Creating Positive Finances

Money represents, as Robert Anton Wilson put it, our current "bio-survival tickets".

At present, our having a more or less comfortable life depends largely on money.

Although I am not a financial expert (and I would advise you to check with one if you are at all unsure about how to manage your finances), I have also used positive thinking when dealing with money.

Not only have I seen more money coming my way, but also (and perhaps most importantly) I have let go off worries about money.

Before I go on to sharing how to use positive thinking to create positive finances, let me tell you a bit of my own experience with money:

I grew up in a family where money would be considered a scarcity and treated with care. My parents were both born just after the Spanish Civil War, so they were raised at a time where there was a scarcity of almost everything - including money.

As a kid I would hear the typical "Money doesn't grow on trees", or "Do you think I'm the bank?"

I carried my beliefs in scarcity (unknowingly) into adulthood. Of course, just like my parents I would worry a lot about money whether I had it or not, up to the point that once I developed intense shoulder pain as a symbol of money being "a weight on my shoulders".

I never had too much money, and the thought that money was difficult to come by was my underlying belief. Overall, worry and anxiety were the thoughts and feelings I experienced when it came down to money.

I moved to London in my early twenties, where I met the man who would become my husband. At the beginning of our relationship, I observed I used to worry a lot about money while he didn't seem as worried.

One day, talking about the subject, he explained that he didn't worry about money because, he said, "Money always comes when I need it".

And so I paid attention from then on and observed that this belief was true for him, and money came always when he needed it, sometimes from unexpected sources, and always without fail.

I said to myself, "I've been worrying about money all my life and it hasn't gotten me to any better place. I might as well try not to worry about money, see what happens."

I also thought that if in fact I was to ever be in a difficult situation in the future because of money, then I gained nothing by worrying about it in the present.

So from then on I chose to believe that there is an abundance of money, that money comes whenever I need it, that it is just a means and that it must flow so that it can be used.

Furthermore I started to affirm "Money comes to me constantly" and other powerful affirmations about money.

Since I took the decision of never allowing the subject of money to worry me, it feels like a weight has been lifted off of me.

I can say that the subject of money doesn't give me sleepless nights or knots in the stomach anymore. I have made it just fine, and I know I will make it fine whatever happens.

I have set myself for positive finances. Money does keep on coming my way, and the more I keep on doing my bit for making and circulating money, the more of it comes into my life, which I can use for even greater purposes.

Understand me though, not allowing the subject of money to worry you does not mean that you become completely irresponsible with your money.

I still manage my money, I use it wisely and plan for the future, but I'm not worried about it anymore.

It's a bit like when you manage the books you borrow from the library: you keep an eye on when you need to return them and so, but you are not worried about them.

Positive thinking for positive finances

The following tools can help you to shift your attitude towards money in a way that allows you to handle it without worry:

• Look at your beliefs. There are two main groups of beliefs when it comes down to money: those that give you a sense of scarcity, and those that give you a sense of abundance.

  Most of us come from a pre-determined belief in scarcity of money through our family and the environment in which we grew up.

  Since our beliefs shape our thoughts, it is well worth it to spend some time exploring the beliefs you have about money. How do you handle money now? Do you think that money "is hard to come by"?

  What memories from childhood do you have in relation to money? Have you experienced a very stressful situation about money which may have created a permanent belief in scarcity?

  Once you identify your ingrained beliefs about money, you are free to choose different beliefs. Nothing really tells us that anything is this or that way, but we make it so.

  Nothing prevents you from choosing to believe that there is an abundance of money and that you always have all the money you need.

• Choose your attitude. The law of attraction ("like attracts like") also works in regards to money.

  As you maintain an attitude of trusting that money is always available, you start attracting the conditions that make that reality true.

  You not only demonstrate your attitude through your actions and beliefs, but also through your words.

  Become aware of the words you say regarding money: do you, even if joking, make a point that money is difficult to get? Do you define yourself as "broke"?

  In "Infinite Possibilities" Mike Dooley gives a very interesting story about how he changed his mindset about money. As he explains, whenever he ate out and the waiter brought him the bill, he would say as a joke "Good thing that I'm rich!".

  In this way, he started putting himself in the mindset he actually wanted to experience.

  You can also use positive affirmations to help you change your beliefs and attitude about money and start enjoying positive finances.

  Find here wealth affirmations, money affirmations and abundance affirmations.

  
• Money flows. Consider money simply as a tool to make things happen. Keeping money in the bank may give you a sense of security and it is practical; and you also want to help money to flow.

  Thus you earn it and spend it wisely, contributing to a higher good.

  I believe in the principle of money flowing to create positive finances. Think of money as a kind of energy, which can be applied to anything to create something else - to make things happen.

  I once got the quickest experience about money flowing: I was about to go into the underground, and I found a £1 coin on the floor. I picked it, I went down to the trains, and there was a busker - to whom I gave the coin I had just found. I happily think that I was a tool to help money flow.

• Express gratitude. Whatever you are grateful for, you allow more of it to come into your life. Don't wait till you're rich - you can start expressing your gratitude for the money you have and for how it serves you right now.

  Think about all the things that money has allowed you to do - from taking a holiday to buying a gift to a loved one, to enjoying good food daily.

  Gratitude is a powerful tool, so you may want to spend a few minutes daily feeling grateful about the money that you already have. Being grateful for your positive finances now creates more future positive finances.

These tools can help you to change your beliefs about money so that you enjoy positive finances and let go off worrying about money.

It is not a matter of being reckless with money, but to take care of your finances with a calmed and positive attitude.

Check out these money quotes for different perspectives on money at a glance.

An example of positive thinking for positive finances

I want to share with you just an example of how our thoughts and beliefs can help to create positive finances:

I received once an unexpected bill, which required me having to pay a fairly large amount of money before a certain date. I tried to come up with the full amount needed from several sources, but none materialized.

Putting into practice all I knew about the power of my own thoughts and my attitude, I chose to relax into the situation and fully trust that I would be able to pay all the money needed at the time required, and that I would be just fine.

I also used some affirmations, such as "Money comes to me from all expected and unexpected sources", "The money needed for this bill is coming to me right now".

Within the next month, small amounts of money came from here and there: I got a refund for some unused services, I started to find more and more coins on the street, I got paid for an old job, a friend returned to me some money they had borrowed long ago and that I had forgotten about.

All in all, and just as I had affirmed, money did come to me and the bill was paid on time.

Remember though, in no way does my experience mean that you'll obtain the same results as I did in regards to money; I am just giving you my approach to finances in a way that worked for me by using positive thinking tools.

Again, although having money is nice, the main benefit I have found to using positive thinking for positive finances is that I have let go of being worried about money.

Since worry is such a consumer of life-energy, this is probably one of the best benefits of positive thinking.

What can you do to start creating positive finances?

The best thing that you can do regarding your finances is to first understand them. For this you may want the help of a financial adviser, or you may know what to do yourself.

Then, explore your beliefs and thoughts about money, and practice acquiring beliefs in abundance.

Then, get on to creating more sources of income - since you cannot relay solely on your job to maintain you for life, even less to help you achieve your dreams, specially given the current economic situation.

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Wishing you positive finances and plenty of money flowing to you right now!

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