Money is complicated. So much psychological, social, emotional, physical, intellectual baggage that comes with it.
If I chase after it, does that make me greedy.
If I have more than others, will I think I’m worth more.
If I don’t have enough, do I think I’m worth less.
If I don’t feel like I deserve it, do I think I’m worthless.
When I began to think about these beliefs, all these things I was afraid of being. Even without having money, I was giving money way more power and meaning than it should. In my beliefs, money gives worth and power and less money equals less value and worth.
This belief system only offers two states of being, with money or without money, with power or without value. So even in my state of not having money, I was buying into this belief state about myself. I must have less value, while people with more money have more value. That is, it’s more obvious that people in the positive state, of having money would be holding and pursuing this belief system, but even in the negative state, I was pushing this belief system.
Money doesn’t have a soul. It doesn’t have an intrinsic value to make someone more valuable than another. Although it does enable some people to believe that. I guess that’s what I was rejecting, not the money itself, but that belief system. And having money or wanting money would be conforming to that belief system. To the point I would under value my contribution or self-worth, because money was so important, intrinsic and gave worth and identity.
But this belief system about money, with power or without value, is not the only two states of being. It tries to make us believe that, because people want to maintain a power system. And the people that want power want to keep that hierarchal system.
We can buy into that or realize that money is just a symbol of an exchange. An exchange of touch points between people. When we’re able to connect with people in a way that brings people what they need or want and vice versa. An exchange of thoughts, ideas, creativity, experience, knowledge in the form of service, products or art.
That is when money is merely a token of our exchange, touch points between people.