Manifesting wealth

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

Mark Cuban, "The Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do," 2011 blog post

Money is an enormous and invaluable source of power. I regard it as a beautiful exchange of energy. There is nothing inherently wrong with the desire for more money. When it comes your way, it is a blessing. It provides needs and wants for you and your family, which leads to safety, security, and comfort. When you are facing an emergency and are truly desperate—such as being short on funds to afford an airplane ticket to visit a sick loved one—tapping into money energy can come through for you in a significant way. On the opposite end of the spectrum, a lack of money can be a hardship that inflicts severe stress, anxiety, and sadness on us and our families.

Wealth can be a wonderful thing to have, but it’s often accompanied by a dangerous trip wire: ego, which may appear in a variety of forms of detrimental behavior, including gloating (about having gobs of money) and jealousy (of a person who seems to have greater wealth than you do). Many people believe that money can buy happiness, yet it’s common for the wealthiest people to feel empty, bored, and unfulfilled.

If ego is embedded in your desire for money, you are bound to be disappointed. You may not blow all your money, but you do risk losing yourself. While it’s necessary to love money to attract it, you cannot have a foundation of greed either. If you want to build wealth purely for the sake of accruing luxuries and bragging rights, your heart and soul will pay a steep price at some point down the line. This isn’t a case of being judgmental, but rather knowing the universe frowns upon avarice and has its own secret methodology for dealing with it.

Further, be aware that money by itself will never solve all your problems or ensure happiness. It provides relief, eases suffering, and offers opportunities to experience joy. This is possible only if you deny your ego and express gratitude, as we previously explored in chapter 5.

When money was in short supply

Over the years, I have coached numerous clients on how to manifest wealth. Understandably, my high-net-worth clients wish to remain anonymous, so out of respect for them, I’m not sharing their stories here. This works out fine, as it doesn’t sit right with the universe for you to greedily demand high wealth right out of the gate.

We’ll turn instead to the reversal of fortunes experienced by Todd DePriest, a supply chain professional, husband, and proud father of three beautiful children. A few years ago, his family’s financial situation had already been tight when one of his daughters came down with a serious medical situation that required her to spend three months in the hospital. Todd had health insurance through his job, but the cost of it was exorbitant and significantly more than the monthly mortgage on his home.

Todd had been my friend and client for many years. He was a diligent student and worked on manifestation exercises for his health and well-being every day. Now we had to expand his regimen to help alleviate his financial burden and enable his family to live a more comfortable life.

Manifest wealth

Here’s a list of affirmations to help you manifest wealth: I am rich.

I am wealthy.
I am successful.
I love money.
Money loves me.
My bank account is full.
Money is a pure exchange of energy.
I am responsible for paying all my bills. I am in charge of my income.
I manifest more money every day.
I share my wealth.
I am always kind with my blessings.
I never run out of funds.
I choose to be patient with this process. I have a continual overflow.
I have a residual income for life.
I manifest a rain of money.
I believe.
I am financially secure always.

Enter: The money arrows

The seed of the idea for the Money Arrows manifestation exercise first came to me when I was around six years old. I grew up with financial instability and missed out on play- ing with toys. My playthings became items found in nature: trees, rocks, and apricot pits. I also played a lot of darts with my family.

This may help explain why I had a dream in which I was standing in a field overflowing with bright flowers, and an image of myself as an archer floated into my head. I pointed an arrow toward the sky and shot it loose. It soared into the air and struck the sky. The sky rippled on impact, as if the heavens had received my message. A rain of gold coins showered down upon me. I didn’t know what the dream meant at the time, but it stuck with me until I became an adult and learned how to manifest.

Manifestation requires focusing on a signal point; this creates a signal that taps into a belief system capable of communicating with powerful forces. In my mind, the dartboard from my childhood represents the sky, which in turn symbolizes the universe. The darts evolved into an archer with a bow and arrow striking a target. Although the image of Cupid is often associated with love and romance, it is embedded in the Money Arrows as well, since the heart is so crucial to manifesting anything, including wealth.

Over the years, I developed my philosophy of money as an exchange of energy and a loving gift to share that may be ushered into your life through the Money Arrows. I don’t think in terms of money being mine; I view it as a childlike toy to play with. I never allow money to become a stressor, as I understand that you can’t leave this world with it.

When you practice the Money Arrows, you want a high level of belief in the process but zero expectation of immediate gratification. The result almost always comes through when you least expect it in a way you hadn’t anticipated. One doesn’t do the Money Arrows and visualize winning a multi-million-dollar lottery the next day; this isn’t how the universe pays out.

When we last left the story of Todd DePriest, he was struggling to find a way to cover medical expenses for his daughter. I coached him on adding the Money Arrows to his ongoing manifestation practice. Numerous unexpected financial windfalls began to fall into his lap. These ranged from receiving random checks in the mail to a whopping 50 percent salary increase. His daughter’s medical care was covered—and then some.

Thanks to the Money Arrows, I’ve had more than my share of good fortune when I’ve needed it most. The first instance began when my wife, Melissa, and I were involved in a horrific car accident in Las Vegas. We were driving a rental car along the freeway when our vehicle was hit by a semitruck. We rammed into another car, spun out of control, and pummeled into a railing. For a moment, everything froze. Melissa—who is not particularly spiritual and tends to see things in black and white—envisioned an angel. I saw the angel too. We both thought we were dead.

The next thing I remember was hearing a fireman say, “I can’t believe these two are alive.”

We may have lived to tell the tale, but we suffered terrible injuries. All kinds of bones were broken—collarbones, ribs, etc. It was a long road to recovery, during which time my wife lost her job and an essential source of our income. Of course, I was self-employed but unable to work, so I wasn’t generating any revenue either.

“I’m going to do the Money Arrows every day while we’re injured. Money will come to us, don’t worry,” I assured Melissa.

“Tsikki, money does not grow on trees,” she countered. “Yes, it does,” I asserted. “And I’ll prove it to you.”

I practiced the Money Arrows day and night. Within seven days from when I took on Melissa’s challenge, checks poured into our mailbox—one for $10,000. On a whim, Melissa put five dollars in a slot machine at a gas station. You never win in places like that, right? Well, she hit the royal flush and came home with around $2,000. We were right back on our feet!

The money arrows exercise

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The Money Arrows is a simple three-step projection exercise that has the power to reverse your fortunes. As with the Doors, you will want to make it part of your routine and do it at least three times per day.

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