Prosperity: Seeing Your Wealth With New Eyes
By
Kathy L Kirk

"When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms." -Mary Oliver

I know you’re reading this article because you’re working on opening up that flow of abundance INTO your experience, right? Show me the MONEY! I understand completely. Let me share with you an amazing experience that changed my “poor thinking” into prosperity thinking.

I’ve been working on this one for awhile. Suffice it to say that I’m being asked to release whatever it is that I think, believe or otherwise harbor in my wee human mind that might deflect my tsunami of dollars that’s waiting for me to line up with it in my “vibrational vortex”.

One morning alone with my journal, I took up pen and began a dialogue between me and Me. These chats are always pretty illuminating. Why I don’t just DO IT is quite beyond me. However, since it was 2:30 am, it was a fair bet that some Thing or some One was trying to communicate with me. Finally I relented around 4:00 am. I stopped potting around and sat down to quiet my human mind. What ensued was really, really illuminating and…uplifting. This, I might add here, is very important in the raising your vibrational countenance game. Seeing as the Big U only matches whatever vibration you’re sending out – relief was imperative. I wrote down my “problem” and sat waiting for my “guidance”. Pretty soon, we were having a dialogue. I blabbed; then “I” was speaking back to me, gently guiding me towards a more constructive train of thought. I asked me, “which problem do you want to work on?” I wrote, “Money.”

Now before I go on and make you all privy to a most private conversation between me and Me, I should explain here that I’ve been doing some very focused effort on this topic for the last 3 months. I should also tell you that just a few days ago I found a $10.00 bill right outside my house on the street. This is evidence of raising my vibration on what has been a very stubborn topic. I’m nothing if not persistent.

Back to the journal.

I says, “Do you think you might be able to see money inflow in a more oblique way?”

I pondered this for a few minutes, then wrote, “I think so. I want to try. You’re asking me to see dollars coming to me in ways that are not directly cash or money, right?”

“Yes.”

I felt the familiar thrill inside when I feel  a “new view” happening. I love it when this happens, because I’m about to be freed from the slavery of my old, habitual thought pattern – and gain a new perspective. I began to write a list of ways money flowed to me in the past month without coming directly to me as dollars.

1.  The guy at the shoe store took $15.00 off a pair of shoes for no apparent reason.

2.  The man at the garage gave me $12.00 off my oil change for no apparent reason.

3.  Whilst I was on vacation, two neighbors cared for my cat for 10 days. Let’s see $30.00/day for 10 days for cat sitting times 2 people  =  $600.00.

4.  A friend gave me about 3 pounds of fresh picked organic blueberries from her garden.  Hmm that’s about $12.00.

5.  On my vacation I stayed with a friend for 5 days. That’s about $500.00

6.  Another friend gave me a motorcycle ride to a gorgeous park. What dollar value do I give to the feeling of freedom and the sense of exhilaration I felt? $1000.00

I continued writing for quite awhile, then “I” instructed me to tally it up which I did. Then ”I” said, “Keep Going. Consider all the things that have been of value to you, joy, or  benefit that you did NOT pay for, but you were enhanced by and assign a dollar value to it.” I considered this, and I resumed writing.

7.  Mom insists on doing my laundry for me, saving me time….well that’s at least $100 or more.

8. I love the rain. Give that experience and the abundance of moisture a dollar value. $1000+

9.  I really appreciated the good roads on my drive from Ohio to Philly. Great. What value do you assign to 18 hours of perfect roads with beautiful views through the Allegheny Mountains? $1000? $2000?

“I” began prompting me further…

10.  How many videos and books have you checked out of the library for free giving you countless hours of pleasure, entertainment and information without having to own cable or purchase the items from a bookstore? $500.00 or more…

11.  How much air have you enjoyed this month? Lungs full of it whenever you need or want it. Assign a dollar value to that….$3000.00

12.  How much sunlight have you been appreciating this month, and while you’re at it throw in the night sky, the cloud people you love to play with and the fireflies….$10,000 or more

13.  If you had to assign a dollar value to everyone who smiled at you, helped you, hugged you, gave you directions, clarified something….give each act of kindness a dollar value….$700.00

14.  You forgot to add in the people or creatures that made you laugh or smile: butterflies, dragonflies, deer, frogs, your Cat….$800.00.

I paused. "I" instructed me to add all that up and said, “You’re still not finished.”

15.  How about the free report or video or PDF someone gave you on the computer. $200.00

16.  Let’s not forget the half dozen roses your sister brought over. $30.00

17.  What about the brunch, the dinner, the birthday party, the cards, the good wishes, gift certificates, checks…………………………….$1000.00?

We did this for over an hour. At some point I realized that the inflow of dollars to me for one month without a job was over $20,000; and according to "I", and I was still far from being finished.

By this time, day was dawning (no pun intended), so I took myself over to Lake Medina to watch the sunrise. I wondered what dollar figure I could assign to the beauty of the lake, the companion of the birds, and the astonishing sunrise that was just for me for there was no one else there. I wondered what value I could place on a body that felt good, legs that move well, eyes that see, ears that hear and a voice that could shout, “Wow. As it turns out, I am rich!”

Now I see with New Eyes; and I’m appreciating prosperity from a whole New Perspective. I wonder where my vibrational countenance is now? How about you? Get out your journal and do this exercise for yourself. You’ll never see yourself as poor again. Imagine if you did this every single day…

Biography

Kathy Kirk has led both an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ life.  At first glance, her background as an entrepreneur and mother living in the Midwest may sound like someone you know.  Yet during the past 25 years she has been developing and evolving teachings and principles to help all people live life to the fullest.  In every activity, her focus has been observing the human Spirit and its interface, application and effectiveness in the individual Life on Earth. 

Applied Spirituality™ was born from research, observation, personal experiences, meditation and Kathy’s own spiritual journey.  She has exhaustively observed the world’s various religions, and studied many spiritual teachers. What she was looking for was not unique to one religion, however, but a simple, effective teaching that could be applied by all, regardless of religion.  For seven years in her jeep, Kathy traveled extensively the United States to observe people and conceive the idea and principles of Applied Spirituality.   She meditated and reflected on all that she had learned and found the words to explain Applied Spirituality to the world.

Her first book, The Earthling’s Quick Start Guide: Master Operating Your Unit On Earth is Introduction to Applied Spirituality written for all people to learn and apply to their own lives.  The book functions as a user’s manual and comes with a complete online, interactive course.  Kathy’s second book, Well Done chronicles owning and operating her successful restaurant, Chelsea Garden, in Solana Beach, CA.  It is as a story of an ordinary life transformed using the principles of Applied Spirituality. The forward of Well Done is written by Dr. Ken Blanchard.  Both books and online courses can be found on her website at www.appliedspirituality.com. Kathy can be reached at www.appliedspirituality.com, via email at support@appliedspirituality.com.