Someone emailed me this question the other day and I thought it was something a lot of people could relate to so decided to share it and my response here…<\/p>\n
I believe I am very ‘close’ to realisation\/ awakening……whatever you call it!! However, money is just a mountain to me (always has been, truth be known! Even when I had lots of it!!) So, I ‘retired’ in February, when I realised that I was doing all of this ‘spiritual work’, and I haven’t changed! I thought that more courses and time with the body, would change things!\u00a0 So 5 months on, I am broke, in debt, and bills mounting!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I keep ‘thinking’, I just need to be grateful, and get out of that\u00a0 ‘Monkey Mind’, and life would be sweet!!! To be more exact, I have had times of incredible peace and stillness……no mind! Stunning!!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n My question is……..if I can concentrate on being ‘present’, do I get ‘inspired’ wisdom on what to do? What do I say to my girlfriend, and the bank I owe money to?? It seems that I am spinning my wheels, to no avail, and just making things worse. I know that when I relax and just ‘allow’, things will change…..but how do I appease the current situation? I am very aware, I am not a body, and I can sink into awareness and stillness quite easily now, but my current situation….’pulls me back to ‘life”!!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I think the realization you’ve had is a very common one and it is\u00a0 that we make personal growth very action-oriented and we do many programs etc\u2026 and then we realize that not much has sunk in on a deeper level, we see not much has changed at all in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n That’s okay and it’s great that you’re seeing that. The lack of results from all this effort in its various forms does not mean you have failed or were doing anything \u2018wrong.\u2019\u00a0 Essentially the only problem is that we have resistance to the ideas and we just don’t allow our minds to be changed in a meaningful consistent way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The crux of this work boils down to nothing more than changing our minds. And while we may engage in various actions, routines and rituals to support this inner shift, spiritual work is not action-oriented at its core. It is not about \u2018doing,\u2019 it is about \u2018being.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So essentially you don’t need to worry about doing stuff anymore, unless something really speaks to you. But with where you are now, not feeling pressure to do something is probably going to be helpful. But it might be a bit uncomfortable since we’re so used to believing action is the root cause of change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And this doesn’t mean that action won’t play a role. If there’s anything you can do practically that you think would help your situation or help you feel more relaxed about what’s happening, then of course do those things. We want to recognize the difference between looking beyond our situation, knowing it can change, and being in denial about it. The latter may keep us from doing things that will ultimately help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Money is a big one for a lot of us and it’s easy to think that our actual problem is with money itself. But it’s just certain broader more general energies manifesting in specific ways. And this is one of the ways it shows up a lot for people, usually along with relationships of various kinds, but especially romantic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So essentially yes your primary task right now is to work internally and in a calmer frame of mind you may get inspiration to do certain things, you’ll know what to say in certain situations etc\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Just don’t be afraid to let up any fear or whatever else is coming up right now. If we try to suppress or ignore that in favor of trying to cultivate positivity, that’s usually not going to work very well. And this is because the negative energies that are driving the desire for change will continue to dominate.<\/span><\/p>\n Book a Session<\/a><\/p>\n