By Schelli Whitehouse

CONSCIOUSNESS OF MONEY

through your own reflections of money.

Reflections of Money in History Our deep seated societal beliefs about money stem all the way back to our earliest recorded history. Other than the bible’ s telling of the Good Samaritan there are only a handful of stories about people of wealth reaching out to help someone in need, much less influencing the masses with their wealth for the greater good. When you bring the history of money( in our society) into perspective it will help you to understand why many of us behave in such a schizophrenic manner over matters of money.

Until very recent history it was nearly impossible for anyone not born into wealth to achieve much more

than their hereditary station in life would provide. Over the past several thousand years we have been

conditioned to associate monetary wealth with greed, avarice and corruption. This stereotype is portrayed in nearly every movie we’ ve ever watched. Poor people are good, rich people are evil.

It has only been within the past 250 years where we have experienced an acceleration of individuals creating their own independent wealth outside of inheritance or internal promotion. This is a new wealth stemming from the creative genius of individuals who are open to see a need in their communities and find a way to fill it.

Even more recently for women, where it has only been 177 years since we were granted the right to own property and we

didn’ t officially enter the workforce until the 1920’ s( less than 100 years ago!) 1. Today our own unique expression

Competition breeds fear and discontent. When we enter a mindset of competition with regards to money we are exhibiting a belief that there is not enough for all and that someone must do without.

of service is actually honored and sought after. We can celebrate a new order of transparency and collaboration. Well, at least that’ s the new ideal. Yes, we have made leaps and bounds, and if we are to continue to grow into a more collaborative, socially caring society, we need to pay attention to our everyday behavior and mindset, lest we get complacent and spiral backwards toward an archaic, outdated system of might vs. right.

Reflections of a Competitive Money Mindset“ For the economy is little more than a barometer that registers the highs and lows of consciousness.” – Eric Butterworth, Spiritual Economics

Competition

breeds fear and discontent. When we enter a mindset of competition with regards to money we are exhibiting a belief that there is not enough for all and that someone must do without. If your mindset is competition for a finite amount of money in the world then you’ re in a constant state of judging whether or not you deserve what you have, or whether or not someone else deserves what they have. You may feel that if you have more, someone else must have less. This is a prevalent societal belief that has helped to allow our U. S. Supreme Court system to rule that‘ Corporations are People” and that dollars = votes2. Competition for wealth in the form of land and natural resources has been at the forefront of nearly every major war and invasion since the beginning of time.

Reflections on What You Expect“ People consciously see what they expect, rather than what violates their expectations” – Anil K. Seth, Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness

If we want our money system to be different in our life and society we have to do the hard work and re-wire our personal thinking and mindset first. If we continually expect to be treated unfairly with regards to money because‘ that’ s the way

it’ s always been’, then we will continue to get ever increasing unfair treatment.

We will not fix our economy or our own personal finances with the same thinking, beliefs and actions that got us here in the first place. One of the well-known fathers of modern coaching, Thomas Leonard said,“ How you do one thing is how you do everything.” Therefore one can assume, How you do money is how you do everything.

Some people will totally agree with the first statement and then completely disagree with the second. It’ s a perfect example of how people have come to compartmentalize money as something separate from their moral and psychic fabric.

The flow of money in your life is directly linked to your thoughts and expectations around money, most of which fall into the four primary mindsets.

Check to see if any of the following statements are true for you:

You may find aspects of yourself in more than one of these statements. Most of our beliefs and perceptions around money have been handed down to us from family, peers, clergy and the media. We have been told what to believe and how to behave in a way that is not authentic to our own soul’ s purpose. Of course this applies to many, many more circumstances in our lives, but for now, let’ s stick with money.

Reflections of Truth about Money " If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite."-- William Blake

Whatever‘ eyes’ you use to perceive the world of money and abundance is the reflection you see in your personal mirror. What you see is your present truth and will remain so until you shift your perspective. Somewhat like looking at those images that contain more than one scene. It may look like a painting of a pastoral setting( and it is), however, when you shift your perspective and soften your gaze an entirely new scene appears of dolphins or whales or something completely unrelated to the predominant image.

We have now entered a new place in history with the opportunity to change our relationship with