looking at wealth in a new light

Surfing the web yesterday I found myself looking at the word wealth and being given the opportunity to question anew what this word symbolises...

What qualities does the word wealth suggest to me if there is a willingness to hear anew?

unlimited
expansive
all encompassing
without end
present now
overflowing
abundant
joyous

True wealth is the experience of being held in Love's embrace.

Those who recognise true wealth see that ALL is given to ALL, there can be no wants in Truth.

Wealth is a statment of the truth about the inheritance given me by the Source from which I was brought forth.

Wealth is simply a word, a symbol that can be used to point the mind in a certain direction.


The word wealth is not often used in my vocabulary so it's very interesting for me to have the opportunity to look at this word afresh! At first glance the word seems to be tied in very closely with the idea of money. I have never been interested in the idea of being 'wealthy/rich' thinking of money instead as something which can be used to provide for basic needs of shelter/food/clothing. Wealth to me denoted a desire to have more than necessary for the basic needs of life.

Ooooh, many assumptions going on here!

By rejecting the idea of wealth I accepted the idea of limitation; it's better to limit oneself only to what is necessary. I was holding onto the idea that excess is possible and something to be avoided. In holding these thoughts limitation was labelled as a virtue! Wealth as excess became the standard. Some have more while others have less, the trick is to make sure that you have only as much as you need. What a struggle- where is the borderline between having enough and having more than you need? When I look at it like this it really makes no sense. I am attempting to order reality- in the terminology of ACIM. I always have more than I need because I never have absolutely £0 in the bank. I am always anticipating the next thing I need to pay for- rent, food, bills. But in any one moment I have an excess of money for that exact moment. I never go into debt but I am always anticipating the costs coming in the future.

The point of this exercise is not to berate myself for having an excess but simply to point out that the reasoning is completely flawed. If I can truly see that judgement is impossible then it is gone. It was never revealed to me before how judgement was operating so openly in this arena. I have ALWAYS been operating under this unseen premise- how very very interesting. Those around me have often been surprised at my ability to 'live' off a frugal sum of money and even manage to save some. Well, it's easy when you feel a sense of justification in your actions- I am doing the right thing. Making sure I am not prone to excess. I can be satisfied that I am not one of those who...doesn't care about those who have less, thinks that money is the be all and end all, wants more and more, thinks that having money equates with happiness, is basically WRONG about the value of money. Ha ha ha. It is a glorious thing to uncover the ranting of the ego as to be open is to heal. If I am truly honest about the thoughts spinning around it is EASY to see how ridiculous they are. Echoing the words of Edward De Bono "I am right. You are wrong." A classic example of the split mind desperate to maintain the illusion that separation could offer Oneness anything that it might want. It is only when I am afraid to reveal these thoughts that they appear to have any real substance. My fear lends them a weight which they do not carry without it.

In this mind then, wealth was used as a symbol to justify limitation. It was used to bring shade to it's apparent opposite- frugality. Acceptance of opposites creates the basis for judgement and this must lead to separation. Having accepted the premise that wealth is to be avoided I see myself as separate from those who appear to desire wealth. In my perception we become completely unlike one another, and never the twain shall meet.

Except that I would open the door. I desire Vision. I am willing to uncover what has been hidden. I have asked for help in this and so help is at hand.

Having been given the opportunity to re-examine this symbol I am able to choose a new definition based on the interpretation of wealth as non-material. Limitation is not a virtue, I was not created out of limitation I was created as a reflection and extension of Love. Love would not put limits on its expression. Wealth is my right because of Who I Am, offspring of Love and that new identity is SHARED with ALL! How can this joyous news fail to bring me peace.

I would like to acknowledge the help I have received and mention Beca Lewis as her words drew me onto this point. THANK YOU Beca.

Blessings Abound!