{"id":852,"date":"2007-01-08T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/01\/are-you-on-top-of-your-money.html"},"modified":"2007-01-08T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-08T16:17:00","slug":"are-you-on-top-of-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/01\/are-you-on-top-of-your-money.html","title":{"rendered":"Are You on Top of Your Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Do you ever find dimes in your jewelry box, pocket change piled on your dresser, or damp dollar bills crumpled in the washing machine? <\/p>\n

This weekend, I walked around the house gathering all the bits of abandoned U.S. currency I could find. Then I got the kids to help me sort the coins so we could take them to the bank. It’s a new year and tax time’s coming; I want to be on top of my money. I still have some old health insurance claims that I’m oddly incapable of processing; what is it with me? Why does money seem so hard to claim and control? Why do I fall back on a belief that there’s never enough, or that financial management is beyond me? Are you like this too?<\/p>\n

In a prosperity workshop that I took last fall with Nancy SantoPietro<\/a>, I realized that I’m living in a scarcity mindset due to a belief (common among public-interest types and liberal bloggers who work in bedroom slippers) that if I were to ever pull down big money, I’d turn into some kind of jerk. On some subconscious level, I struggle with the fear that mega-dollars will make me materialistic, superficial, egotistical, or worse.<\/p>\n

Would it be so terrible to be Oprah, or Donald Trump? Or even a highly-paid New York healthy lifestyle magazine editor? (Oh, I think: I’d have to leave my kids, wear angular glasses, and carry a Blackberry. But how bad would it be to eat arugula daily for lunch? What a devil’s bargain!)<\/p>\n

SantoPietro says money is energy; it has nothing to do with how smart you are or hard you work. If you raise your vibrational pattern and make more money, starving refugees in war-torn countries won’t<\/em> be further deprived. As your consciousness is lifted to attract abundance; you can become more, not less, helpful to those in need. <\/p>\n

Pastor Joel Osteen<\/a> and many others have been preaching prosperity consciousness for a long time; some folks find this kind of talk obnoxious. What do you think? <\/p>\n

My absolute favorite author on this topic is global activist Lynne Twist,<\/a> whose Soul of Money Institute<\/a> does all kinds of good work connecting philanthropists to the right groups, and emancipating folks like me who battle with scarcity. Twist recorded an audio course for Sounds True<\/a> called “Unleashing the Soul of Money–Finding Sufficiency, Freedom, and Purpose Through Your Relationship with Money.” <\/a> I listened to it today to get my prosperity consciousness raised while I kneeled on the floor sorting 40 dollars worth of quarters. <\/p>\n

At least I won’t have to root through my purse for the right coin at a parking meter for a long time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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