Containing Money, Containing Energy
by Kiki Theo 9 July 2006
Oprah once said, it’s not how much money we make, but how much we get to keep that’s the issue.
When we approach the well of money, it is often with a bucket full of holes, sometimes with a tiny cup and no rope, and at other times with no bucket at all. Yet still we wonder that we cannot draw the water, and are amazed when we cannot get enough. And so we keep throwing our bucket full of holes into the well, over and over again, always with the same result.
When we consider that money is an energy, a flow, a force, certainly something that is in motion, and in the process of becoming, we realize that we cannot try to grasp it or hold onto it, we can only contain it.
How we contain money is reflected in how we contain other things in our lives – our dreams, hopes, and aspirations, our goals, our relationships, our vision, our humanity, our weight. Ultimately, how we contain money reflects our ability to have. And as our ability to have arises out of our beingness, we can say that how we contain money is how we contain our beingness.
To contain something, we need a container. The container for our money is our goal or vision. Without this, we cannot hold our money. The container has to be durable, expandable and have no leaks. Though our container will change over time as we grow and develop, at any one moment in time, our container must have a constant and definite shape.
That means that we need to have a goal or vision. It is the goal that will contain the money. It is our goal that we direct our energy and intention towards. Committing to a specific goal is not easy, as we do not always know what we want.
Having a specific goal creates internal tension. It commits us to a course of action, puts us on the line, presents the possibility of failure, creates the possibility for expansion, and puts up parameters of exclusion (i.e. if this is my goal, then that, and that, is not) – all of which can be rather challenging.
So we generally try to avoid specifics. We try to avoid looking at our heart’s desire, and instead opt for generalizations like ‘wanting to make a lot of money’, or ‘wanting to be comfortable’. But because these generalizations have no form, they cannot contain, and money seldom flows towards them.
Unless we create a container for money to flow into, where is it going to go? How will it translate itself from a potentiality into a reality? How will it take form?
We need a “Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal”! (as it is called in ‘Built to Last’ by J.Collins & J.Porras).
Without that, without the container, or the bucket, all we can do is stare at the well of plenty or throw wishing coins into it.
Once we have established our goal, our vision, in other words our container, we need to ensure there are no leaks in it. For if our container leaks, we can pour as much money as we like into it, we still will have little left in the end. This is the syndrome of working hard and having nothing to show for it. Or making lots of money and then losing it, or encountering extraordinary and unforeseen expenditure to obliterate a large gain.
Many things create leaks in our money container. One of the greatest is the improper sequence of outflow and inflow, or give and receive. Outflow equals inflow. We need to sow and plant before we can reap. We need to flow out our energy, marketing, intention, vision, before we can receive an inflow of reward, money, clients, and materialization of our dreams. This is simply the way things work. It is natural law. It is the way energy works, and it is no different when it comes to the arena of money, because money is after all, energy.
Our culture encourages us to part with our money even before we have created it. We are urged to open accounts and we are rewarded for buying on credit. When we spend money we do not have, we often stand a chance to win fabulous things. We are rewarded for being in debt, with ‘extra cash’ to spend, prizes, points, and greater and greater status of credit card.
This approach to money reverses the natural order of give, to receive. It enslaves us, and develops an unhealthy way of looking at the world. This reflects in an inability to truly give, not just of material things but of our time and resources, of kindness and generosity of spirit. We become miserly with our gifts. We lose the feeling of appreciation when others give to us. We become ‘over extended’ which results in depletion of energy and stress.
Debt causes our hearts to close and harden. This creates a problem, because not only do we need to give in order to receive, but we also need to open our arms. When we open our arms to receive, we are vulnerable. We face the possibility of rejection as well as success, we chance being hurt, we chance our dreams being trampled on. But without open arms we cannot receive and we cannot fly.
When we constantly take without giving, when we upset the natural order of give and receive, when we reverse the flow of money through take, take, take, we create energetic constipation and this punctures our container, creating leaks.
We need to look at other areas of leakage in our lives also, because these will reflect in our money flow. Do we leak emotions, bad news, gossip, or energy. Are we leaking beingness by being too arrogant or too timid. Do unskillful thoughts or relationships create leakage of vital energy? Is our ability to have, large enough to contain more? Is our heart open enough to allow us to be more? Everything is linked. A leak in one area of life affects all others.
Containing money is containing energy, heart, beingness. The container is your goal or vision, it is your heart, it is you. It is your noblest hopes and aspirations. It is that which makes you feel alive, passionate and inspired. Build a strong, yet flexible container, and keep it clear and free from leaks. Let pure emotion and clear intent direct the flow of money towards your container and fill it up. When it is full, circulate it, keeping the flow ever fresh and new.
Allow your heart to open. It is your heart that will guide you to your most inspired and meaningful journey. It is your heart that will lead you to the vision of a wealthy future, and enable you to contain it.
Kiki Theo owned an equity portfolio management company for ten years, with successful business experience spanning over twenty years. She is a business woman, writer, intuitive, meditator, Jungian, wife and mother. She offers “The Alchemy of Money” and “Business Lift” transformational day and weekend courses.
Next Alchemy of Money course –Sat 12 & Sun 13 August 2006. 9h00- 17h00 R1,250.00
Business Lift Program -3rd Wed each month 8h30 to 12h30-19 July– R440.00 per module/month
Venue: Constantia, Cape Town.
Contact Kiki Theo at Wealth Works cc. Tel (021) 788-3101/082-6008-229
or e-mail kiki@wealthworks for details.
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