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“With the measure you use, it will be measured to you – and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”  Jesus

Mark 4:24, 25 New International Bible

        I always thought the second sentence of this passage spoken by Jesus to his followers seemed so harsh and even a bit cruel. Take away what little someone has? Why? That’s not fair. And as far as giving more to the already rich is even worse. But Jesus wasn’t cruel or harsh, so there must a deeper more spiritual meaning here.

        Jesus taught in parables full of symbols and metaphors using the agricultural setting of his world at that time. Seeds are a symbol of our spirit and soil represents the environment in which we plant them. We can think of spirit and energy interchangeably. We plant our spirit in a nutrient rich (loving) soil, keep it weeded from care and strife, and the life energy in the seed grows into a living plant capable of producing additional seeds and plants.

            This life force energy is within you too. If you don’t know you have it and that you are directing it, you will live way below your potential and risk getting caught in fear and lack. You won’t understand that your thoughts carry your energy out to infinity. Nor will you understand those thoughts can take root and produce your own heaven or hell depending on what you are “measuring out” to the world around you. Therefore, the most important lesson one can learn is to know oneself.

            Knowing that you and everything has this life-force energy is the key. It doesn’t matter if it manifests as love or money or giraffes. It is the same energy manifesting in different forms. This may sound very extreme, but think about it for a moment. We aren’t just seeking physical money or loving people around us, we are seeking the energy money can buy, and the love that grows us spiritually and emotionally from our loved ones. You can sense the difference.

            What happens when you meet people that reek of neediness for love or money? Most of us probably turn tail and run. Well, love and money run from us when we approach them from need and scarcity too. Jesus says that those who give from a needy, self-serving attitude will find what little they do have taken away.

            But do we dare love money? After all, the Bible says, “The love of money is the root of all evil”. Here again we have to go to the symbolic, metaphorical meaning or our understanding can go sideways. Loving the materialistic aspect of money is the snare that is the root of evil. It is money for money’s sake because it destroys love. It always needs more and there is no end to more.       

            But when we love the energy or spirit of money, then that energy expands. It is then we demonstrate we are aware that money is a means of exchanging love, gratitude and appreciation for goods and services. To those who give from this attitude more will be given them.         

            Thankfully, there is a tremendous upsurge in awareness as to what is real in the world these days, as people are unclenching their fists and opening their hands in a spirit of cooperation and open-mindedness. We can now afford to move from a limiting poverty consciousness to abundance consciousness. We are aligning with the whole Universe which operates on the energy of abundance consciousness. Just look at Mother Nature. Does She ration only a certain number of leaves to the trees? No. They have an overabundance of leaves. Look at the Heavens? There are so many trillions of stars we can’t even count them. This same power of abundance is within you.

            Try this. Begin to think of money as an energy of exchange that responds to love, gratitude and appreciation just as you do. Don’t chase it out of need or greed. Love and appreciate it. Let it chase you! How fun is that?