lottery vs. working for your money

[TheFlyingMan]

A lot of LoA material that I am reading (The Science of Getting Rich, Think and grow rich, etc), states very clearly that we have to work for our money. A vision, something that we have to offer others in order to get the money.

But then they contradict themselves - they say money never comes through hard work.

Is there no chance of earning our money through, say the lottery, or a gift, or something? What are your thoughts on this?

[Dani]

The reason it never comes through 'hard work' is because if you are working through your purpose towards goals you truly desire. The work is not hard in the slightest.

Perhaps it would be better to say you need to take action, but not to work hard.

As an example I have recently gotten on purpose in my life and I am, technically, working far harder than I can ever remember, except for maybe when I was in the army. I sleep only a few hours a night. I have trimmed my social life back to one or two nights a week maximum. I work all weekend. etc.

However, I find it amusing when people tell me not to overwork myself, because I am loving every minute of it. It's like I am just playing, not working. I feel more energised, alive and am enjoying life more now, than any time in the past when I took it easy and had lots of 'free time' to kill.

If something feels like hard work to you, then you are doing the wrong thing, is basically what they are saying.

[alexb5784]

Too many people equate hard work with something that's negative. But it's only "hard work" when you're doing something that you aren't passionate about. In my opinion, to make a lot of money and be happy, you need to be doing focused, purposed centered work.

Now I'm not saying that all work will be pleasant and easy. But if you're doing purpose centered work, your tasks will be more enjoyable than the person working a 9-5 they're bored with. And there are many people who make a lot of money, but don't like what they do. Is that happiness? No, because after a while the money becomes an emotional trap.


Like Dani, I work a lot and I love what I do. So technically it isn't "hard work". It's not easy work, because it take effort and concentration to get things done, but it's not hard work because I love it.

Winning the lottery or expecting money to fall out of the sky, as your primary source of income, is giving up control of your life. You're saying "By my own efforts, I can't produce this income. So therefore I expect others to give it to me. And as a result, my life is dictated by situations out of my control."

I think playing the lottery sometimes, while working and being a responsible adult it fine. But depending on it to give you financial freedom, is allowing yourself to become a victim of life. And I say this because depending on things outside your control makes you feel powerless.

Play the lottery just for fun and find a way to give service to other people in a way that pleases you, then you'll have as much money as you can handle.

[danas]

Originally Posted by TheFlyingMan

Is there no chance of earning our money through, say the lottery, or a gift, or something? What are your thoughts on this?

Yes I believe you can. You can read about my manifestation here

[marwan]

100% agree.

The key is to learn true service, and to so it in a way that is also beneficial to you.
Even Jesus had a trade!

This is my first post by the way.

Hi everyone!

[TheFlyingMan]

hey marwan, welcome. Thanks for the replies everyone.

In the books I mentioned, they said hold the image of what you want in your head. For example, if you want a car, then hold the image of that car in your head all the time while you work.

I'm not so much after any material possessions, I just want a lot of freedom and time to do my own thing. But they seem to talk a lot about actual concrete material. So do you suggest I hold the thought of a huge stack of cash?

[I AM]

Originally Posted by TheFlyingMan

In the books I mentioned, they said hold the image of what you want in your head. For example, if you want a car, then hold the image of that car in your head all the time while you work.

I'm not so much after any material possessions, I just want a lot of freedom and time to do my own thing. But they seem to talk a lot about actual concrete material. So do you suggest I hold the thought of a huge stack of cash?

This is true, but make sure you visualize yourself driving/owning these cars or items. If you only picture these items, you will manifest them, by seeing them drive by.
As for cash, that is a little more difficult in that we attach emotion (and if we are short on cash, we attach lack) to cash. I find it easier to look at it this way. We all have abundance in our life, because that is all that exists. The question you need to ask is: Do I have an abundance of abundance or an abundance of lack.
Manifesting goes beyond wanting and visualizing. The easiest way to manifest something is to believe it is yours and you have it.
To manifest cash, you have to detach yourself from the belief that you have a lack of cash. For example, if you want to win the lottery, ask yourself why you want to win (Be truthful). If the answer is because you need or want the money you are focused on lack. If the answer is because you want to pay off bills, you are focused on the lack of money. The real trick to manifesting anything you want, is to believe, and I mean truly believe without any hesitation, that the reason it is yours is because abundance is a gift from God, the Universe or whatever/whoever you believe, and you accept this abundance.

Just think about the one thing I said. Do you have an abundance of abundance or an abundance of lack? No matter what you have, it is abundance.

[TheFlyingMan]

Hey I AM,

That is a great post. I don't really need a new car or anything, which is why I don't need to visualise myself driving it.

The reason I want to win the lottery is so I can just chill out and relax all day, learn some new skills, have fun, etc. This is pretty much what I've been doing, since I'm self employed and have control over my own hours. But you are right money is getting a bit tighter and I am worried about how long I can maintain this lifestyle.

So I most likely am in an lack mindset. Any tips on switching to that? I was in an abundance mindset most of the time, but now its starting to switch to lack, and I might have troubles keeping it in abundance.

For example, it's all well and good to think to myself "ooh I am rich". But to genuinely believe it when your bank account reads $20?

[I AM]

TheFlyingMan,

The reasons we switch back to a lack mindset is because our conscious mind, that is the mind that controls logic and the mind that focuses our thoughts to manifest in this world, is fighting for control. We let that mind put doubts in our beliefs. For example, if you do want to manifest the lottery, how often do thoughts come up that think about odds, luck, worry about people stealing from us, etc.?

If you own your own business, as I do also, thoughts of lack come up every day. How do I find new customers, what product to I sell, what if no one wants it. Once again, this is your logical mind or ego fighting you for control.

Please remember, this is what I believe and it works for me. If you or other people have other beliefs that work for them that is really all that matters.
I believe that we need to make peace with ourselves and let our ego’s know that yes they do have the power to focus our thoughts (good or bad) to create all that we want, but the source is God or the Universe. We are just using the gifts that were given to us. So make a deal with your ego that it can create and focus only the thought that you want. When you find your mind/ego wandering and focusing on doubt, bring it back in.

I’m becoming too long winded again, but to summarize.
Make peace with yourself and make an agreement to only focus on the good things you want. When you find yourself thinking about the negative things remember, you believe you can have lack or poverty or whatever you want, and you will get it. But the same thing applies to abundance of the good things you want too.

You cannot say I am rich and you are, you have to believe you are rich. And I mean REMOVE ALL DOUBT. Remove the thoughts of how can I be rich if I only have $20.00 in the bank. That is why working toward something helps so much. If you focus on becoming rich through your business it is easier that trying to convince yourself you will win the lottery. You actually believe that is true.

Hope this helps. And once again, it is only my opinion and I may be full of crap.

By the way, do you fly? I am a CFI/CFII and I have been flying for 25 years.

[TheFlyingMan]

Hey I AM, great reply, makes heaps of sense, I will try it straight away.
I will make a new thread that describes my very strange IM story, hopefully you can have a read and tell me what you think.
And no I don't fly hehe. I used to do a martial art (Brazilian Jiujutsu), and there is a series of fancy moves called Flying Armbars and Flying Triangles, and I was obssessed with mastering those.

*EDIT*

--- (I AM, this goes in conjunction with my other thread)
But like you said, with my own business I do worry about lack once in a while. To make things worse, I have lost passion in my business and I'm going back to university to pursue a different career - I moved back home with my parents and will be living off my savings for a few years. That business is still going but more a part time thing.

[Kylark]

I have the same issue as FlyingMan. I'm simply not that motivated by the thought of "stuff," especially if I have to do a lot of work to get it. To me, financial abundance would mean NEVER HAVING TO GO TO WORK. I don't like to work.

So I guess I should visualize myself in a nice house in a beautiful setting, with my sweetheart, playing viola or reading books or watching movies. OK, maybe I just answered my own question.