The Art of Spending Money

[Anders Lindman]

On the whole, the inflow of money always equals the outflow. It's like a water hose; the amount of water going in to the hose equals the amount that goes out of the hose.

If money is not flowing from you, then no money will flow in to you. The more money is flowing out of you, the more the universe will have to provide you with some more.

:D

[Anders Lindman]

So the trick is that you are responsible for the outflow of money, not the inflow, which the universe takes care of.

And the outflow of money must be according to YOUR desire, not according to someone else's desire. The reason for this is that you must uphold the art of spending money. If you let other people tell you how to spend your money, then you are upholding and encouraging the 'art of sucking money'.

And you can only spend money that you have. If you don't have money to spend, then you will have to wait for the universe to come in line with the art of spending money. If you take a bank loan or in some other way put yourself in debt, then you are practicing the 'art of sucking money'.

So you should have no wants for money, only wants for spending money. In the art of spending money, the inflow of money is not your business. When you use a water hose, to have a wanting for the inflow of water into the hose would just be silly. Similarly, in the art of spending money, to have a wanting for the inflow of money is equally silly.

[Anders Lindman]

In the art of spending money, saving money is detrimental since that creates a stagnation in the flow of money and thereby limits the universe's ability to generate new fresh money for you.

If you spend money in order to make a profit, then you are practicing the 'art of sucking money' since you are then still trying to be responsible for the inflow of money. Again, in the art of spending money, the inflow of money is not your business.

[i_am]

So the trick is that you are responsible for the outflow of money, not the inflow, which the universe takes care of.

And the outflow of money must be according to YOUR desire, not according to someone else's desire. The reason for this is that you must uphold the art of spending money. If you let other people tell you how to spend your money, then you are upholding and encouraging the 'art of sucking money'.

And you can only spend money that you have. If you don't have money to spend, then you will have to wait for the universe to come in line with the art of spending money. If you take a bank loan or in some other way put yourself in debt, then you are practicing the 'art of sucking money'.

So you should have no wants for money, only wants for spending money. In the art of spending money, the inflow of money is not your business. When you use a water hose, to have a wanting for the inflow of water into the hose would just be silly. Similarly, in the art of spending money, to have a wanting for the inflow of money is equally silly.

Actually it is quite funny. I was bored this morning so went to a large shopping centre, which I usually avoid like the plague, too many people, low vibration, you know what I mean I am sure.

Anyway there are a few things that I wanted for my unit but have not been able to find. I just let it go and although I still had a picture of what I wanted, I stopped looking. Well, I just went off today with the only intent being to get off my butt and do something. As I said BIG shopping centre so I figured if I just walked around it on each level, I was at least getting some excercise :p

I have a tiny kitchen and have been trying to find a small dish rack, to no avail. I wandered into a shop and there right in front of me... a selection of SMALL dish racks. I bought one and went on down the level. Another thing I wanted was a small stainless steel frying pan. There are plenty of teflon ones but I don't want that crap. In front of another shop...small stainless steel frying pans...on special. So I got me one of them too :D

I went on further and there was a shop closing down and selling everything really cheap. I had wanted a bedside table but could not find what I wanted. Tada....there was just the thing at around 60% discount. Well I had to buy it, didn't I? I was taking the things I had bought back to the car when a lady came chasing after me. I had left my wallet on the counter. The lady who owned the shop was busy and put it under the counter and one of the customers chased me. Wow!! I AM having a good day.

Last year when I went overseas I bought a set of luggage. I didn't get an overnight bag at the time and when i went back to get it, they had sold out and the colour/style was no longer being made. Bummer! Well on my way out today, I looked at the luggage shop to see if they had anything similar. Yep! You guessed it!! The manufacturer was making the same style, same colour again. They had just arrived and ...were on special.

I must be doing something right, methinks :p

Thing is I only spend what I have. I have not had a Credit Card for over ten years and if I need /want/desire something it turns up and the money is available.

[Anders Lindman]

In the art of spending money, the inflow of money must be in balance with the outflow. This means that you cannot spend your money faster than the universe's capacity to generate new money for you. If you are new to the art of spending money, the universe's capacity to generate money for you will be very limited. An inner and outer shift is needed from the 'art of sucking money' to the art of spending money since these are mutually exclusive principles.

[Anders Lindman]

Thing is I only spend what I have. I have not had a Credit Card for over ten years and if I need /want/desire something it turns up and the money is available.

That's compatible with the art of spending money. Everything generating debt is the 'art of sucking money'. :D

[Anders Lindman]

The art of spending money is compatible, if not identical, with this quote:

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
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Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." -- Matthew 6 (New International Version)

[Anders Lindman]

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal."

Why? Because as a whole, the inflow of money is equal to the outflow of money, so the only effect storing money (or 'treasures' as the quote says) has is that it causes blocks in that flow.

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But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Why? It's only when you use your money it has any real value. 'Treasures in heaven' is what money can do for you, not money in itself. Money used, moment by moment, as a means instead of an end in itself cannot be stolen or destroyed.

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"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."


Why? Because the idea is to have money serving you instead of you serving money. If you are trying to get hold of more money, then money has you rather than the other way around. When you are trying to get hold of more money such as attempts to make a profit, or seek ways of earning money, then you are serving money. Serving God means that you serve your own desires of what you want to spend your money on, not how to collect more money. If money is needed, God/the universe will provide it.

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Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.


Why? If you worry about how to get money, then you are worrying about how to suck money from the universe. The art of spending money is based on the fact that inflow of money is automatically provided by the universe and that any attempt to generate your own inflow will only be a struggle against that natural law. The lilies of the field grow by themselves by that natural order. Trying to create your own inflow is like pushing your car in order to make it move. That's not a smart way to make your car moving. A smarter way is to start the engine which will take care of moving the car.

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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself."

Why? If you seek to earn more money, you are operating by the 'art of sucking money', which is what 'Pagans' do. When operating by the art of spending money, the money needed will automatically be provided and any form of worrying about future money is then redundant activity.

:D

[bigus_dickus]

same principles must exist for the flow of any kind of energy, for example emotional energy and thoughts. which means that what you give out, you take in, once you "go with the flow". so the main thing is to flow, because everything flows and once you don't, you are against the stream creating resistance to yourself.

we are able to flow naturally about everything and anything as humans, but having an attached brain, creates a more static reality, which of course is illusion, that everything is and will always be as it is. an attached mind won't visualize the planet as a dense piece of rock that it was once and that it changed in a flash that we perceive as a few million years. an attached mind, is bound to continuous repetitions of thought, that build up a 'dense' and resisting ego, certain traits of 'character', obsessions and possession by them (a so called possession of any kind is nothing more than a strong obsession), and 'blindness' of how things work. attachment and resistance are the things that bring suffering and what works together with attachment, the basis of it, is a belief system.

a belief system is nothing but a chain of thoughts that stays permanent and repeated over and over in one's mind, so that they are being accepted as the basic truth and reality. thus, a belief system creates attachment no matter what these beliefs are. i mean that, even if you believe that "infinite love is the only truth...", this is also an attachment.

a non-belief belief system, is also a belief system, in such a way, that it creates attachment by denying certain beliefs and creating a counterpart, an anti-belief, which is also "repeated thoughts" and blah blah, an attachment.

so, how i would describe someone who "goes with the flow", who "flows", regarding his attitude to life and beliefs is this:

nothing is taken for granted. nothing is really known, but observed and transcended, every moment is brand new, everything is the way it is because of justice and the biggest motive and weapon is trust. (faith)

the same goes for money, love and other emotions, attitude, health, relationships and life in general, which is what you really are beyond all veils. you are life and life is life.

but there is a catch. you can't function in an organized society and be totally free of beliefs, because how you create "reality", is by having certain attachments. you get a girlfriend / boyfriend and a wife / husband with attachment, you build a house with attachment, you work using attachment, you create by being attached, otherwise you may as well live in an asylum or a prison.

so you either pretend that you believe, or you just take everything into consideration, being aware of it (which means "awake"), accepting it as it is, not rejecting anything, because you know that there is a deeper scheme that you don't know and let yourself indulge in situations of little or great attachment, just for the experience of life, simultaneously being aware of the fact of your not knowing of any thing in particular.

to know some thing, is to be it...

here is the difference of intelligence and cleverness.

intelligence, is what beats your heart and breathes you, grows you, grows your hair, your nails, gets the whole system to work. so, intelligence is what you are and what the universe is, because there can't be an intelligent you as a product of an unintelligent universe, it would be absurd. that is to say that your understanding about anything, is the proof of an intelligent universe.

cleverness is wakefulness. in greek, the word is "exypnos", which is "ex" (from) and "hypnos" (sleep), or "eyfyis", which is "ey" (good) and "fyo" (grow) and means sharp perception and knowledge. it all comes down to awareness, so i could say that to be bright, or clever, is to "be aware of intelligence".

and now i stop, because i didn't know that my post would grow that long :rolleyes:

[Anders Lindman]

but there is a catch. you can't function in an organized society and be totally free of beliefs, because how you create "reality", is by having certain attachments.

We can think of it as levels of certainty. A lower level of certainty is called confusion. A middle level of certainty is called a belief. A higher level of certainty is called a conviction. In the past, many people were convicted that the earth was flat. Not any more. Beliefs gradually change over time to better match reality.

[Anders Lindman]

The art of spending money is also about the amount of money that you own. As we said, saving money hinders the ability of money to flow effectively. But having no money on your bank account also hinders the flow. You need to have an optimal amount of money on your bank account or whatever place that you keep your money. Too little money on your bank account limits your available options, but too much money on your bank account would only be an unnecessary extra burden. It's like when you eat a meal. Too little food is not what you want, but too much food is not what you desire either. Imagine at a restaurant if you would be served a ton of food. You couldn't possibly eat all that food. What would you do with it? Put it into a doggy bag? With money you will have the same problem if you have too much of it. You may think that money does not rot or decay the same way as food, but actually it does.

[mrguitarbear]

Theres got to be more to it than that though , surely ?

For instance - ' storing up of treasure '. We can say "...as a whole, the inflow of money is equal to the outflow of money, so the only effect storing money (or 'treasures' as the quote says) has is that it causes blocks in that flow. "

But this doesn't apply as many soccer players and rock/rap stars buy luxury motorcar after luxury motorcar , and they still have a vast income coming in. Whereas there are so many people who live on about $1 a day and have barely enough food and fresh water to survive , yet they only have a few possessions. It surely can't be attitudinal why 86% of the world's population is living in poverty.

The Victorians tried to explain the situation by saying that being virtuous brought wealth and reward , but that explanation was obviously incorrect. Other people say its down to karma , but I don't believe in that. Many of the people who have vast wealth have got it through corruption or crime , and do you seriously believe someone like Paris Hilton truly deserves her fortune ? So whats the explanation ?

[Anders Lindman]

attachment and resistance are the things that bring suffering and what works together with attachment, the basis of it, is a belief system.


I think that is correct. Some things never change, but some things do. An example of something that changes is a river, and an example of something that does not change is the mathematical equation 2 + 2 = 4. Clinging to things that do not change is stupid because the clinging will not alter those things anyway and so the clinging is then just an unnecessary extra burden. Clinging to things that do change is also stupid, because that too is an unnecessary extra burden.

[Anders Lindman]

It surely can't be attitudinal why 86% of the world's population is living in poverty.

Actually it is. Virtually all people live by the 'art of sucking money' which creates blocks and stagnations in the flow of money. Money is like the nutrition in the blood that is flowing inside the body. When the blood is not flowing correctly inside the body, then that creates illness. Similarly, when money is not flowing correctly in society it creates a too lopsided distribution of wealth.

[Anders Lindman]

when money is not flowing correctly in society it creates a too lopsided distribution of wealth.

The 'art of sucking money' can from an economical perspective look like an effective principle, but in reality it renders only suboptimal results. An economy based on the art of spending money is vastly more efficient.

[Anders Lindman]

If you practice the art of spending money, then how will the universe create the inflow of money to you? Obviously, money will not fall from the sky and into your hands. The trick is to recognize that you are not separate from the universe. There is not the universe PLUS you. There is only the universe which INCLUDES yourself.

So just like the outflow (spending) of money requires your participation, the inflow of money also requires your participation. In the art of spending money, both the inflow and the outflow of money must be guided by YOUR desires. With the art of spending money you can have a huge inflow of money without being greedy. Greed is only created when the overall inflow of money is larger than the outflow. You can also, if you desire, switch to a low inflow of money, for example if you want to spend more of your time dealing with other things than those related to money.

[lenejento]

Interesting thread. I'm still abit :confused: when it comes to the questions about money, sad to say. And I am in quite abit of debt, so if I desire for my debt to be cleared would that help the flow? Hard to believe it's as easy as that isn't it? But is that the only problem?

This quote especially made me wonder:

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money

Thank you Anders for this thread :)

[Anders Lindman]

Interesting thread. I'm still abit :confused: when it comes to the questions about money, sad to say. And I am in quite abit of debt, so if I desire for my debt to be cleared would that help the flow? Hard to believe it's as easy as that isn't it? But is that the only problem?


The total flow in the monetary system is balanced since every outflow has an equally large inflow. The problem is that in many places this balance is broken in the form of excessive wealth and debts, which act as blocks in the flow.

This imbalance in the monetary system has created a lopsided pyramid, where the collected wealth of the upper part of the pyramid is much larger than the collective wealth in the lower part of the pyramid.

The monetary system is a massive machinery where the flow of money is dysfunctional.

Is it then possible to create a healthy flow for oneself even when the monetary system itself doesn't have a healthy flow? Perhaps it is possible. Even if the flow is blocked in many places within the monetary system, the flow that does happen is always balanced. And since the flow is blocked in so many places, that means that there exists a huge potential for increasing the flow, even for individual persons.