One of the most important lessons I have been learning this year is how to RECEIVE.  It sounds so simple, doesn’t it?  I thought “I know how to give and receive love” so why do I feel like I’m giving a lot more than I’m receiving?  I have always been a giver by nature.  I am not one to horde my goodies.  As someone who has been practicing holistic healing and energy work for 5 years now, I also know that Love and Money have the exact same vibrational frequency…they have the same energy!  I know it sounds strange at first but if you think about it, it makes sense.  Love and Money are both an exchange of energy.  The world didn’t always even use “money” as a form of exchange.  Regardless of the vehicle, exchanging energy, via love or money or goods and services, all feels the same.  So, when we look at people who can’t hold onto their money, they spend or give it all away, there may be a block to receiving and/or holding love as well.  In contrast, people who are very good at holding onto their money, never spending it or giving it away, may also have a block to giving love.

So, the goal is to be in balance with giving and receiving.  To be in the FLOW of life, the flow of love and money.  We must go inward and feel for any possible blocks to receiving or giving love (money).  Do we not feel worthy?  Are we subconsciously convinced, usually from a childhood belief that no longer serves us, that we are not good enough to receive large sums of money (love)?  Do we feel it would be unfair for us to prosper while others in the world suffer?  (This would be a form of guilt which is a reflection of fear.)  The reality is that there is enough money (love) for everyone on the planet so there is no need to ratchet down our own desires or expectations.  We are all born into a divine birthright of infinite abundance and eternal peace.  Many have not yet remembered that truth…but it is the truth nonetheless.  Work on letting go of the negative blocks that may be in your own heart…feel your feelings about those fears or pains, don’t deny them because then they’ll never go away, just find some alone time, get yourself back to a place of feeling the pain or anger, then cry or yell or stomp around (again, in private) and let it out.  You will feel a literal weight lifted off of you afterward.  This may take several efforts of finding the block and feeling the feelings and letting go.  Most blocks are like onions in that they are many-layered; but peeling away the layers is a very rewarding experience…emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.

I have focused my attention on my own receiving skills over the last month.  I have noticed that I shut down my heart on many occasions:  when I’m angry, scared, frustrated, hurt.  Every time I shut down my heart, to avoid more pain or the idea of possible pain, I also shut down my ability to receive…my ability to stay in the flow.  I know that sometimes this is going to happen.  But my focus now is to stay open to receive; to immediately feel any feelings of fear or anger or hurt and to let them go as quickly as possible.  I want the majority of my energy to BE in the flow of love and abundance.  As long as the majority of my personal vibration is one of being open to receive and give love (money), then the flow of abundance will remain free and unobstructed.  It is Universal Law.