When Joe was pushing money away, he became very good at being poor—finding ways to do things without spending money. He cajoled his way down the Grand Canyon on a 14-day trip, found ways to get musical equipment. But all that effort cost enormous amounts of time and energy, none of which was aligned with who he actually was or the reality he wanted to create.
“Instead of doing stuff that I really love, making money so that I can buy other stuff I really want to do, I would do a whole bunch of stuff to cajole my way into a situation—none of which I wanted to do, none of which was creating the reality I wanted to see on Earth.”
Avoiding money doesn’t eliminate cost—it shifts the cost from money to time, energy, and alignment. The person who won’t charge for their work, who won’t engage with money, who rejects abundance—they’re still paying. They’re paying with their life energy directed away from their purpose. The poverty itself becomes expensive.
Related Concepts
- Money is a screen for projection
- Alignment eliminates procrastination
- War with your wants creates self-sabotage