I, like many others, want to have more financial freedom. I want to have passive or nearly passive income to be able to have the freedom and time to do the things that I am convinced that I need to do in this lifetime and to give of my gifts freely to others without constantly worrying about income. A recent opportunity that did give me passive income for some time, has proved to not work out in the long run. When reflecting on this I realised that I did get too attached to this particular source of income. Of course when I opened A Course in Miracles on a seemingly random page a couple of days later I got this message:
"Idols are limits. They are the belief that there are forms that will bring happiness, and that, by limiting, is all attained. It is as if you said, "I have no need of everything. This little thing I want, and it will be as everyhing to me." And this must fail to satisfy, because it is your will that everything be yours. Decide for idols and you ask for loss. Decide for truth and everything is yours." (ACIM Text p. 630)
When I am looking for specific answers for situations in my life I tend to find that I get exactly what I want from the Course or some other source. Bear in mind I often open it up on a seemingly random page nowadays and this time was no exception.
Around the same day I was reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda where his guru quotes Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
Let's just say, I got the message quite clearly. To live a satisfying life, physically, materially, mentally and spiritually, it is best to not get attached to specific outcomes or sources of material satisfaction in this case. If I do, I am asking for loss. These are principles that I have heard over and over again from different sources, but nothing teaches us as effectively as personal experience. It is counter-intuitive to some extent. By not controlling or becoming attached, there is a higher chance of receiving exactly what we need and truly want.
On the other hand we often hear in business and self help circles to 'focus' on what you want to manifest. We can do this but if we are not open to the different forms of how it can and will manifest we limit our capability of receiving it. If the one channel that we are focusing and depending on doesn't work out we have to expand and make ourselves receptive to a wider view. "..it is your will that everything be yours" and "seek ye first the kingdom of God,..., and all these things shall be added unto you" means that if we focus on our true will, which is to know that infinate love is the ultimate truth and and that we are that truth just having a 'physical' experience, things will flow more easily and without too much strain. The more this truth sinks in, the more free I am and the less I limit myself, the higher the chance of being able to receive or give everyting needed at any time.
