"Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is your glory." ~ Osho
I remember many times in my life when I believed I was not 'destined' for great things. My mind entertained ideas like, "Money is the root of all evil, and money doesn't grow on trees." I manifested some frustrating financial situations from these negative beliefs. At one point, I felt so financially stuck that it seemed like I couldn’t breathe, drowning from the inside. Every morning, it felt like I was swimming in a frantic financial "doggie-paddle" just to stay afloat and pay the bills.
Then one day, in mid-paddle, it happened... I surrendered to my drowning experience and realized something deeply profound. My current relationship with money was manifesting everything. I was the one who decided how I related to money and manifested my financial situation. I saw that I had a choice in how I approached my feelings about money.
I realized that I could simply invent a different relationship with money, one based on trust, abundance, appreciation, and self-worth. I decided to stop entertaining feelings of struggle and survival, and everything began to change.
I could see that I had been manifesting the same stuck financial challenges year after year, not because of a lack of effort, but because I wasn’t willing to explore and shift my personal relationship with money. The moment I looked inside myself, explored my financial thinking habits, and owned them for what they were, I was able to change the way I related to money.
As I began creating an empowering, feel-good relationship with money in my mind, I realized that the number of digits representing my debt and bank account didn’t actually give me real power, purpose, or fulfillment. I saw that I was responsible for giving myself those experiences.
I knew that nothing came from the outer world but was first generated from within me. From this understanding, I started to become financially free and realize I was the master of my financial destiny.
"Find God. This is your mission. You are the center of the Universe. Your center is God, Consciousness, Absolute Reality, Perfection. This is the only peace that exists. You have absolutely nothing to give up, nothing to surrender, nothing to let go of. You are already liberated." ~Robert Adams
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