Merlin, Metaphysics, and Money

"Well, Kate, until you see the movie, i.o.u.s.a., what would you like to talk about?"
"Merlin, I want to know how the universe work?"
"That isn't something I can explain to you without you experiencing it first."
"Oh just try, Merlin. I'm curious with all this Mayan Calendar talk."
"Sorry, Kate. You know that old saying that when the student is ready the teacher, book, or opportunity will appear. I can't teach you what you can't open your mind to. That is why I have stopped talking about the financial crash just around the corner. People, like yourself, want to believe that those who created this mess will be able to, or even want to fix it. People like yourself want to believe the American government is going to save the financial day. Those people, Kate, unless they open their beautiful minds and start thinking for themselves and researching facts, are going to get fleeced and soon."
"Let's forget about the money thing, Merlin; just tell me how you got to be a wizard and so knowledgable?"
"How I did it may not be the way for you. We all are different energy types and learn so differently. Plus we have different talents, needs and goals. But to answer your question, I read a lot of books by many different authors, on many susbjects. So mostly I was self taught through reading, observation, reasoning and experimentation; I wasn't indoctrinated or brainwashed by any one system or by the media. Plus, I had the added bonus of a little nudge from spiritual teachers, now and then, just to keep me evolving and in the right direction. You know how that book you need to read can often just fall on the floor right in front you in the strangest places."
"No, I don't. But how do I attract the right spiritual teachers to nudge me in the right direction, Merlin?"
"You have me, Kate!"
"But you won't tell me anything except to buy silver and gold, and get my dollars into another currency as soon as I cash my check. I'm talking about magic, Merlin! Not money!"
"They one in the same, Kate. If you can't master money, you can never master magick."
"They are not the same, Merlin! One is of the world of spirit and the mind; while the other is of the world of commerce."
"Dearest, Kate, in order to master money and magick, you need to feel your own energy and power before manipulating, attracting or repelling other energies. You have to stop rationalizing and face the truth about your habits and unspoken thoughts. Everything is energy, especially money. Our money power is a reflection of what we think. If you have money problems, chances are your thinking needs some loving reality testing. Energy, like money, often flows in currents of the least resistence. Just think about the money game of transferring the wealth from the middle class to the rich, which is easily fed by a river flow of mindless consumers. It's so easy to get people to hand over their hard earn dollars to the powerful rich by selling these people things they don't need or can't afford. But it's an energy game that the haves are winning and the have nots are losing. The everyday consumer always loses, just like the roulette players in Las Vegas lose to the house. People are so trapped by the energy and values of others, that middle income Americans have no time or strength to think independently or clearly. They just follow the crowd to the weekly, if not daily fleecing. You need to keep in mind that energy follows what you think. Thought and energy need to be directed, just like your money needs to be directed. Tell me, Kate, how well do you manage your money? Who directs the current of your money flow? Does your money just vanished from your possesion into the world of commerce as soon as it appears in your hand, if not before in the form of automatic payments? Or, are you able to direct your money into a current that is more powerful for you, rather than being a blind or addicted consumer enriching the money magnets expotentially, by the second, at your expense? How do you use your mind to free yourself of their control and their money game so you can play your own money game? How do you control or direct your money to flow toward you so you can build a strong foundation for your own sacred treasure chest that will guard and grow all your energy deposits created by your labor and investments? Do your actions and management of your money make you independent, strong and happy? Or, do your actions make it easy for other people to trap you into giving them the power to dictate what you do with your money, makeing you poorer and weaker with each paycheck you get? Blind consumer addiction is a trap you must first escape from if you are to master the world of spirit or commerce. But the process of owning yourself is not without peril. The super money magnets get angry when you don't consume and play the games they dictate in order for them to become richer at your expense. If you want control of your life, your money, and your spirituality, you have to be strong, brave, consistant, disciplined , and powerful in your mind. In order to manipulate your money, or any type of energy, in your favor, you can't be a consumer addict. In order to walk the independent and powerful stride of a wizard, you need knowledge and discipline. Until you get yourself unhooked from the fishing hooks and nets of the world of commerce, you can never achieve spiritual magick. So, Kate, are you ready to make a change in your thinking so you can walk a different stride than most Americans do living the life of a controlled, paid slave?"
"Merlin, I'm not a controlled, paid slave."
"Can you leave your job next week and start writing that novel full time that you have been working on for the past six years.?"
"You know I can't. I have bills to pay."
" I don't have bills. Why do you have so many bills? ..... Until you can face that answer squarely and honestly while claiming your own power by devising a plan to get out of the enforced slavery of manipulated commerce, you will always be a paid slave, Kate, working hard and getting no where except deeper into poverty no matter how much money you make"
"And how am I suppose to get out of the financial obligations I have?"
"I don't know, Kate. But I would start by getting to know nature better and following her lead."
" What?"
"Have you mastered the discipline of feeding yourself healthy food? Or are you still under the influence of all those ads, especially the televsion commercials and eating what they advertise? Are you researching and thinking what would be best for you? Or, are you allowing yourself to go along with what 'THEY'
make readily available in order to easily take your money while keeping you weak, yet strong enough, to keep you working for them?.......You need to process that statement, and that will take some time.... It's August, Kate, appreciate the abundance of the harvest season while learning the lesson of the harvest as a free woman and not as a feudal serf. Learn to appreciate the harvest and how you can incorprate it into your life right now. Perhaps you can do that by just cooking some organic fresh vegetables and going to the farmers' market to stock fresh organic produce in your cellar, or a root cellar , for the winter. That action alone could change the energy flow towards you. The extra fresh produce in your house may also come in handy this winter. Nature gives much in return for a little of your labor and respect. Your first magical lesson is to appreciate and use the harvest this year to better your life, health and finances. Then this winter plan to grow some sort of garden next spring. That way you will learn first hand about power and the flow of energy. Learning about nature and her cycles is the quickest step to becoming a free individual. And a free indiviual with ethics and morals, along with talent and knowledge, obtains the power to direct energy where it is best for themselves. Until you learn to direct energy, especially direct your money, others will direct it for you, feeding off your labor, time and energy. If you can master this first lesson in magick, you will be able to manipulate all sorts of energy while watching your finacial health grow strong."