"Until you can say 'I can let my energy flow under any and all conditions' you will not really be free." - Abraham-Hicks
FREEDOM. That’s a big part of WHY we want to be rich, isn’t it? Isn’t one BIG reason you want to be rich (or richer) the belief that you will experience more FREEDOM? When you think of having an abundance of money, or having financial independence, isn’t a wonderful aspect of this the greater sense of FREEDOM you hope to experience?
Well, what if you didn’t have to wait for the money, to have this experience?
I believe you needn’t WAIT for this wonderful experience of FREEDOM. I believe you needn’t put it off until you have the financial and material wealth and riches you desire. My experience tells me that this experience of FREEDOM exists in potential in each moment, HERE AND NOW. And we EXPERIENCE it by opening ourselves up to it.
The EXPERIENCE OF FREEDOM is primarily a mental and emotional state. It has nothing to do with what you have or DON’T have, materially and financially. It has to do with what you think, believe and feel. And when you find, allow or create this mental and emotional state of being, you align and harmonize yourself with the riches and wealth you desire. You put yourself in ‘the flow’ of it.
“The Bible has taught us, metaphysics has taught us, myth has taught us, that if you get into THE FLOW, if you do what you’re supposed to do, you’ll be rewarded with riches you’ve never even imagined. And so what I have received is the natural order of things. You always, always reap what you sow.” - - Oprah Winfrey (from p. 6 of ‘Making A Living Without A Job’ by Barbara J. Winter)
It makes sense doesn’t it? That if you truly experience more freedom, you will attract more of the conditions that align with it? (Law of Attraction. Like Begets Like.)
It seems to me that the rich experience of FREEDOM is a possibility that exists in every moment. I believe that by attuning ourselves to it and experiencing it, we then ATTRACT to ourselves the means, experiences, ideas, coincidences, and relationships that harmonize with it. In other words, we get into the flow of being rich.
You might think it is not possible for you, in your particular circumstances, to experience this kind of FREEDOM. If this is so, then I suggest you contemplate the following:
“We create our own heaven or hell. Your thoughts can imprison you or set you free. Complications, conditions or people do not upset you, but the way you think about them causes your upset. Freedom is not possible until we discipline and retrain our minds.” p. 124 of Choose To Live Peacefully by Susan Smith Jones, Ph.D.
It is NOT up to others or circumstances WHAT and HOW we think. It is up to US. Most people seem to be unwilling to take full responsibility for what they think. They blame others. Or, they blame their circumstances. Thus, most people give away at least SOME of their fundamental POWER.
I believe that the POWER to create our lives as we want is primarily a mental and emotional one. When we blame we GIVE AWAY some of this power. (Even when the blame is pointed towards ourselves.)
You can tell when you’ve given away some of your POWER by how you feel.
Let me repeat that:
You can tell when you’ve given away some of your POWER by how you FEEL.
Doesn’t it make sense that if you want to have your life unfold as you really want it to, you need to take back this power? You might think it’s unrealistic to have this kind of power with your thinking and feelings. If so, then I suggest you contemplate the following:
“If you say, “I just can’t help the way I feel,” you will only make yourself a victim of your misery ~ and you’ll be fooling yourself, because you can change the way you feel. If you want to feel better, you must realize that your thoughts and attitudes--not external events--create your feelings. You can learn to change the way your think, feel, and behave in the here-and-now.” - from The Feeling Good Handbook by Dr. David Burns
I am not EXCELLENT at this. I am not a MASTER of this way of being. And it seems to me that it takes time and a certain kind of effort and intent to become excellent and masterful at it. But so what? So what if it takes time and effort, if it PAYS to do this?
I keep returning to this kind of mental practice and effort, precisely because it seems to PAY OFF. It seems to pay off in:
More Fulfilling Relationships Fortunate ‘Coincidences’ More experience of joy, gratitude, happiness, inner peace, fun, delight, wonder, awe, etc. Better Health. More MONEY!! A better experience of life and myself.
(And also because it simply FEELS GOOD to FEEL GOOD!! And good or better feelings is one of the more immediate rewards of it.)
OK, so I’m having one of those ‘feel good’ moments right now, and I’m inspired to prattle on like this. Forgive me if it offends you. (But don’t blame me for how you feel about it,…. Only what you THINK or believe about what I write causes you to feel however you do about it.)
Do you want this formulized more simply? Then just think ‘Like Attracts Like.” The more you FEEL FREE (or peace, or love, etc.) the more you will come to experience the rich material, real conditions that reflect or mirror that inner freedom. The Inner Becomes The Outer.
By the way, have you noticed that when you TRULY feel wonderful and free, you are not concerned about money (or any other thing)? It’s as if you TRANSCEND all these concerns. This reminds me of the passage:
“Which of you by taking thought [concern, worry, fretting, doubting] can add one cubit unto his stature?”
So, if you are not fretting or worrying or anxieting your way to a better life, how will you do it? You will do it by loving, delighting, gliding, flowing, easing, musing, giggling, pondering, wondering, dreaming, affirming, believing, desiring, accepting, constructively acting and FREE-ing your way to it.
Phil
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Thank you Phil for giving us more insight about the book. You are more than a blessing to me indeed we are free being John 3:8 Jesus says when we believe in Him being the maker of heaven and earth and everything in Him we are like the wind. What a blessing to know that i do not have any limitation in me if He lives in me.
quote:Originally posted by Joe A: Phil, will you PLEASE get all of your writings in one book and offer it for sale? What are you waiting for? You can do an e-book for next to nothing and already have a waiting audience. Or, how about a regular newsletter (that you could charge for)? Get on the stick, man. I'm getting tired of printing out all of your posts.
Thanks JOE,
I had a hearty laugh of APPRECIATION from your post. There’s a smile on my face right now, as I write this.
Truth is, I like to THINK and WRITE about this stuff. When I think of organizing it all into a book or newsletter my enthusiasm fades. Thinking and writing about this stuff gives me greater clarity and helps me in my life. Sharing as I do, I hope to help others.
But I AM at least putting in a little effort towards organizing these thoughts. I have a file on my computer called ‘Book Articles’ and every now and then I go to it and do a bit of editing and organizing. (Precisely because of people like you who have encouraged me to do so, so thank you again.)
In the mean time, I am grateful if I am helping anyone in any way. That thought fills my heart in a wonderful way.
Phil
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Phil, will you PLEASE get all of your writings in one book and offer it for sale? What are you waiting for? You can do an e-book for next to nothing and already have a waiting audience. Or, how about a regular newsletter (that you could charge for)? Get on the stick, man. I'm getting tired of printing out all of your posts.
