Wayne M. Manning  

Team,

Thanks to all of you who have contacted me, or who have read what I have written regarding Law of Attraction basics, and other information that may or may not have been of interest to you, but your read it nevertheless.  Thank you for your continued interest.  It is because of this continued interest that I write to you today. 

I am eager to discuss the subject of MONEY!!  We could all use a lot more of it, and candidly, that is what the higher powers want for you as well.  Let me first jump in by saying that if per chance, you don't think money is spiritual, then you have a lot of work to do.  First, we have a number of passages in the bible that talk about the possibility that money, or the love of money is the root of all evil.  In particular, Jesus himself was quoted as saying, "It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Heaven."

Along with all of the other interpretation done to our Bible, It is important to understand the real meaning behind the passages, for your own safety.  I would like to address this one in particular.  I am a lover of the Word, the Bible, and yet I also am one who will consider myself kind of "non denominational" in the traditional sense.  The sad fact is that today, the variance among the peoples of the world as to the nature of God is part of the reason we are in the trouble we are currently in, and not just in the United States.  Many of the wars currently raging across the globe are, at the heart, wars of the nature of God.  Therefore, while I may use the word God, please think of whatever entity you choose of the individual or power that is at the helm of the universe.  It is not so important what you call this power or energy or person - just that you are aware of it, and then we don't have to deal with the baggage that goes with calling it God.  Some will be offended, and for those, I certainly mean no harm, and do apologize.  I am eager to get this message across to as many as possible.

Be it as it may, I want to address the camel and the eye of the needle.  When Jesus was talking to his followers and discussed the camel and the eye of the needle, just as with other parables, those that were in tune to his message immediately understood what he was saying, and those who weren't, well...didn't.  Parables were a sort of code that Jesus could use to talk to his disciples without irritating the rulers of law.  In parables, he could tell stories, that taught the message.  Those who were seeking enlightenment, could pick up on what was said.  Those on-lookers who were there to make sure he wasn't causing trouble were none the wiser.  As with the camel and the eye of the needle, Jesus was emphasising a point about how we get to heaven - we take with us only what we can bring inside us.  So too was the "eye of the needle" or a well-known gate cut into the walls surrounding Jerusalem, where the entrance was so small and narrow that even camels had to get on their knees to enter the gate, and certainly if they had any parcels on them, then there was no entrance into the "eye of the needle."  Likewise in the case of rich men.  If they chose to enter the city through the "eye of the needle" then they would have to do so with only what they had in their minds.  Because the gate was far too small to allow belongings to go with.  Heaven is the same way.  No baggage allowed - except the emotional kind ;)

Ok, back to Money and spirituality.  Once more from the bible.  Remember the parable of the talents?  To those who took the talents (a form of money) and developed them, and turned them into more, then they got even more talents.  In fact, they were given the talents that the ones who didn't do anything with them had had.  If you were one of the ones who tried to hide your talents so you didn't lose them, well... you lost them anyway.  In the parable, the master took them from the slothful and gave them to the ones who knew how to develop the talents. 

T. Harv Eker, the author of the The Millionaire Mind and president of Peak Potentials Training had this to say about money:

"There is a secret psychology to money.  Most people don't know about it.  That's why most people never become financially successful.  A lack of money is not the problem; it is merely a symptom of what is going on inside you."

WOW!!!  Something going on inside you???  That implies it is something I can change!  Well, that is the exact truth, and as the bible says, the truth shall make you free!!

In 1910 a funny looking little man with a funny little name, Wallace Wattles, wrote a fabulous book that has stood the test of time.  The book is The Science of Getting Rich and if you are at all familiar with the book, or movie or audiobook by Rhonda Byrne called The Secret, then you know that this book is the one that Rhonda was reading at the outset of The Secret that changed her life!!  Many others have reported the same thing - a book writtin 98 years ago is changing the lives of people today!!  Imagine that!!  Today is the day and age where we have it all!  We have fax, and phone and internet, and mp3 files, and airplanes to travel the globe, and Windows Vista and cars and leisure, and everything and whew....!  But in 1910, this little man knew the truth.  In part, he said two things I want you to keep in mind.  First, he said that having money is NOT a by-product of who you know, where you live, what kind of business you are in, or any other outside factor.  Instead, he indicated that having money came as a result of doing and thinking in "a certain way."  In fact he went on to say that having money was the result of these things, and if you act and think in this "certain way," then money is in fact A MATHEMATICAL CERTAINTY!  Wattles went on to say that "thinking is the hardest work any man will ever enter into, and therefore, many will shy away from it and not do it, and therefore, not gain riches.

Wait wait wait, you say.  So you are telling me that in 1910, a man wrote a book and said that getting rich is a mathematical certainty if I can do and think in a certain way???  That is EXACTLY what I am saying.  And I'm not saying you have to be the brainiac your parents told you that you had to be.  This isn't rocket science.

Ok, so here goes.  Here is the position on how to do it - how to get your mind wrapped around this process and to get rich.  Keep in mind, it is work - hard work.  I will agree with Wallace Wattles that it is some of the most difficult work you will ever do.  I'm not talking physical labor that breaks backs and blisters the hands, but instead takes you deep inside your mind - a place where only the brave will ever dare to go.  The facts are the facts, and work or not, I will let you clearly know that being poor SUCKS!!!  and I would much rather do the work described herein than continue to live a life being poor and doing without and watching those around me have the good life for my whole, friggen life!!  Here it is:

Step One:  Identity on paper, your limiting beliefs about money.  I would be willing to bet that from early childhood, you were programmed to think about money a certain way.  This certain way is called your money blueprint.  Don't worry, you didn't have much to do with how it came in to being.  If you have ever heard the following phrases, then you have a negative money blueprint:

We can't afford it
Money doesn't grow on trees
You have to have money to make money
Rich people are snobs
Money can't buy happiness
Money is the root of all evil
You aren't spiritual if you have money
Look at how sick and rude old Daddy Warbucks is - I'd rather have my health than money
You kids spend money like water
There are starving people in China so don't waste
etc.
etc.
etc.

You could fill in your own, no doubt.  Think back to some specific beliefs you have about money.  If you can't seem to get going on this exercise, and don't know what your money blueprint is, then just look at your current money situation.  I will absolutely guarantee that you are currently living your money blueprint.  Either you have no money left over after the bills are paid, or you haven't paid the bills to begin with, or anytime you get any money of any substance, you immediately find a way to lose it, or you are at a job you hate and doesn't pay enough to pay your bills, or at least not enough to pay your bills and have what you want also,  etc.  Does any of this sound like you?  Then think harder.  Write down your limiting beliefs about money, even if it something not as common as I have listed above.  I had one client write down that one time she showed her paycheck to her husband, thinking he would be so proud of her for her accomplishments, and she was floored to discover that he was actually upset by it - you see, he had never had a paycheck that large his entire career.  And because of that little experience, my client learned that she shouldn't dishonor her husband in that way ever again by earning more money than him.  She believed she had humiliated him, even though he never said as much.  Apparantly his face had said it for him.  Read in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles for more examples like this.

Step Two:  Now that you have the beliefs written out on paper, talk back to them.  One by one, uncover the lies implicit in the beliefs you have come to believe.  Challenge them, make fun of them, argue with them.  Of course, do this on paper.  For example, for the belief of "money doesn't grow on trees" simply write something like, "I never said money grew on trees, but nevertheless, it is just paper and ink afterall, and nothing more.  To think of money as anything sacred or above just ordinary materials is too far flung from reality.  Money can come as easily to me as any other material made of paper and ink."  Another example, you could say, "Money is the root of all philanthropy!" and "Money is the root of great vacations!"  "Money might be the root of evil for those who are evil, but I am a good person who is generous, and growth seeking, and love helping others and I will use this money to become a force for good in this world."  Keep going until you have found the lie in each of the beliefs you have come to believe.  Sometimes it will take you a few minutes, or hours, or maybe even days to come up with the real truth.  I promise you this: if you spend the time to discover the lies of the beliefs taught you by others, you can change your blueprint, and change your life.  I promise you that!!

Step Three:  This is the most important step.  Even if you are slack on steps one and two, do not cut corners on Step Three.  Take your debunked, old belief, and replace it with something new and something useful.  For example, come up with a quick, written belief that says something like, "Money is a spiritual matter.  [God] wants me to be happy and to have all the prosperity that life allows.  Therefore, money comes to me quickly and easily and in large quantities, by the grace of God, for the benefit of many."  (I borrowed some of the language here from Jack Canfield in The Success Principles,  a book I highly recommend to you as essential reading for changing your life for the better.)  Your new belief needs to be believable to you.  In fact, it needs to spark you up inside and really get your motor running.  Say this new belief outloud now.  Say it in front of a mirror.  Say it to your dog or cat, just say it several times and with conviction.  If you are really gung ho, and I should hope at this point you may be, then memorize some of your new beliefs.  Either way, each day for at least 30 days, you need to say these beliefs to yourself outloud.  Do this for each of the old beliefs.  If you like, write an affirmation to yourself incorporating your new beliefs about money, and memorize it and say it aloud each day, many times in a day.  Write it on a three by five card, and post it on your bathroom mirror, and on the refrigerator, and on your bedside table, etc.  Anywhere where you will see it lots, remember it, and truly speak it to yourself on a regular, frequent basis.

Change Your Life in 30 Days

Yep, you say these new beliefs to yourself for at least 30 days.  This allows the new beliefs to sink in deep and kick out the old beliefs.  What happens if you only say it for 25 days, or even 29 days?  Well, the latest neuro science tells us that it takes 30 days for your brain to create the new neuro pathways for belief in your mind.  Years ago, we used to believe it was only 21 days to make a new habit or belief, and now we know better.  Today, we know it takes 30 days.  To make doubly sure that you have taken that belief deep within you, say it outloud to yourself for even more than 30 days.  Do so for 45 or 60 days, and really get it to sink in.  Your subconscious mind will begin to find ways to make your new beliefs come into reality, just as your old beliefs had come into reality.  Keep in mind that strong emotions actually help the growth of the dendrites of the neurons in the brain.  The fact is this:  beliefs instilled with passion and emotion are hundreds of thousands of times MORE POWERFUL than just rote memorized passages.  So do yourself a favor and get excited about it. 

I have spent many hours pondering and reading, and praying and asking and trying to understand what causes the necessary changes I need to make in my own life to be able to bring the good things into my reality.  What I discovered was that the subconscious of each of us is doing the majority of the work (from 80% - 95%) and the beliefs in the subconscious are the ones ruling what I am experiencing as my reality today.  Then I wondered how I change my subconscious.  There are a number of ways, but there is one fail safe way that anyone can use, and begin to use right now, and that is this: affirmations.  You create the new belief you are wanting and set it out in the form of an affirmation - a short paragraph or two incorporating what you are wanting, why you deserve it, and be sure and speak gratitude to the powers that give it to you.  I will write another article about affirmations and gratitude going forward. 

I am very willing to take questions and to refer you to other places to get more information.  My undying thanks to my mentors, Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor, and the posthumous benefit of the work of Wallace Wattles in my own life.  Please write me here at Blogtalkradio.com, or to my email direct of wmanning@pmglobalconsulting.com.  God bless.