Capital is Queen

Dear Unconditional Love - what would you have me know today?

Oh, honey. It’s ok if you want to ask me about money. It’s also ok if you don’t. What an awful thing to have to deal with huh? It feels like such a ridiculous thing to have to manage in this Earth School. Like can’t we all just do what we want and get what we want and share what we want and trade what we want and and and? That does feel like it would be WAY easier.

I can tell you that the reason you feel that way is because you were a part of that kind of life before. The journey your soul took before this one was through a community somewhere where communalism was a reality. You loved it there. But it had its other challenges though. Just because financial currency wasn’t a part of your daily life doesn’t mean that the trading, deciding, needing, and wanting went away. So even though it feels like it was a more care free life, your cares were still there. They just weren’t directed at the financial currency itself.

Couple that with all the bullshit Earth School society has added as such charged feelings to financial currency and you’ve got a real cluster fuck of feelings, emotions and actions around currency.

I’m here with you, babe. This feels hard because it is hard. I know you love that saying. This feels hard because everything about financial currency is so black and white. This physical manifestation of value has become SO charged after the Industrial Revolution. People WERE whittled down to their financial value because they had to be. We needed (a strong word, I know) all hands on deck to be producing, producing, producing so that we could have all that we needed for (perceived) safety. 

That’s where this cluster started. It didn’t start with your parents, it’s not their fault so let’s skip them. It’s industrialized society that deemed it necessary to couple human worth with finances and…boom! Capitalism. Capital is queen. And, I agree, it fucking sucks.

And yet, here we are love. We’re in it. Your soul is now in a place in Earth School’s history that DOES require you to live in a world where finances are valued and important. I’m here to reassure you that we CAN handle this. But only if we really sit with this and remind ourselves that this is not our fault. We have such complicated feelings around all this because it IS fucking complicated. 

Want to know the worst part? Being in relationship with people who have different perspectives on this is EXHAUSTING. Because we have such “right” and “wrong” tied to this.

Oh wait, did I say worst part?

I meant best part. Hmm no, not best part.

I mean that there is the most OPPORTUNITY there will ever be to learn and evolve when we are in relationship with people who think differently than us about financial currency. And about anything, really.

There is SO much to learn from your partner, babe. You get frustrated when your partner is frustrated about too much or too little money. Pay attention to that, to him. He’s telling you that it’s important to him. 

You know how you’re so interested in what each religion thinks about the afterlife? Treat your husband as another religion to understand. What does he think about financial currency? Why? Listen without convincing or waiting until he’s finished to tell him why he’s wrong.

Whoops did I call you out there, babe? I PROMISE I’m calling you IN.

This is where the beauty is, my love. Sit in it. When you see your baby upset, you see it as an opportunity for him to build the skills he needs to handle the inevitable moments in life where he will BE upset. Use your conversations around money for the same purpose. Sink into them. See them as an opportunity to practice and build the skills you’ll need when this shit keeps coming up. Because it WILL come up.

Wouldn’t you rather plan and be prepared for the next time rather than trying to rush through it this time and be ill prepared next time? Ha! I knew the “planning” part would hit ya =) 

Your time in Earth School is long AND it is limited. Your job here is to learn everything you can before your soul moves to the next womb. There’s so much to learn here. And nothing to be gained by claiming to know everything already or already having decided which perspective you’ll take.

Commit to hearing out the people who think the earth is flat. Everyone here believed that for a long time until more discoveries were made. Be a discover-er. “Strong values loosely held,” like Glennon says. Take the “school” part of Earth school seriously and you’ll uncover so much. I’ll be here when it’s hard and when it’s easy. Either way it’s worth it babe.

Your openness allows other people to be open to different perspectives. When you’re closed and committed to your perspective, it doesn’t allow other people to be open because they match your closedness. 

Open up the gates, Elsa! Gosh we’re on a roll today =) I’m with you, I’m hugging you, you’re going to be just fine, my love. Now go get those dino nuggets. I love you.

Open up the gates, Elsa =)