posted April 07, 2006 01:32 PM         

Btw, It is more powerful to Live your Truth than to preach it.

Later.

posted April 08, 2006 03:12 PM         

Nicely said, Iqhunk! I wholeheartedly agree.

pchann33, I hear you! I dont follow any one type of religion myself. I only believe in the 'God' within each of us. The money mystique just plain works on it's own.

I just wanted to add that my thoughts on this werent coming from a place of judgement or directed at anyone else. I was voicing things that I am still learning about myself. This is a subject of great interest to me, having lived most of my life with a strong poverty consciousness. Which I had been struggling to pull myself out of for a long time.

Lotus, please refrain from telling people how you think THEIR personal universe works. Yes, actually, things HAVE changed in one single instant for me, many times. It's about a shift in perspective. If you dont think it's possible for you to change your world instantly, then you are right. And you wont. You wont bring that particular reality into your world. It will not be true for you because you have chosen not to manifest/believe it for yourself.

You do not live in my body, walk in my shoes or see through my eyes. This is MY earthly experience. One I have chosen to live my own particular way. Just like we all have.
There is no right or wrong route or Way on the path back to oneness. Only choice. Some paths are longer and strewn with more 'obstacles' than others. That is what people have chosen for thier own personal experience. Who are you to tell them which way to go? Or that they are doing it or thinking it wrong. We are all headed in the same direction, some will take longer to get there than others. That should be none of your concern. You are not here to save people. Some people have chosen this lifetime to experience enormous depths of emotion on the way, walk a Thunderbolt Path. Or a path that you might label as wrong. Others will seem to glide on through the human condition and take an easier route. This isnt bad or good, right or wrong. It just is. We all come here for our own learning processes - not anyone elses.

I'm mentioning these things in hope that you might take something from it this time. As right now we are mirroring one another and I have actually learned something from you, but you dont seem to want to open your eyes to anyone else. And ask why they are repeating the same things to you or have just given up talking to you. People here have told you over and over again these same kind of things but you dont get it. And that is okay. But you are stalling your progress by telling OTHERS how to live their own lives and how things should be seen. You can only lead others by example. Point out to them that the path is within, no one else will ever have Your answers.

Lotusheartone's Way is not the sane Way everyone else needs to go. Dont worry so much about others. They are exactly where they need to be on their paths whether you think so or not. What seems like a bad choice to you, may be exactly where that person needs to go in their own learning experience to potentially grow from it. You cannot tell others how to live their lives. That does not help them one bit.

We learn ONLY by our own unique experiences, not by others telling us what to do and think. And we place every seeming hurdle in our own way. It is not the doings of an angry God or bad karma. It is your own God within placing something there to grow from. Or stay stuck at. Always - your choice.

These are golden opportunities for you to possibly realize that it is your very own thoughts that are bringing these problems, people, crisis', etc into your experience.

Change your thoughts and change your world. We are not powerless creatures, stuck in a karmic web. Unless we choose to be.

posted April 09, 2006 08:05 PM         

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Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark. --Nathaniel Peat

posted April 11, 2006 12:36 PM         

Lotus, I didnt mean to hurt you, if I did. That truly was not my intention.

I think someday you will know that.

posted May 24, 2006 06:00 PM         

I believe in the power of prosperity, but Steve does not.

posted May 24, 2006 08:26 PM         

I could start seperating the bills- his & mine. That way it won't be a money pool but more individualized. The problem is when he runs out of money-well,let's just say-I'm a sucker.

Is it possible to give too much? I know that Linda had to file for bankruptcy. I give away a lot (what I consider a lot) of money, and I end up having to write a bad check at the end of the month to just to survive.

I love to give. My heart breaks when I see my friends or my kids going without simple pleasures or nesessities, but then I'm the one who goes without.

posted May 25, 2006 04:19 AM         

However, if your outlet pipe is 1 inch diameter and the inlet pipe from the Universe is 1/10th of an inch, then the flow speed is going to be pathetic.

How many hours have you spent thinking less about yourself? How many times did you feel like a victim of circumstances? How many times did you suppress the seed of desire to be very wealthy?

You have to change your mental polarity.
You have to start thinking that you deserve
25,000$ or more every month.

You have to write down your financial goals and mentally affirm for hours that you deserve to be wealthy.

Meditative Visualizations help. You need to imagine sending out all the Navy Blue colour out of your body and Aura, out through the crown of your head into a Sun attached to it. That Sun is your Higher Self, waiting to colect your negative expereinces with wealth
so that the positive storehouse can be sent.

You next need to imagine downloading bright medium green colour of wealth into your Aura. Surround every cell with this bright medium green, lush abundant verdant green. breath in wealth, more of it.

Visualize paychecks with your name written on them. Thousands of them flowing in through crown into your Aura.

Imagine them with this writing very vividly:
Pay Kim Rogers 250 Million Dollars
Pay Kim Rogers 250 Billion Dollars

and so on. Never mind the amount. The Universe is infinite, there is a trillion dollars and more for ever microbe and ant, leave alone humans.

Do this religiously without disappointment. It may take weeks and months but the Inlet pipe will grow bigger and bigger.

Money making opportunities will come. This will spill over into Steve who will change dramatically.

You may be able to consult others who suffered into changing.

You may get book deals.

You may discover better healing methods and train others.

You could suddenly win the lotto when inspired in a dream to fill out the correct numbers.

Trust in God and your Higher Self, your personal you who is already an Angel.

posted May 25, 2006 04:17 PM         

Is it possible to meditate on more than one thing w/o getting spread to thin?

I appreciate your input; I am just to new to New Age to comprehend the art of it. can you break it down in beginners terms?

posted May 25, 2006 07:24 PM         

After my last post I read your reply 3-4 times. I get most of it. All of this thread didn't fall on deaf ears. I was gathering up books to give away, and I found 4 books on meditation. Most I didn't realize I had. After reading & absorbing them I will give those away too.

posted May 25, 2006 07:46 PM         

I will need 2 people to help me write this; one with a strong science/astonomy background, and one to help with character developement. If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be let me know.

Thanks to everyone who is trying to help me understand. I really appreciate your patience with me, & some of my silly questions.

posted May 26, 2006 06:14 AM         

It is not at all selfish to collect for the sake of giving. The good intention purifies the short term selfishness of the act.
And storing goods for sentiment is not selfish either. Storing with fear that one may not have enough, that alone is dangerous because it blocks the flow.

The rule of giving is to give a maximum of 50% after setting aside for needs. Giving away 100% is not recommended.

posted June 05, 2006 08:13 PM         

I have been divorced for 18 months and I was scared to death that I won't be able to provide for my daughter and myself. Somehow I managed and many times when I was absolutely desperate money appeared from strangest sources. I make decent money and my daughter, a high school student works part time. We have a nice condo, we drive nice cars and I worked very hard on getting the best deals on mortgage and cars. Unfortunately, the cost of living in the area where I live is very high, mostly due to taxes and insurances - things we have really no control of.

Here is my problem and if someone could help me through it I would be thankful for the rest of my life. I don't hoard, I love to give things away, I am frugal and I would starve before I miss my mortgage payment. However, when I sat down to figure out my budget as a single parent for the first time, I saw very clearly - I don't make enough. But there was no way out, no way back, no one to help.... so I did what seemed the only logical thing to do. I added all my bills, scheduled certain payments to each week and decided that we will live on whatever is left. Well, while all my bills were paid on time, unexpected little expences like gifts, extra doctor visits and prescriptions, small household or car repairs, little help for my parents and sometimes even groceries slowly but surely ate my savings and put me in the red.

Basically I based my budget on ignoring pretty much all of our personal needs besides food. I am not even talking about movies, dinners out and some sort of fun shopping - spending $15 on face lotion is a big decision for me. BTW the pantry/ketchup discussion at the begining of this thread made me smile. My pantry is empty, I just use it as a broom closet. All my canned goods and dry stuff fits in the cupboard. If I have 1/4 bottle of vegetable oil I plan on it to last me 2 weeks. And it does . Generally, when it comes to food I would much rather not have something what I might want, than have something go bad and throw it away.

Anyway, I guess, I just can't get my head out of the sand and admit that whatever I like it or not our personal needs, as small as I try to make them, are still at least twice the size of my allowance. I know, this is such a wrong approach. I mean, if don't value myself enough how can I expect be valued by the Universe and receive not the bare minimum but something to actually enjoy and share.