In May, we celebrate all aspects of Miracles.

In this week’s Sunshine Inbox, let us talk about money. It is another word that begins with M and one which many people like to manifest more of. 😊

I am not providing financial advisory or money-making tips – that’s not my area of expertise. We do have a few members who offer such expertise.

Instead, I like to share about thoughts and vibrational alignment about money and how it allowed me to create greater abundance.

First, let me share two interesting research studies that I recently read in Dr Joe Dispenza’s book Becoming Supernatural:

Study 1: Playing the Piano

A team of Harvard researchers took a group of volunteers who have never played the piano before and divided the group into two groups. The first group practiced a simple five-finger piano exercise for two hours a day over a period of five days. The other group did the same thing but just by imagining they were sitting at the piano without physically moving their fingers any way. The before and after brain scans showed that both groups created dramatic new neural circuits and new neurological programming in their brains that controls finger movements even though one group did by thoughts alone.

Study 2: Muscle Training

In a Cleveland Clinic study, ten subjects aged between 20 and 35 imagined flexing one of their biceps as hard as they could in five training sessions a week for 12 weeks. Every other week, the researchers recorded their electrical brain activity during the sessions and measured their muscle strength. By the end of the study, they had increased their biceps muscle strength by 13.5% even though they hadn’t actually been using their muscles at all. They maintained this gain for three months after the training sessions have stopped.

Thoughts creating reality.

When I was creating and manifesting miracles in my life, the different books that I read all had the same common teachings:

That being successful is a state of mind. The more you feel something, the more it will flow into your life. You do not wait till you are happy to start feeling happy. You do not wait till you achieve success to feel successful. You do not wait till you have money to feel you are financially free. You do not wait till the pain goes away to start feeling healthy.

You get the picture.

Being successful, happy, healthy, rich and so on is also a state of mind and vibrational frequency. The more we feel it, the more we can manifest it.

When I first read those materials in 2005, I initially distrusted them.

Then I became hopeful and curious. Reason is because if my state of mind and my own vibrational frequency is something that is within my control, it meant that I have a way to change my circumstances.

“Why not test out some of the suggestions and see what unfolds,” I told myself.

Since lack of money was one of my biggest headaches at that time, I worked on it.

I was not only broke but in debt. The years of working in the non-profit sector coupled with bills from my ex-marriage and unwise decisions to lend money to others saw an accumulation of debts.

I had a big mindset shift and decided to leave the non-profit sector. Managed to attract a job as a corporate trainer even though many naysayers said I had no value to offer to the corporate world. With a better salary, things were turning for the better where finances are concerned.

In that same year, I was also certified as a therapist which meant that I could see clients for one-to-one therapy sessions and have an additional source of income. It was at times tiring but I was determined to be financially stable.

At about the same time, I also read this book Ask And It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks. That’s where my state of mind and vibrational frequency regarding money shifted greatly.

They have wonderful suggestions on how to attract greater abundance and one of the ideas that I adopted was that of a Becoming Free of Debt Process.

Prior to this repayment plan, what I had been doing was to pay a lump sum to a person to offset part of the loan. It was depressing for me because (1) I had to choose who to repay the loan to, and (2) I felt bad that I was not repaying the rest yet.

With a clear repayment plan that had all parties involved (I had a total of five parties to repay to), it felt very good each month when I SMSed or emailed all parties “I have transferred the amount to your bank account. Thanks!” It made me feel that I was becoming financially more stable.

The best SMSes and emails were the “final” ones where I wrote: “Thanks for your love and concern. Today is the last payment!”

I was very disciplined about adhering to my repayment plan and also very disciplined when it came to expenses. I used to think that I was terrible with finances (another limiting belief!) but I realised that I was not.

I was practical when it came to finances; it was the circumstances that I was involved in that threw me off-track. Now that I was in a different environment and with a better salary from being a corporate trainer, as well as the extra income from my work as a therapist, I was slowly but steadily paying off my loans. And for the first time, I also had extras to pamper myself when I wanted, for example massages, which I absolutely love.

Esther and Jerry Hicks also had another brilliant suggestion of keeping a $100 dollar bill in your wallet and go “window shopping” with it.

The concept was to move your vibrational state of feeling from “I can’t afford that” to “I can afford it”. Whenever I saw something I liked (say, a book or a dress) instead of going “gosh, I can’t afford that”, I told myself “I can afford that” and moved on. I didn’t need to buy it but felt that I could buy it if I wanted to.

It took a lot for me to keep this dollar bill and not spend it because I had bills to pay and $100 was a lot of money at that time. Still, I believe in testing out recommendations and so I persevered, resisting all temptations to spend it when I was feeling broke.

Gradually, through the months, I noticed a shift in myself. I was more willing to spend on things without feeling an ache. In the past, I would have thought twice before buying a cup of bubble tea even when I could afford it.

Doing the $100 dollar bill exercise helped me to feel relaxed and detached about money. I was and am still prudent about spending (and rightly so since I was still working on my repayment plan) but I was not obsessed about it. When there was something I liked and I could afford it, I would buy it.

This vibrational shift is important.

Imagine having lots of money and just wanting to accumulate even more and not spend it. The exercise allowed me to desire greater abundance yet remain detached about money. 

On 11 December 2008, I wrote my final three cheques and cleared all my outstanding loans, a year faster than I thought would be possible! I cannot fully express the sheer joy I felt of being free. It was more than just the loans. It was the energetic ties that the loans represented as they were linked to a part of my life that I absolutely wanted to be free from.

This is just one example of mindset and vibrational shifts.  

Since I learnt about it, I am mindful to consciously check my vibrational frequency when I am working on something.

When I was writing my book Freedom Embraced, it was challenging at times. As most writers will attest, writing can be a rather arduous journey plagued with self-doubts. I had to consistently remind myself to feel successful and joyous. I pictured readers enjoying the book and feel successful as an author. Inner success. That spurred me to complete it and eventually, being offered a contract by Marshall Cavendish. My dream of being published by a traditional publisher manifested. The book was also a best seller for a couple of weeks.

I now know that when I cannot feel the vibrational frequency, it is likely to fail. For example, last December when I was in Singapore, I went on a weight loss programme. But I just kept on piling on the kilos. Looking back, I could not feel the vibrational frequency of being slimmer. Instead, every morning I woke up feeling fat. My body only started to physically shift when I recalibrated. I started to picture being slimmer in my mind to amplify the vibrational frequency of being slim supported by the healthy strategies I am doing.

When my clients share their goals with me in the Flourish 1-1 sessions, in addition to exploring strategies, I will also ask them to do resonance work. Remember the story that I shared in Week 15 about a client who was able to jump from a sales role to a GM role?

Prior to getting that lucky break by her supplier, she had already been working on her confidence to lead a team. We had began the inner work for her to feel successful as a leader of a team, even though she was just a sales executive at the time. Because she could feel herself as a leader, it was not suprising that the leader who interviewed her could feel the vibes too and offered her the role!

In manifesting miracles in your life, adjusting your mindset and tuning your vibrational frequency is as important as equipping yourself with strategies.

Feel successful, happy, healthy, wealthy while you are in the process of manifesting the life that you want.