in the form of MLMs and get-rich-quick info-businesses, recordings of speeches by, apparently, the new rich, as well as “good morning” wishes, I asked what I thought was a reasonable question, and I quote:
Can I ask a not-so-serious question… who is being added to this group: those who have ALREADY BECOME the new rich, or those who aspire to be? Neither one, for example, has much to do with me. And the same goes for many familiar faces I see here. What is the point of this group?
And I received an answer from one of the group members:
Ledy Alla: As I see it, few people supported this statement, which means not so many of your acquaintances find counting money disgusting. And if the very thought of being a wealthy person makes you sick to your stomach – well, NO PROBLEM, you can leave… You can’t force it on anyone – you can only take away by force, and no one is going to take anything, but no one is going to force-feed it either!
I won’t comment on my attitude towards those who, instead of answering a direct question, quickly make it personal and project their own shortcomings onto others.
Two phrases caught my attention: DISGUSTING TO COUNT MONEY and SICKENED BY BEING A WEALTHY PERSON.
Let’s take these as a starting point to examine how limiting beliefs work and at what stage the substitution of concepts occurs.
1. Who finds it disgusting to count money?
Someone who considers money “dirty,” “unworthy,” or “unspiritual.”
This is a fairly common tendency among those who are on a spiritual path of development. Ascension, raising vibrations, expanding consciousness, in their opinion, is incompatible with material values.
But a master is one who has found balance between the material and the spiritual.
It’s noteworthy that America, the birthplace of the entire New Age movement, experienced a crisis of spirituality about 10 years ago.
Through their own experience, by trial and error, they came to the conclusion that it’s impossible to be a spiritual person and disrespect the material world, including money.
What can a person give who has reached a certain level of spiritual development but is poor, constantly struggling to survive?
Will they be able to fulfill their purpose: to be a leader of the new era, to lead by example, if they themselves are acutely faced with the question of how to pay for an apartment or how to feed themselves and their children?
More on this: Why do “spiritual” practices not lead to Prosperity?..
Who needs such an example? And who would want to follow such a person?
Are you yourself interested in listening to the ramblings of a person who goes on about the New Earth, the 5th dimension, abundance and prosperity, if they themselves have NOTHING besides fantasies?!
Another illusion that many fall into looks like this: I serve the planet/humanity, work on its/his healing, am a conduit for high frequencies and vibrations.
Oops! We live on a very material object, a planet called Earth, which is in the density of the THIRD dimension, the most physical of all.
Money is a barometer for measuring the love you share and receive, thanks to the divine work you perform.
And in order to conduct higher frequencies, a person must be firmly ANCHORED in physical reality. In other words, must be connected to the material world.
But how can they do this if they are floating high in the clouds and have long lost their connection with three-dimensional Earth.
So what’s the way out?
Learn to value not only spiritual values, but also material ones. To unconditionally love not only the spiritual principle, but also the integral attribute of the third dimension, i.e. MONEY.
2. Be well-off
Let’s look at this point.
What does “being well-off” mean to you? Having a fortune? And what should the size of this fortune be to confidently call yourself a well-off person?
Personally, for me, a well-off person is one who has more than is necessary to meet their basic needs.
If, for example, you need $1000 for a comfortable existence, and you have more each month, then you are already a well-off person. Because you can afford something beautiful, travel, vacations in foreign countries, etc.
And for someone else, basic needs include $10,000, and then earning eight thousand dollars (a pretty substantial amount, you’ll agree) they will feel unhappy, constantly living in survival mode.
So any numbers are relative.
And one last nuance for today: money cannot be a goal in life. Especially in the year 2012 that has arrived.
This is precisely where the balance of material and spiritual is important. If you want to help yourself, your loved ones, want to help many awakening people, it will be easier for you to do this if you are not experiencing limitations in money.
Just imagine how many more opportunities open up before you when you can freely invest the money you have at your disposal… in trips, seminars, websites, centers… in anything at all.
What would you take up, what would you do, if you had all the resources necessary for it at your disposal?
Did you imagine it?