Receiving
Prosperity
by Louise L. Hay
When we use
the term prosperity, a lot of people immediately think of money. However, there
are many other concepts that come under the auspices of prosperity, such as:
time, love, success, comfort, beauty, knowledge, relationships, health, and, of
course, money.
If you are always feeling rushed because
there isn't enough time to do everything you want, then you have lack of time.
If you feel that success is beyond your reach, then you are not going to get it.
If you feel life is burdensome and strenuous, then you will always feel
uncomfortable. If you think you don't know very much, and you're too dumb to
figure things out, you will never feel connected to the wisdom of the Universe.
If you feel a lack of love and have poor relationships, then it will be
difficult for you to attract love into your life.
What about beauty? There is beauty all around
us. Do you experience the beauty that is abundant on the planet, or do you see everything as ugly, wasteful,
and dirty? How is your health? Are you sick all the time? Do you catch cold
easily? Do you get many aches and pains? Finally, there is money. Many of you
tell me that there is never enough money in your lives. What do you let yourself
have? Or perhaps you feel you are on a fixed income. Who fixed
it?
None of the above has anything to do with
receiving. People always think, "Oh I want to get this and that and whatever."
However, abundance and prosperity is about allowing yourself to accept. When
you're not getting what you want, on some level you are not allowing yourself to
accept. If we are stingy with life, then life will be stingy with us. If we
steal from life, life will steal from us.
Money Beliefs
Many of our parents grew up in the
Depression; many of us have inherited beliefs while we were young, such as, "We
may starve", or "We may never find
work", or "We may lose our home, our car", whatever.
Very few children say, "No, that's nonsense".
Children accept it and say, "Yes, that's right".
Make a list of your parents' beliefs about money. Ask yourself if you are still
choosing to believe them now. You will want to go beyond your parents'
limitations and fears because your life is not the same now. Stop repeating
these beliefs to yourself. Begin transforming the pictures in your mind. When an
opportunity comes up, don't echo your past history of lack. Begin proclaiming
the new message for today. You can begin now to affirm that it's okay to have
money and riches and that you will use your money wisely.
It is also normal and natural for us to have
more money at certain times than others. If we can trust the Power within to
always take care of us no matter what, we can easily flow through the lean
times, knowing that we will have more in the future.
Money isn't the answer, although many of us
think that if we have a lot of money, everything will be fine; we won't have any
more problems or worries. But money is truly not the answer. Some of us have all
the money that we could ever need, and we still aren't happy.
Be Grateful for What You
Have
A man I knew told me that he felt guilty
because he couldn't pay back his friends for the kindness and gifts they gave
him when he was not doing so well. I told him that there are times when the
Universe gives to us, in whatever form we may need, and we may not be able to
give back.
In whatever way the Universe has decided to
respond to your need, be grateful. There will come a time when you will help
somebody else. It may not be with money, but with time or compassion. Sometimes
we don't realize that these things can be more valuable than
money.
I can think of many people during the early
days of my life who helped me enormously at a time when there was no way for me
to pay them back. Years later, I have taken the opportunity to help others. Too
often we feel we must exchange prosperity. We must reciprocate. If somebody
takes us to lunch, we immediately have to take them to lunch; or somebody gives
us a gift, and we immediately have to buy one for them.
Learn to receive with thanks.
Learn to accept, because the Universe
perceives our openness to receive as not just exchanging prosperity. Much of our
problem stems from our inability to receive. We can give, but it's so difficult
to receive.
When someone gives you a gift, smile, and say
thank you. If you say to the person, "Oh, it's the wrong size or the wrong
color", I guarantee the person won't ever give you another gift.
Accept graciously, and if it really
isn't right for you, give it to somebody else who can use it. We want to be
grateful for what we do have, so that we can attract more good to us. Again, if
we focus on lack, then we will draw it to us. If we are in debt, we need to
forgive ourselves, not berate ourselves. We need to focus on the debt being paid
off by doing affirmations and visualizations.
The best thing we can do for people who are
having money problems is to teach them how to create it in consciousness,
because then it's lasting. It's much more lasting than handing them some money.
I'm not saying, don't give your money away, but don't give it away because you
feel guilty. People seem to say, "Well I have to help other people". You're a
people too. You are somebody, and you're worthy of prosperity. Your
consciousness is the best bank account you can have. When you put in worthwhile
thoughts, you will reap large dividends.
Tithing Is a Universal
Principle
One of the ways to attract money into your
life is to tithe. Tithing 10% of your income has long been an established
principle. I like to think of it as giving back to Life. When we do that we
seem to prosper more. The churches
have always wanted you to tithe to them. It is one of their principal ways of
gathering income. In current years that has expanded to tithing to where you get
your spiritual food.
Who or what has nourished you on your quest
for improving the quality of your life? That could be the perfect place for you
to tithe. If tithing to a church or a person doesn't appeal to you, there are
many wonderful non-profit organizations that could benefit others by your
contributions. Investigate and find the one that is right for
you.
People often say, "I will tithe when I have
more money." Of course then they
never do. If you are going to tithe, start now and watch the blessings flow.
However if you only tithe to get more then you have missed the point. It must be
freely given or it won't work. I feel that life has been good to me and I gladly
give to life in various ways.
There is so much abundance in this world just
waiting for you to experience it. If you would know that there is more money
than you could ever spend, or more people than you could ever meet, and more joy
than you could imagine, you would have everything you need and
desire.
If you ask for your highest good, then trust
the Power within to provide it to you. Be honest with yourself and others. Don't
cheat, not even a little, it will only come back to you.
The Infinite Intelligence that permeates all
says "Yes!" to you. When something comes into your life, don't push it away, say
"Yes!" to it. Open yourself to receiving good. Say "Yes!" to your world.
Opportunity and prosperity will increase a hundredfold.
This article was excerpted from:
 The Power Is Within You
by Louise
Hay.
Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Hay House, Carson, CA 90746. ©1991. Visit their
website at www.hayhouse.com.
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About the Author
LOUISE L. HAY is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher and the best selling author of numerous books , including You Can Heal Your Life and Empowering Women. Her works have been translated into 26 different languages in 35
countries throughout the world. Louise is the founder and
chairman of Hay House, Inc., a publishing company that disseminates
books, audios, and videos that contribute to the healing of the planet.
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