Wealth – how much money is too much money?

Money is often considered the enemy of spirituality. In truth, however, wealthy people have TIME for spiritual nonsense, they’ve got the space for it, and often the motivation to seek spiritual peace. Money is not the enemy, but it has its drawbacks.

Money is used to control you – make it so that they can’t

When you are dependent on money you didn’t earn with whatever you are doing, and you put an ounce of your power into another person’s or entity’s hands, you’re in hot waters. For instance, relying on Google ad-revenue is not the DUMBEST idea ever, but when Google decides that all monetized content created by… whatever group you belong in… is no longer to be paid, you’re screwed. This might not seem like a plausible situation, but let’s say your country declares a war on USA. All of the sudden, your money flow WILL be cut. What is worse, your competitors are still on the platform, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

If you are relying on the good graces of your father, another family member, or your spouse to keep you in bread and butter, you’re in even a bigger predicament. Unless that person in your True Emotion Mirror or Precious Soulmate, the chances are they are not entirely happy how you spend your life and thus, their money. Now, it’s up to them to decide whether you’re still allowed your allowance, and thus, your behavior becomes the question of whether or not you get to keep your privileged position. If you don’t want that, cut the ties by gaining a separate income stream for yourself, something that you can control.

And now, when I say “you have to alter your behavior”, the Survivalist* will think “well… We’ll see about that – how is that a bad thing – I can handle that…” They rarely feel shame in taking money from someone who is unhappy with who they’re paying money to. The Survivalist* can keep on doing what they are doing – until their cash cow decides to cut them off their funds, that is.

Fear of losing it to thieves, bad luck etc.

Manage your wealth by making sure that you don’t lose sleep over it. Don’t have so much stuff that you fear thieves, or have to arm yourself up to your teeth to make sure nobody takes your coin. You don’t really have to give it up, just make sure that the wealth you have doesn’t keep you up at night. Make sure your wealth is the kind that makes you feel SECURE, in control of your own fate, and reassured, rather than the other way around.

Make sure your locks hold, and your bank accounts are reliable.

And don’t trust dodgy financial advisors.

So much money you don’t enjoy buying stuff anymore

In my teens, I wrote into my personal little notebook: “Never seek for the kind of wealth that would prevent you from pampering yourself with a too expensive purchase.” What I meant by that, is that there is a point when you no longer ENJOY buying things. When the most expensive shoes in the store feel like you’ve spent pennies when you could have spent thousands. When the luxury items no longer feel like they reflect your wealth properly. You look poor compared to what you own – because items that would make you grinch when pulling out the credit card simply don’t exist! That’s when you know you have too much money, or not enough of an imagination to spend your money.

But remember this. When an average rich person pampers themselves with Manolo Blahnicks, Elon Musk build himself a space station. Spending money is just a matter of imagination, but if you can’t imagine it, you could possibly just stick to the millionaire club, right?

Living off mommy’s, daddy’s, or your spouse’s money

While it can be thoroughly pleasurable for some people to live off on someone else’s money, usually, the smarter you are, the more meaningless it feels to be tied to someone else’s purse. It’s like putting on fake clothes, right? You look rich, but if someone asked you, you’d have to admit it’s not YOUR wealth but someone who thinks you’re worth dressing up.

To some people, being loved by a rich person, be it a spouse or a family member, is enough of an achievement. They think that alone is worth donning yourself up for and feel pride for it. And you could, perhaps, do them the honor of feeling that way. But most people feel pride in their wealth when that wealth is self-made. The steeper the climb, the higher the pride usually. Money, the show of money, should reflect the sense of achievement, whatever you feel that achievement is.

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