Today’s Mandala Message: Heal Your Money Relationship
This week I’m working through Principle #57 “You Get What You Focus On”. I set my intention today to ponder healing my money relationship. From a MindValley.com blog post by Amy White entitled “5 Steps to Rewind Your Relationship with Money she states: “Just like you have a relationship with your best pal, your partner, and your parents, you also have a relationship with your money. Because of this, it pays to treat it well. And while you might not take your cash out on a coffee date, it falls on your money to fund it. No matter how painful, stressful, or downright awkward we find the subject, we can’t deny that money, or at least our relationship with it heavily influences our lives. While having lots of it may not guarantee long-lasting contentment, it sure as hell guarantees problems if you don’t tend to your relationship with money.”
She shares 4 of Ken Honda’s 5 steps to improving our relationship with money:
Step 1: Shake off your bad money juju. She share Honda’s visualization exercise about seeing “our concept of money” sitting in a chair in front of us. We then listen to what it has to say to us. (go to the blog post link for a more detailed description of the exercise)
Step 2: Jump on the happy money bandwagon. “So let’s say you have $20 in your purse or wallet. If you earned that money fair and square in a way that served others, the money is smiling. It’s Happy Money. If you received it with gratitude and positivity, it’s even happier. If you open your wallet and look at it with a smile, it’s the happiest it can be.” If we earned it in a negative way, or didn’t thank it when we received or spent it, it becomes “Sad Money”.
Step 3: Practice the arigato money mantra. “‘Arigato Money’ means ‘thank you money’ in Japanese. It’s an ingenious way to encourage us to fully receive money as it flows to us with thanks, and fully spend it, with thanks. — ‘Arigato in, arigato out, as money flows and as it goes!’ says Ken.”
Step 4: Give and share. “…when we’re grateful for our blessings and are aware of the ‘enoughness’ of what we have, we’re much more likely to give and share. And when we give and share, we’re sending a clear message into the universe (and our subconscious) that we are abundant.”
He has a fifth step where he suggests you identify your money EQ type. For that you need to take his master class or join his community. If you’re not ready for that he does offers some free resources to get you/us started or visit his YouTube Channel.
I can see where following the first four steps alone could make a huge difference in my/our relationship with money. Strangely enough it could also work with almost any relationships we have. For me, I will definitely start thanking money more…especially as I spend it.
A good mindfulness practice would be to ponder your relationship with money and how best to heal it.
So how about you? What’s your relationship with money like? How well do you get along with money? Could it use some healing?
“Your relationship with money
— Amy White
will dictate
the quality of your life
now and in the future.”
Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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