April 2007 Newsletter
Online Issue # 15

Practice Page

Here are some ideas for you to think about, write about, talk about, wonder about—on your own or with a friendly companion.

MONEY MAGIC

I'm weaving together two themes from this newsletter: magic and money. You'll need paper and a pen to get started.

Comfortable Allowing Out
To begin, decide on an actual amount of money you are totally comfortable allowing out of your life. Write this amount on a piece of paper under the heading “Comfortable Allowing Out.” For example, you might decide the amount is $3.00 or $15.00 or $250.00. There are no right or wrong amounts; only an amount you are comfortable letting go.

Comfortable Allowing In
Next, decide on an amount of money you are totally comfortable allowing into your life. Write this amount on another piece of paper under the new heading “Comfortable Allowing In.” Once again there are no right or wrong amounts, only an amount you find comfortable.

Comparing Amounts
Now compare the two amounts with curiosity but without judgment.

     What do notice about the net direction of flow?
     Is there more flowing out or in?
     What might this reveal about your comfort level with money?
          ... about the flow of money into and out of your life?

List of Possibilities
Return to the first amount of money, the amount you are comfortable allowing out of your life. Begin to list possibilities for how you might like to allow this money to flow out of your life. Write down as many ideas as you can think of including possibilities that focus on someone else, only yourself, or on sharing the amount. Try to list at least several dozen ideas that fall within the amount you specified. Here are a few examples to get you started. The things on your list will depend upon you and the amount you are comfortable letting go.

     Examples:
     schedule a massage for myself    
     make a donation to a fundraising walk
     treat a friend and myself to a movie
     buy personal care items to donate to a shelter
     pay for a tree to be planted in a park

Pick a time to review your list and from it select how you will use the money you are letting go. Then do it.

     What was it like for you to allow this money to flow out of your life?
     Did you actually do it?
     What did you discover about yourself? ... about money?
     What was the best part of the experiment?
     Would you now be comfortable increasing the amount?
     What could you do with a larger amount?

Beliefs

Return to the second amount of money, the amount you are comfortable allowing into your life.

     What is your honest reaction to the likelihood of this happening?
     Do you believe it is possible?
     Could you be comfortable if you doubled, tripled or quadrupled the amount?
     Why? Or why not?
     What if it was multiplied by 10 or 100?    
     Would you need to change any beliefs in order for this to happen?
     Are you more comfortable believing it won't happen?

If any of the above questions prompt you to further explore your relationship with money, I encourage you to read the books reviewed in the Good Books section of this newsletter:

     The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
     Women and Money by Suze Orman

Affirmation

     I am in the flow of life.
     I receive the money that flows into my life, with gratitude.
     I release the money that flows out of my life, with joy.
     In receiving and in giving, I become magic flowing through the world.


Laurie Mattila
© April 2007

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