Debting As Penance
I had one of those AHAs the other day and want to share it with you.
First, let me say that I have been looking at our emotions and money from a more global perspective–trying to see what we all share and how we create our financial situation–as a group.
For example, right now, many people are suffering financially. Although each person or family has their own story, there is also a group dynamic. After hearing the words terror, killing, bombings, etc. on a daily basis, many are acting out their fear of dying through a fear of dying financially. Thus the mortgage meltdown, stock market plunge, and rising food prices.
These things don’t just happen, they are created by the group consciousness.
A credit crises of monstrous proportions is also looming as credit tightens and consumers are stretched beyond their means. So, I asked myself, what does this group debting represent.
My conclusion: Debt represents a way to do penance for the "sins" that we have committed. The whole concept of sin and guilt has been drummed into us through religious training and authority figures who get their power by disempowering others. Guilt and shame permeate our society with few outlets for healthy expression and release.
By carrying the burden of debt, we do penance for our "sins" as we hope to assuage our feelings of guilt. Eliminating the need to debt as penance requires that you:
- Forgive yourself for anything you have done or think you have done that stimulates guilt.
- If necessary, make amends to those you have harmed and ask for their forgiveness
- Imagine that God, Source, The Universe, or whatever supernatural force you relate to loves and forgives you. For real.
- Start behaving as if you have a right to hold your head high and be proud of yourself. In this day and age, sometimes just getting through the day is deserving of praise.
- Praise yourself often.
- When the voice inside your head criticizes you, breathe and tell yourself something positive about you or your actions.
To help you work through your guilt and shame, try my CD Healing Your Financial Shame.
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