Money
How finding internal stability leads to external changes
In a couple of stories I’ve shared here, I’ve mentioned my guides bringing in money for me unexpectedly. Falcon wants me to expand a bit more on what that actually looks like.
When I say that they brought in money for me, it doesn’t mean that I woke up one morning and there was just extra money in my bank account. Rather, these were occasions where money would come to me through sources I never would’ve dreamed of. Additionally, it wasn’t money I was expecting. That’s how I knew it was coordinated by my spirit guides, because I had no involvement in bringing it in or even requesting it.
An example Falcon is guiding me to share happened a couple of years ago. My finances were extremely limited, and I was traveling between states. I had just enough money for gas and food, but when I placed my order for food, something got goofed up in the system, so I wasn’t able to get my food. Additionally, the account also held onto my money, stating that I would be refunded within 7 to 10 business days, which did me no good for that afternoon. As a result, I assumed I’d just have to skip that meal. Then, out of nowhere, while I was pumping gas, a woman approached me and handed me money. She stated that she’d been guided to give it to me, then turned and walked away, and I never saw her again. Of course I thanked her, but that was the end of the exchange.
Because the issue with my food order had taken place on my phone online, there’s no way she could’ve known about it. This is how I know my guides organized this. I didn’t ask for it, I just received money without expectation or explanation. Thanks to this blessing, I then had more than enough money for food. I should add that the amount I received was more than double the amount that had been withheld from me.
My guides have orchestrated this sort of thing for me quite a few times, and each time, it’s always been more than enough for what I’ve needed. More often than not, they’ve had it come in before I’ve needed it, sometimes as far out as weeks in advance. The food story above was a rare example of a time when they had this happen in the moment, rather than in advance.
While these have been beautiful blessings and I’m very grateful for them, that’s not really the focus of what Falcon wants me to write about. What he’s guiding me to explain is that money is a tool. Some people will say it’s an energy, but Falcon is saying that’s not quite accurate. He’s explaining that the flow of money is an energy, both giving and receiving, but that money itself is a tool.
He’s going on to say that once we realize money is a tool, we learn to see that it isn’t typically a representation of what we actually want. Rather, it’s a means of getting what we want. He’s using the example above, pointing out that I didn’t actually need money; I needed food. The money was just a tool that allowed me to get the food. However, I would’ve been every bit as grateful if I’d been given food without the money. That’s the distinguishing factor.
Falcon’s guiding me to share an analogy he’s used in the past. He’s saying to think of a person wanting to manifest a house. However, rather than the person being open to various ways a house might be made available to them, they instead focus on trying to manifest the money to buy a house. This person could end up with plenty of money, but if there aren’t any houses available, the money isn’t going to be what they actually need, because the money is just a tool. It’d be like trying to manifest a house by focusing on manifesting the hammer to build it. You could end up with a truckload of hammers, but they won’t provide you shelter; they’re just a tool used as a part of building a house. When the focus is only on money rather than the desired outcome, you’re focusing your energy in the wrong place.
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On a smaller scale, an example Falcon is giving happened shortly after I moved to where I’m living currently. There was one evening when I was working on a project, and I realized I needed tape and didn’t have any. At the time, my funds were extremely limited, and I didn’t have the means to simply run out and buy some. I stepped away from what I was working on and moved on to something else, when suddenly, I began finding rolls of tape in completely random places around my apartment. I say “rolls” because I ended up with not one, but three rolls of tape! My guides provided me with more than what I needed, without it requiring money.
From that perspective, most people don’t actually want money, even if they believe they do. Really, they want the things that money provides — security, feelings of power, material items, stability, etc. With the exception of material items, the majority of those things have to do with our internal state and how we feel, rather than our physical surroundings. That’s why, many times, if we’re trying to manifest money, our guides will instead try to redirect our focus to changing our perspectives and healing. In doing so, we can attain those feelings through our internal state. We can feel stable and secure, regardless of what our external surroundings are like.
I know that’s not what we want to hear, and I struggled for a very long time with this concept. I simply couldn’t understand how I could be struggling financially on the outside, while also maintaining feelings of security on the inside. There were plenty of times I’d become frustrated with my guides when they tried to teach me this. I wanted the money first, as I believed that would lead to my feelings of stability. However, through patient persistence, my guides changed my perspective. They showed me that while, at the time, my finances weren’t where I wanted them to be, they still always made sure I had what I needed. As I began to learn and understand that, that’s when my external circumstances began changing. Additionally, they showed me examples of plenty of people who’re quite wealthy but don’t have any sort of internal stability, regardless of how much money they have.
Stepping aside for a moment, I want to acknowledge that I do understand that, while I have struggled financially in the past, at the same time, I’m coming at this from a very privileged perspective. Even when I was struggling, I never had to do without things like food or shelter, and that’s not the case for everybody. There are people who live in horrible, unstable, unsafe conditions, and Falcon wants me to clarify that I’m not saying that someone in that situation simply needs to change their perspective. For the purpose of this article, he’s having me refer specifically to those who seek out feelings of stability through a sole focus on money.
This is where I try to be so careful in how I speak on these topics, because there are those in the spiritual community who will say that we are never victims of our circumstances and that we co-create everything, whether consciously or subconsciously, but that simply isn’t true. There are things that can happen that are beyond control and understanding. I want to add that I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know why some things happen for some people and not for others. Falcon is saying that’s an impossible question to answer with a blanket generalization, because the reasoning behind each situation differs for everyone.
Falcon is having me use myself as an example. I grew up in a very abusive environment. As a small child, I did not co-create the situation of my family abusing me. Falcon is saying that’s complete nonsense. He’s adding that there are things that, before we incarnate into this world, we choose to experience as part of our life’s path so that we can grow and learn from them, but this doesn’t mean that absolutely every single experience is something we chose or co-created.
The idea that we co-create everything that happens in our lives, Falcon is explaining, is human-conceptualized and not accurate to how the spirit world works. He’s saying that this idea originated with people who were afraid of not being in control of their circumstances. They dealt with this by trying to create an illusion of control for themselves through claiming that they’re responsible for every single thing that happens to them.
If we are in a bad situation or a situation we’re unhappy with, we can take responsibility for moving out of these circumstances. However, Falcon is reiterating that there are things that happen that are beyond our control, and part of the human experience is learning to understand and accept that.
Back to the purpose of the article. Something Falcon wants to make clear is that there’s nothing inherently wrong with asking your spirit guides for money or trying to manifest money. There are circumstances where money is needed. He’s not trying to say that no one needs money. What he’s trying to convey, however, is for people to not be surprised if they ask for money but are redirected by their guides. Money may be something we want, but our guides are focused on what we actually need and what is going to be best for us. Sometimes, that is money. Other times, it has to do with healing inner wounds that affect our feelings of stability.
He’s adding that this doesn’t mean your guides will never provide you with money if you ask for it. However, they may have you focus on your healing work first, before they provide you with it. As stated above, there are people who have loads of money but are absolutely miserable because they haven’t done the healing work. With money comes new stressors — the need to manage it, save it, protect it, use it responsibly, and so on. Falcon is saying that’s why, if we haven’t done the healing work and our guides bring in the money first, we’ll promptly lose it, and possibly lose more than what we started with. That’s why doing the healing work first is so crucial, so that if and when the money actually comes in, we’re able to hold onto it without making ourselves miserable.
With that, Falcon is telling me this is a good stopping point, so I hope everyone has a beautiful day!
