A few days ago I woke up to the Marianne Williamson's quote that Govinda Kay had posted on his Facebook wall:
I believe that love also has material resources.
Think about Warren Buffett donating virtually all of his immense fortune (50 billion) to Bill Gates who is doing work to help all over the world to, among other things: eradicate malaria in Africa, promote small farming, saving kids from diarrhea in India, etc. (Picture from here)
Abundance, when well channeled, works for good. It requires an opening and it requires trust and proper channeling. It demands mindfulness so that we can all make this a better world.
Whenever I get caught in the scarcity complex I always think of the story of when Deepak Chopra realized in his early years as a doctor that he had to go back to India to learn about his country's ways of healing but his wife complained that they would not be able to pay the mortgage and raise their daughter. Deepak, or maybe it was Rita, his wife, asked their guru: "Where will we get the money from?", and the guru responded:
That is of course, once aligned with spirit! Here are 32 suggestions to attract abundance into your lives:
"A revolution of love is sweeping the planet. Fear has material resources, but love has cosmic support. Ultimately, love will prevail because only love is real"
Think about Warren Buffett donating virtually all of his immense fortune (50 billion) to Bill Gates who is doing work to help all over the world to, among other things: eradicate malaria in Africa, promote small farming, saving kids from diarrhea in India, etc. (Picture from here)
Abundance, when well channeled, works for good. It requires an opening and it requires trust and proper channeling. It demands mindfulness so that we can all make this a better world.
Whenever I get caught in the scarcity complex I always think of the story of when Deepak Chopra realized in his early years as a doctor that he had to go back to India to learn about his country's ways of healing but his wife complained that they would not be able to pay the mortgage and raise their daughter. Deepak, or maybe it was Rita, his wife, asked their guru: "Where will we get the money from?", and the guru responded:
The Money will come from wherever it is at the moment.
That is of course, once aligned with spirit! Here are 32 suggestions to attract abundance into your lives:
- Take all steps necessary to find out what your passion is, feeling stuck or non-motivated is a big sign that we are not passionate about what we are doing. There are countless
books
and workshops and seminars that help with the basic steps to uncover what is it we like. Short of that you could also try to write down 10 things you love to do, never mind the money part. Just find out and start including the things you love into your daily life, even if for a few minutes, because it is a well known fact that where attention goes energy flows.
- Trust. A phrase like the one up there, centered and bolded, is easy to take at face value. It is a different story to make it a visceral belief. It might take time and mostly trust. It does require an opening and a different way of seeing things, or the miracle of a change in attitude.
- Learn to receive. For example: How many times do you receive a compliment and deflect it with "oh this old thing?" Catch yourself, because you are blocking the flow of giving and receiving which are both sides of the same coin.
- There is a Hawaiian saying: "Bless that which you want". So, some yoga teacher is famous and makes lots of money, bless that. Someone is enlightened? bless that. Someone gets to travel and see the world, and you would like that, bless them! When I learned about this Hawaiian tradition it took me by surprise because for all the years I had been living up until that moment I had always thought that rich people were inherently bad.
- Prayer is perhaps the closest way to connect with spirit, especially when it is true prayer, as in a direct conversation with God. I like what Oprah said: "If you all you pray is "Thank you", that is enough"
- Say what you want about visualization, and I will say that when combined with down-to-earth reality-awareness, it works. I have made many collages in my life with images of things I wanted (lots of yoga pictures), kept it cool, but did them anyway. A collage of what you want brings about two things, 1- a clear picture of the things you want and 2- a clarification of where the energy should flow towards.
- Wayne Dyer has a special CD dedicated to help manifestations come into life. In its most basic form it consist of a morning practice of chanting "Aum" while visualizing that which you want to attract, and and chanting "Om" at night while being grateful for all the well being already present in our lives. You can get the CD here
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- The Gayatri Mantra is the most powerful japa (mantra repetition) meditation know to the Indian world. It is said to contain all the mantras in the Vedas (cream of Indian philosophy) and to bring about 33 specific benefits, including abundance, and cows. I know, that one, which is #33 left me scratching my head. Wonder how that symbolism would translate into the Western world.
- Say yes. Adopting an attitude of non-resistance is the best way to let things in and to aid the universe as it folds itself into new shapes to create the realities we would like to attract. Even if confused it is best to say "yes" first (using common sense of course), and see what happens.
- Learn to give. On the other side of #3 there is always a #10, of course. Learning to give is key, and not just in money but in energy, time, space, dedication, gratitude.
- Know that there is a reason why everything, no matter what is happening and trust universal intelligence.
- Be generous with your time and energy.
- Meditate. I have found this method very effective.
- Use your resources effectively. This means that we use what we already have in an efficient way, trusting that more or better is on the way (if that is what you want), but posting to the universe in capital letters that we are happy as it is, right now.
- Learn the value of money. There is no easy way to go around this one, I suppose it applies more to teenagers or people who never had a job, but it could also apply to me, in every day situations. I guess most readers of this blog somewhat know that money is valuable, and needs to be honored and respected, and of course, used efficiently.
- Bless money. Bless it because just like any other it is an energy that is very much a provider of our well-being.
- Be grateful for at least 32 things you have each day, including a roof over your head, food, light, eyes, books, hands, blog reading
- Do yoga. OK this one comes from the lineage, "do your practice, all is coming".
- Connect with spirit daily. Make sure that the divinity is connected throughout your activities, especially when difficulties arise, it is good to dedicate and surrender to a higher power prior to acting, it enlists the help of the Gods, why not?
- Dedicate everything you do to the divine
- Know your self worth. I even have some trouble with this one but can recognize that when we add value to the lives of others, when we enrich and help then we do have value. Putting a number on that may be a bit more complicated and it might need help, consulting with others, checking with general guidelines of the planet we live in etc, but there is a number, and it is good to know it.
- Add value to others. Always strive to offer help, to solve a problem, to find out where there is a need and fill it.
- Offer valuable stuff for free. Think about Google for example, did you know that when they started, and apparently even to this day, the first thing they ask before doing anything is: Will it be cool? will people like it? will it add value?
- Learn to charge for services too. Even Google makes money too, as long as supermarket accept only money it is fair game to accept money in return for services. Having no self worth or expecting to live under the archetype of the starving artist is very 1990's... and not even real in this world, at least in the Westerner world which is the one I write from.
- Promote your work, hey! Krishnamacharya did!
- Clean up your vocabulary. I know, this one seems to make it into every one of my lists, and there is a reason why, a clean vocabulary means mastery over verbal communication, and when we speak with elegance we are more effective, and can add more value to others.
- Create spaces and silences in conversations. This allows for new things to come in. Once the intention to create something new is out it is through blank spaces that the universe gets to fill in.
- Listen more than you talk
- See what is is that people need, keep in tune
- Compile lists of things that can help 10 people you know, and send them to them. Make sure the lists are indeed useful
- Use this beautiful visualization from the wonderful book by Shakti Gawain "Creative Visualization
" (I am paraphrasing): Imagine exactly what you want and put it in an imaginary pink bubble, then release it to the universe, see the pink bubble fly into space and affirm: "Thank you Universe because this or something better is now manifesting for me, in totally harmonious and satisfying ways for the highest good of all concerned. So be it, so it is".
- Surrender. The Gita
teaches us that we offer everything we do, including our own "being human" to the Divine. The Gita also teaches us the way of action, we live in the world and it is OK to have desires, we can't block them otherwise we create new problems. So, there is nothing wrong with desires, but we must remember that a higher intelligence is at work, so if we do not get something specific that we thought we wanted we will notice down the line why and learn, or we may never find out, but in the end we release all outcomes and let the will of our Higher Power direct our lives. Whatever will be, will be and it will contribute to our spiritual development.
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brillant!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lila :-) - Claudia
ReplyDeleteGet ready to be completely stolen from and plagiarized by me as i rework this post into my own post.
ReplyDeleteHi James, as we talked, I am happy to have the message reach other audiences like yours xo :-)
ReplyDeleteThis post was a blessing to me today. So many "good" usable ways to live the yogi life and in so doing we will help others.
ReplyDeleteI loved it!
Blessings.
Thank you. I needed these reminders. It was there when I needed it. So see, it works.
ReplyDeleteMary
Thank you Mary, I appreciate you telling me :-)
ReplyDeleteTraditionally Gayatri mantra is not for women. And if done, this is the only one that requires the person to take shower before and wear clean, washed clothes and also at sun rise, noon, sun set. Any other chant can be performed any time because one can think of god any given time. Just something I know coming from a very traditional background and wanted to share.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, by the way.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, thanks for sharing, tell me, can you point to me where does it say that is not for women? I am not doubting you I just would like to see where in the scriptures it says so... is it in the Vedas? my knowledge of the chant is limited, I only learned by buying books I found in India in the Sapna bookstore, for example, in Mysore, and it does not say anything, but perhaps you can teach me. Where did you hear / read that?
ReplyDeletesigh- this is where I can understand why some individuals feel a bit off-put by western yoga's apparent disregard for history...
ReplyDeleteIn any case- here's what wiki says:
The Gāyatrī Mantra is a highly revered mantra, based on a Vedic Sanskrit verse from a hymn of the Rigveda (3.62.10), attributed to the rishi Viśvāmitra. The mantra is named for its vedic gāyatrī metre.[1] As the verse can be interpreted to invoke the deva Savitr, it is often called Sāvitrī.[2] Its recitation is traditionally preceded by oṃ and the formula bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, known as the mahāvyāhṛti ("great utterance").
The Gayatri Mantra is repeated and cited very widely in vedic literature,[3] and praised in several well-known classical Hindu texts such as Manusmṛti,[4] Harivamsa,[5] and the Bhagavad Gita.[6][7] The mantra is an important part of the upanayanam ceremony for young males in Hinduism, and has long been recited by Brahmin males as part of their daily rituals. Modern Hindu reform movements spread the practice of the mantra to include women and all castes and its use is now very widespread
Just to specify, the wiki entry does not focus on "yoga" but Hinduism.
ReplyDeleteFurther info on the wiki page:
In the later 19th century, Hindu reform movements extended the chanting of the Gayatri Mantra beyond caste and gender limitations. In 1898, Swami Vivekananda began initiating non-Brahmins with the sacred thread ceremony and the Gayatri Mantra. He based this on the interpretations of the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita that Brahmin status is earned and not hereditary.[42] The Arya Samaj notably spread the teaching that recitation of the mantra was not limited to males, but that women could rightfully be taught both the Vedas and the Gayatri Mantra.[43][44] In his writings, S. Radhakrishnan encouraged the teaching of Gayatri mantra to men and women of all castes.
Hi Claudia,
ReplyDeleteVisualization hasn't worked for me. Did the Dyer method ever actually produce results for you? Do you have any examples of any visualization techniques actually working in your life. I don't mean to seem negative, I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this.
I like your blog and wish you all the best!
-michael
Thanks Michael, I would say that visualization is NOT for every body, the fact that you are brining the word negative even though in a positive sense makes me wonder weather it might be for your or not... there is an openess and trust that goes with this, I doubt it would work otherwise... but that is OK, it is not the only thing.
ReplyDeleteAs per me, it has worked very well yes, I am a believer, I have used everything I mention in this post and continue to do so.
Good luck!