Money has been a greater influence in our life than almost any other commodity you can think of. Indeed, the sudden loss or acquisition of money will effect your attitude to a tremendous extend. Therefore, you must agree that everyone should have a deep understanding of exactly what money is, and of the law governing its attraction. Yet, the sad fact is that not one person in ten does. Ninety-five people out of hundred settle for whatever they get, wishing they had more all the way from the cradle to the casket, never understanding that they could actually have had all they wanted.
You might have a tendency to let your mind wander off, either thinking about someone you know has earned a great deal of money or possibly about someone who has gone into bankruptcy. But I want to suggest that you have attempt to keep focusing only on yourself, because what someone else has or does not have, is not going to affect you and it is your financial situation that you want to improve.
Money is Important
One of the most prevalent misconception concerning money, relates to its importance. For example, how many times have you heard people say in conversation, "Money isn't everything." or "Money isn't important." or "I don't care about money." Well, the people who say these things might not care about money, but I'll bet their car dealer cares about it; their grocer does; and so does the person who holds their mortgage. In truth, there can be no denial of the fact that money is important to any person living in a civilized society. Therefore, to argue that it is not as important as this or that, is absurd. For nothing can take the place of money in the arena in which it is used!!
Money Is A Servant
Now that I have affirm the importance of money, let me backtrack to add this one word of caution: Always remember, money is a servant; you are the master. Be very careful not to reverse that equation, because many people of high intelligence have already done so, to their great detriment. Unfortunately, many of these poor souls love money and used people, which violated one of the most basic laws governing true financial success. You should always love people and use money, rather than the reverse!
Another myth many people like to accept about money is that is only comes as a result of luck or good fortune. For instance, whenever people gather to talk about someone they know who has been financially successful, there is always someone among them who will say, "He was just lucky," or "He was just in the right place at the right time." But I want to assure you in no uncertain terms, that although luck obviously plays some part in financial success, it is never sufficient in and of itself. Money is an effect and it and it must always be earn. Believe me, there are no free rides in this life and the only people who are making money the easy way either work in the mint or are on their way to jail, if they have not already arrived there. Therefore, always bear in mind that while good fortune is a factor in financial success, it must always be coupled with effort and hard work.
Money Must Circulate
A third thing you should now about money is that is valuable only as long as it being used. Once it has been taken out of circulation, it becomes as worthless as the old newspapers or empty beer cans that have been stashed away in the attic. In my home,at my book shelf, I have a silver beer stein. Now, whenever I go into my house, I'll take all the change from my pockets and put it into a cup. Then when the cup is almost filled, I give it to my sister and brother. Each of them take turns receiving the cup and of course they eagerly anticipate their turn. The point I want you to notice, however is that while the cup is being filled, the money in it has absolutely no value whatsoever; it just sits there, serving no useful function and not even drawing into interest.
However, as soon as the cup is filled and the money is turned over to one of my sister, it literally flies into action. For instance, just last week, Ryan, one of my cousins, received the money. He immediately took it from my hand, rushed off to a basket school and purchased several basket lesson with his inheritance. Now, I can't honestly say what the basket pro did with the money once he got it, but I do feel fairly safe in saying that he didn't just return it to a cup on his book shelf! No, there really isn't any dispute about it; money is not to be taken out of circulation -rather, it is meant to be used, enjoyed and circulated.
This bring me to an even more dramatic illustration of the same principle: namely, the story of "Old Mr. Hendrik." Mr. Hendrik was an elderly gentleman who lived a few doors down the street from our family when I was a boy. Although there was a tremendous age different between us, Mr. Hendrik and I became fast friends and I often used to watch him pushing his small junk cart up and down the block. You see, Mr. Hendrik worked as a junk dealer and he made his living by picking up the things other people had thrown away. As the year went by, however, Mr. Hendrik become more and more stoop from his arduous labors. After that, he passed away. Since he lived alone and apparently had no close relatives living nearby, the police entered his house to take stock of his possession. Not surprisingly, they found the house littered with many old furnishing and assorted memorabilia of Mr. Hendrik's past. However, much to their amazement, the police also discovered over one hundred thousand dollar ($1000) in old packed in boxes throughout the house!
Quick to up on so unusual an occurrence, the daily newspapers carried o front-page story the next day about Mr. Hendrik, in which it asked the obvious question: why would an individual worth well over $100,000, choose to keep his money stashed away in old boxes strewn haphazardly throughout his house??
Although I was still quite young at the time, I asked myself a similar question: namely, why would a person like Mr. Hendrik choose to live like a veritable pauper, when he had so much money at his disposal? He could have used his money for his own enjoyment. He could have invested it to earn a return for himself and to help create jobs for other people; or he could have just deposited it in the bank and earned interest on his money. But instead, he choose to put in a "jar on the shelf" and he thereby rendered it absolutely useless. No, my friends, there isn't any doubt about it -money is not meant to be hoarded. Rather, it is meant to be used, enjoyable and circulated. So please, whatever you choose to do with your money, don't make the same mistake that poor old Mr. Hendrik did!.
Prosperity Consciousness Exercise
Now that we have touched upon some of the characteristics of money, let us turn briefly to a simple technique which you can begin using immediately to start attracting the amount of money you desire. The first thing that I want you to do is to picture yourself, in your mind's eye, sitting in a room with several of your friend. Then I want you to visualize yourself announcing to them your intention become wealthy; at least wealthy enough to live the way you choose to live. Now, imagine how that would make you feel. If you are like most people, you would probably feel very uncomfortable. Perhaps you would feel so uncomfortable, that you might even retract what you had said by informing your friends you are only joking. You should understand, however that people who are wealthy never feel uncomfortable when the subject of money is brought up. "Why don't they," you ask? The most obvious answer would be, because they already have lots of it. But that is not the correct answer. You should realize that people don't feel comfortable about money because they have it; they have it because they feel comfortable about it. In other words, one of the reason that wealthy people have money is that they have developed that state of consciousness we will hereinafter refer to as, a "Prosperity of Consciousness." Therefore, it follows, if we wish to attract money to ourselves, we must begin to foster a prosperity of consciousness as well.
The question you should now be asking yourself is this: "How do I go about developing this prosperity consciousness for myself?" Let me explain. The best way to develop a prosperity of consciousness is to start seeing yourself, in your mind's eye, already in possession of the amount of money that you desire. The reason is so is that since the subconscious mind cannot distinguish between the actual possession of money and mere visualization, you will soon become very comfortable with the idea of money, As a result, you will start attracting it to yourself.
This may sound like a game you are playing, but let me assure you, it is one of the wisest things you can possibly do. For when you succeed in convincing your subconscious mind that you were wealthy and that it feels good to be wealthy, your subconscious mind will automatically seek ways of making your imaginary feelings of wealth manifest themselves in material form.
You might have a tendency to let your mind wander off, either thinking about someone you know has earned a great deal of money or possibly about someone who has gone into bankruptcy. But I want to suggest that you have attempt to keep focusing only on yourself, because what someone else has or does not have, is not going to affect you and it is your financial situation that you want to improve.
Money is Important
One of the most prevalent misconception concerning money, relates to its importance. For example, how many times have you heard people say in conversation, "Money isn't everything." or "Money isn't important." or "I don't care about money." Well, the people who say these things might not care about money, but I'll bet their car dealer cares about it; their grocer does; and so does the person who holds their mortgage. In truth, there can be no denial of the fact that money is important to any person living in a civilized society. Therefore, to argue that it is not as important as this or that, is absurd. For nothing can take the place of money in the arena in which it is used!!
Money Is A Servant
Now that I have affirm the importance of money, let me backtrack to add this one word of caution: Always remember, money is a servant; you are the master. Be very careful not to reverse that equation, because many people of high intelligence have already done so, to their great detriment. Unfortunately, many of these poor souls love money and used people, which violated one of the most basic laws governing true financial success. You should always love people and use money, rather than the reverse!
Another myth many people like to accept about money is that is only comes as a result of luck or good fortune. For instance, whenever people gather to talk about someone they know who has been financially successful, there is always someone among them who will say, "He was just lucky," or "He was just in the right place at the right time." But I want to assure you in no uncertain terms, that although luck obviously plays some part in financial success, it is never sufficient in and of itself. Money is an effect and it and it must always be earn. Believe me, there are no free rides in this life and the only people who are making money the easy way either work in the mint or are on their way to jail, if they have not already arrived there. Therefore, always bear in mind that while good fortune is a factor in financial success, it must always be coupled with effort and hard work.
Money Must Circulate
A third thing you should now about money is that is valuable only as long as it being used. Once it has been taken out of circulation, it becomes as worthless as the old newspapers or empty beer cans that have been stashed away in the attic. In my home,at my book shelf, I have a silver beer stein. Now, whenever I go into my house, I'll take all the change from my pockets and put it into a cup. Then when the cup is almost filled, I give it to my sister and brother. Each of them take turns receiving the cup and of course they eagerly anticipate their turn. The point I want you to notice, however is that while the cup is being filled, the money in it has absolutely no value whatsoever; it just sits there, serving no useful function and not even drawing into interest.
However, as soon as the cup is filled and the money is turned over to one of my sister, it literally flies into action. For instance, just last week, Ryan, one of my cousins, received the money. He immediately took it from my hand, rushed off to a basket school and purchased several basket lesson with his inheritance. Now, I can't honestly say what the basket pro did with the money once he got it, but I do feel fairly safe in saying that he didn't just return it to a cup on his book shelf! No, there really isn't any dispute about it; money is not to be taken out of circulation -rather, it is meant to be used, enjoyed and circulated.
This bring me to an even more dramatic illustration of the same principle: namely, the story of "Old Mr. Hendrik." Mr. Hendrik was an elderly gentleman who lived a few doors down the street from our family when I was a boy. Although there was a tremendous age different between us, Mr. Hendrik and I became fast friends and I often used to watch him pushing his small junk cart up and down the block. You see, Mr. Hendrik worked as a junk dealer and he made his living by picking up the things other people had thrown away. As the year went by, however, Mr. Hendrik become more and more stoop from his arduous labors. After that, he passed away. Since he lived alone and apparently had no close relatives living nearby, the police entered his house to take stock of his possession. Not surprisingly, they found the house littered with many old furnishing and assorted memorabilia of Mr. Hendrik's past. However, much to their amazement, the police also discovered over one hundred thousand dollar ($1000) in old packed in boxes throughout the house!
Quick to up on so unusual an occurrence, the daily newspapers carried o front-page story the next day about Mr. Hendrik, in which it asked the obvious question: why would an individual worth well over $100,000, choose to keep his money stashed away in old boxes strewn haphazardly throughout his house??
Although I was still quite young at the time, I asked myself a similar question: namely, why would a person like Mr. Hendrik choose to live like a veritable pauper, when he had so much money at his disposal? He could have used his money for his own enjoyment. He could have invested it to earn a return for himself and to help create jobs for other people; or he could have just deposited it in the bank and earned interest on his money. But instead, he choose to put in a "jar on the shelf" and he thereby rendered it absolutely useless. No, my friends, there isn't any doubt about it -money is not meant to be hoarded. Rather, it is meant to be used, enjoyable and circulated. So please, whatever you choose to do with your money, don't make the same mistake that poor old Mr. Hendrik did!.
Prosperity Consciousness Exercise
Now that we have touched upon some of the characteristics of money, let us turn briefly to a simple technique which you can begin using immediately to start attracting the amount of money you desire. The first thing that I want you to do is to picture yourself, in your mind's eye, sitting in a room with several of your friend. Then I want you to visualize yourself announcing to them your intention become wealthy; at least wealthy enough to live the way you choose to live. Now, imagine how that would make you feel. If you are like most people, you would probably feel very uncomfortable. Perhaps you would feel so uncomfortable, that you might even retract what you had said by informing your friends you are only joking. You should understand, however that people who are wealthy never feel uncomfortable when the subject of money is brought up. "Why don't they," you ask? The most obvious answer would be, because they already have lots of it. But that is not the correct answer. You should realize that people don't feel comfortable about money because they have it; they have it because they feel comfortable about it. In other words, one of the reason that wealthy people have money is that they have developed that state of consciousness we will hereinafter refer to as, a "Prosperity of Consciousness." Therefore, it follows, if we wish to attract money to ourselves, we must begin to foster a prosperity of consciousness as well.
The question you should now be asking yourself is this: "How do I go about developing this prosperity consciousness for myself?" Let me explain. The best way to develop a prosperity of consciousness is to start seeing yourself, in your mind's eye, already in possession of the amount of money that you desire. The reason is so is that since the subconscious mind cannot distinguish between the actual possession of money and mere visualization, you will soon become very comfortable with the idea of money, As a result, you will start attracting it to yourself.
This may sound like a game you are playing, but let me assure you, it is one of the wisest things you can possibly do. For when you succeed in convincing your subconscious mind that you were wealthy and that it feels good to be wealthy, your subconscious mind will automatically seek ways of making your imaginary feelings of wealth manifest themselves in material form.
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