As of late, there has been an awakening where more people are open to trying
Spiritual Practices in order to improve their lives. Whether it's meditation, yoga, saying affirmations, or just believing in the law of attraction, spirituality is **t as taboo as it once was. But when it comes to
Your finances, can we use these same principles to
Help us manage money better? I say yes! The following are five
Spiritual Practices That can
Help you
With Your finances.
1. Make Peace With Your Money
Deepak Chopra says in his book
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, "Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask yourself if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future." This is important to apply to
Your money because
Your upbringing can affect how you deal
With Your finances. Do you have a scarcity mentality
That is making you a money hoarder or has
Your money history made you a shopaholic? Whatever
Your money personality is, you must make peace
With it and let go of any habits
That are **t contributing to
Your journey towards
financial freedom. Take a moment to write down the money messages
That you've heard coming up, reflect on what you've done right so far
With Your money, and identify the places where you have opportunities to improve. ** matter the mistakes you have made, make peace
With them. Forgive yourself for what was, accept what is, and begin to move in the right direction today. Letting go of the past is the best first step to creating a brighter financial future, and brighter future in general.
2. Visualize Your Abundance
The law of attraction teaches us
That if we want to reach our goals, then visualization is where we should begin. By visualizing
Your dreams, you teach
Your brain to tap into the inner resources
That you need to make them a reality. It allows you to see
Your dreams in
Your mind's eye in order to accept and believe
That you deserve them, and it allows you to stay positive, which will
Help you to stay on track to be successful in the long run. Visualizing
Your abundance can
Help you
With Your Finances in the same way. When you can see yourself
With e**ugh money to comfortably reach all of
Your obligations, then it allows
Your brain to tap into
Your inner resources to make
That real. When you can see
Your money goals achieved in
Your mind's eye, you can begin to feel the way you would when they actually come to fruition, which will
Help you attract those outcomes faster. Also, visualizing
Your abundance will keep you in a positive space
With Your money, which will eventually attract more money to you.
3. Set Your Money Intentions
In the
Spiritual world,
Your intention is everything. If you want to manifest goodness in
Your life, then you first have to be intentional. As Bryant McGill once said, "Every journey begins
With the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention." What you intend for
Your money will have an impact on how you choose to use
Your money. Do you want to save more? Do you want to
start a new business? Do you want to get out of debt? All of these are intentions
That need to be set before you can begin making a money goal a reality. Once
Your intentions are set, the subsequent actions
That you must take become easier to figure out.
4. Show Gratitude For Your Money
The Hawaiian Huna tradition has seven principles of life, and the third principle, "Makia," says, "Energy flows where attention goes." Whether good or bad, whatever you focus on the most is what you will continue to see in
Your life. By showing gratitude, you are telling whatever you are praising that, yes, you want more of it. Bless
Your money! Show it gratitude! Every penny, nickel, and dime of it. Don't take what you have for granted and appreciate
That you have it, even if you would prefer more. As
Oprah Winfrey once said, "The more you praise and celebrate
Your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." Apply
That to
Your money and you will begin to **tice an increasingly positive flow. Even if we look at this from a practical perspective, showing gratitude for
Your money will also guide where you spend
Your money. Those who are grateful for things will be more likely to take care of them and **t be wasteful, which in turn will
Help you
save more money.
5. Treat Other People's Money as You Want Yours to Be Treated
The Law of Karma says, "For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction." Simply put,
That means what goes around comes around. If you put out negative energy in thought, word, or action,
That negative energy will come back to you. As it relates to
Your money, you must realize
That when you are borrowing money, whether it's from a person or a bank, you are being trusted
With these funds and there is an expectation
That you will ho**r
Your word. Just like you would want
Your money returned to you if you lent it out, this is what others are expecting as well. As you do right
With others, this same energy will come back to you.
There are other
Spiritual laws
That can apply to
Your money such as giving to receive, which can be activated by sharing
Your wealth or the Law of Allowance, which says
That you should be open to allowing others to treat you.
Luvleen Sidhu is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy ******r at BankMobile, a completely digital bank, offering an entirely fee-free checking account, aimed at helping the underbanked, millennials and middle-income Americans have an affordable, effortless and financially empowering banking experience.
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