According to Pamela Kribbe, if we wish to embody Christ consciousness in our lives (love), we need to make a transition from a life dominated by the energy of the third chakra (will) to a life guided by the gentler, non-violent energies of the fourth chakra (the heart). This transition encompasses all areas of our lives – including our relationship to work and money – and takes place through our capacity to understand and to allow. Once this transition is made, we enter the flow of sufficiency and the sense of abundance.
Money Is Innocent
To begin with, it is helpful to explore the beliefs that block the attraction of the energy of abundance and its most prominent representative, money, into our lives. Since most of these beliefs are unconscious, we become aware of them primarily through the feeling of discomfort that arises when the word money is mentioned.
“At this point I want to address the issue of material abundance in particular, as it is of extra relevance to lightworker souls.
Lightworker souls and spiritually oriented, idealistic people in general tend to condemn money. Money is considered to be sinful by them, to be a lower energy. The reason for this condemnation is that they have come to associate money with power and wealth at the expense of others. Money has practically become synonymous with power. This association is one of the main reasons why the flow of material abundance has become blocked in many of you who read this…
However money is innocent. Money is a flow of energy that actually represents pure potentiality. Money offers opportunities, money is potentiality and there is nothing wrong with that. Nor is it the case that by receiving money you act at the expense of others. With money you are able to create beautiful and good things for others. By receiving it joyfully, you expand the flow of abundance for both yourself and for others. The creative spiral always generates a receiving flow also, so that receiving and giving are balanced out. This is the way of the heart. Therefore do not be afraid to receive money.”
— Pamela Kribbe, Work, Money and Creativity
The principle of self-regulation is a fundamental law that helps us understand everything that happens in our lives, including our mental health. When the exchange between ourselves and others is disrupted (including our relationship with money), this leads to burnout, exhaustion, and loss of joy.
I am reminded of a dream a friend once had about me during that time:
“I dreamt that you were leading a course in a circle of many people…
When the time came to pay you, each person placed the money in front of you, but you did not reach out to take it…
When my husband gave the money to the musicians, they began to glow…
The same money gave them strength and vitality…
I wonder if, by refusing the money, are we also refusing the light that comes from above?”
The blockage that most often appears in relation to attracting abundance into our lives is the unconscious feeling “I do not deserve it.”
Truth always has two sides, and the challenge lies in integrating them in the right way. Extremes are not the solution, because they disrupt the exchange between ourselves and others.
Ultimately, this exchange is not merely between us and other people — it is the exchange between ourselves and the source of life.
The Flow of “Enough”
The transition of consciousness from the third to the fourth chakra, applied to money, translates into gratitude for what we already have and the release of fear around survival. Pamela Kribbe calls this “the flow of enough.”
“The second energy flow I distinguished is the flow of enough. Enough means everything that I need right now to be a fulfilled human angel is available to me…
To live in the flow of enough means that you feel satisfied with and thankful for what you have…
The universe is geared to abundance and you can be a part of that flow if you open up to your real nature which is pure and unconditional love.
‘Enough’ is the natural state of being.”
— Pamela Kribbe, Work, Money and Creativity
As is often the case, this is easier said than done. The feeling of enough arises not from egoic intention, but as a by-product of inner transformation. When the centre of our personality shifts from the ego to its archetypal source — the Self — the experience of abundance becomes more natural.
We do not attract abundance by affirmations alone. We bring it into being by cultivating the lived experience of sufficiency: by shifting our focus from what we lack to what we already have.
This brings to mind a parable about a wealthy man who once took his young son to visit a poor family. He wanted to teach him a lesson about motivation and success by showing him how poor people lived. On their way home, he asked his son what he had seen and learned. The boy replied:
“I saw that we have one dog, and they have four. We have a swimming pool that reaches halfway into our garden, and they have a stream with no end. We have lanterns to light our garden, and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front of the garden, and theirs reaches to the horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on, and they have fields that stretch beyond our sight. We have people to serve us, and they serve others. We buy our food, and they grow theirs. We have thick walls to protect us, and they are protected by their friends.”
My father had a very poor childhood, yet when he speaks of his early years, I see the joy in his eyes as he recalls playing with a stone that his imagination had turned into a car. Today’s children have so many toys, yet I am not sure their joy is half of what I hear in my father’s voice.
When we understand that the feeling of enough is a quality of the mind rather than a result of external circumstances, we support the transition from the third chakra (will) to the fourth chakra (heart). It becomes clear why re-educating the mind is so important – this is precisely where the key to the desired change lies.
This reminds me of another parable. A beggar once managed to reach the king himself and asked him to fill his begging bowl. Before receiving anything, he asked the king whether he was certain he could truly fill it. Feeling challenged, the king swore by all his wealth that he would succeed – after all, he was the king. Yet everything he placed into the bowl disappeared. The bowl was bottomless, and in the end the king himself became a beggar. Admitting defeat, he asked what kind of strange bowl it was. The beggar replied that it was made from a human skull and that is why nothing placed inside it could ever be enough.
“Enough” Is Not the Same as “Little”
“The amount of material abundance that you have does not necessarily relate to the amount of pleasure you experience. Experiencing abundance is not about being rich; it is about experiencing riches in all that surrounds you. You have to discover for yourself the kind of material abundance that satisfies and fulfills you. For some people this could mean living on their own in a secluded hut where they can enjoy nature to the full. For others it implies a luxurious place in town where they enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city. There is no judgment on this from our side, from God or from Spirit.
You need to find out what enough means for you. The key is to find the flow that makes you happy, that gives you the feeling that you are living life to the fullest. That is the flow of enough. You can recognise it not by the amount of material goods you possess but by the sense of joy and fulfillment you have in your everyday life. Enough is a feeling, not a thing.”
— Pamela Kribbe, “Work, Money and Creativity”
It is important to understand this additional part of the equation in creating abundance in our lives. Alongside gratitude for what we have, we must also become aware of our own measure of fulfilment. These are different aspects of the same thing.
There was a time when I did not make this distinction, until I realized that for me “enough” had come to mean “little.” Yet the creative ideas I wished to bring into form could not be realized with “little.” “Enough” is not the same as “little.”
I Wish You Enough
Any reflection on money and the feeling of abundance would be incomplete without addressing the central challenge: the duality between enough and not enough, between having and not having. As we know from Jungian analysis, the resolution of such dualities lies in discovering the third element that unites them – the element that transcends the conflict. In this case, it is the ability to relate the feeling of enough not only to what we have, but also to what we do not have.
I will use another parable to illustrate this.
An elderly man was saying goodbye to his son at the airport. As they parted, they wished each other “enough.” Another passenger who overheard this later sat beside the elderly man on the plane. Noticing the sadness on his face, he asked what “I wish you enough” meant. The man explained that he was ill, lived far from his son, and that this might have been their last meeting. He added that the blessing had a continuation, known only within their family:
“I wish you enough sun to keep your outlook bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more deeply.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that even small joys may appear greater.
I wish you enough gain to meet your needs.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate what you already have.
I wish you enough ‘hello’ to carry you through the final ‘goodbye.’”
As a conclusion, enough is a feeling, not a thing. A spiritual approach to abundance begins by seeking abundance within us rather than outside of ourselves, and by becoming simple and open like children.
Once we feel sincere gratitude for all that we already have, we can begin to discover our own measure of fulfilment. Then whatever we wish for will no longer arise from the perpetually dissatisfied ego, but from our deepest inner centre. At that point, the “light from above,” which entered the world of form in order to create, will help us turn our dreams into reality.
Kameliya Hadzhiyska
