| I grew up in an environment of lack. At the tender | | | | The powerful subconscious mind gives you exactly |
| age of 5, I remembered watching my mother looking | | | | what you believe in. |
| all over the house and under the sofa set in our small | | | | I know that by changing my beliefs in money I could |
| living room for a five cent coin to pay the vegetable | | | | change my life from one of lack to one of |
| vendor - vegetables that she had wanted to buy to | | | | abundance, but knowing is one thing and doing it is |
| cook our dinner. She didn't find the five cent but the | | | | another thing altogether. |
| kind vegetable vendor gave her the vegetables | | | | Old habits die hard. There was a lot of resistance to |
| anyway. | | | | changing the old beliefs. Despite putting in all the |
| To save money, I always packed my food to school. | | | | positive affirmations about money and using subliminal |
| This way, I don't need to buy from the school | | | | messages, it was still a painstakingly slow process of |
| canteen. Most time it was just two slices of bread | | | | change - but change it did. |
| and a bottle of water. | | | | I also learned meditation and learned to become |
| For a long time I grew up believing that I have to | | | | more mindful of my thoughts so that I can delibrately |
| work hard to become rich and that this was the only | | | | allow only positive thoughts into my subconscious |
| way to achieve wealth. That was what my parents | | | | mind. Again, meditation requires lots of patience and |
| taught me because that was what they believe in. | | | | discipline, but the fruits of the effort is well worth it. |
| So I grew up with a lot of limiting beliefs about | | | | As I purify my mind more and more, I find that not |
| money. I believe that... | | | | only was I creating more opportunities for wealth |
| * most rich people become rich at the expense of | | | | into my life, I was also attracting a lot of good |
| the poor | | | | people and company as well. |
| * money is the root of all evils | | | | Today, I do not worry about money. |
| * receiving money for helping people is "sinful" | | | | I know I will not be lacking it. The universal law of |
| * I don't deserve to be rich | | | | abundance flows freely into my being and my life as |
| * being rich is bad | | | | I continue to practice generosity and gratitude |
| * poor people are more honest than rich people | | | | towards others. |
| * poor people are more spiritual | | | | Wealth and spirituality are not mutually exclusive. In |
| * and many more... | | | | fact, they are one and the same. A person who truly |
| Then one day I chance upon a book. In it was the | | | | understand the universal laws knows that he or she |
| statement below: | | | | is a spiritual being that is complete and whole, lacking |
| "Whether you believe it or not, it's true." | | | | nothing. That is our nature - unconditional love, joy |
| The statement at first did not strike me as | | | | and abundance. Only when we doubt our true nature |
| particularly special but somehow it stuck in my mind. | | | | does fear of lack creep into our lives. In the |
| Then one fine day, it clicked! | | | | presence of fear, we create resistance to the flow |
| Of course! | | | | of abundance into our lives. Have faith in your |
| All these while I've been struggling with money, or | | | | wholeness and the universe will provide - without fail. |
| the lack of it, because deep down inside my | | | | You can choose to believe in unconditional love, joy |
| subconscious mind I believe that money is bad and | | | | and abundance or you can choose to believe |
| since I am good, I should not have too much money. | | | | otherwise. Whichever you choose, you'll be right! |