Opening the Moneyflow Six Month Program starts in July. Early bird this Monday.
Recently I’ve been on a kick around accessing power. It’s such a tricky subject, because power is necessary, and yet it has a tendency to corrupt, to take us out of our hearts, to be used in ways that Mom wouldn’t approve of.
There is so much pain and dysfunction in the world, and the momentum in the wrong direction seems to just run us over. Yet, in your attempts to make a difference, it’s all overwhelming. You have way too much going on, and between worrying about getting your bills paid, and doing the minimum you need to nudge your business along, how in the heck can you take on larger tasks?
I’ll tell you how. Not everyone is in the position to use this teaching, but if you are, it will free up a tremendous amount of time and energy, and make what you do more effective and impactfull.
So let me give you the goods.
The June Teaching
Yesterday was the monthly Spiritual Teaching call for the current Opening the Moneyflow program. We spent 90 minutes on this topic, but let me give you what I can in written form here.
The topic I introduced was this: stop apologizing. Stop justifying and explaining yourself.
You know what I mean. You’ve got something important to say, a strong opinion, or a bite of truth you’ve sunk your teeth into. And you’re about to deliver it to… someone you met networking, a potential client, an audience for a presentation you’re giving presentation, a page on your website, an article.
Before you deliver this golden nugget, this egg your heart has layed, you… preamble… ramble.. “Well, I’m not an expert, and maybe this won’t be quite right for you. And it’s okay if you disagree, and well, maybe what I’ll tell you is this…”
Am I right? I’m right. We all do this.
It took me years to stop doing this, and when I did, the impact of what I was saying went up dramatically. And it took less time and less energy.
Instead of pre-ambling, justifying, and explaining, you can just do things, and say things.
Three parts to this teaching. Here we go.
Part One: Safety Is a Legitimate Need
Emotional safety can be hard to come by. In a world built on cynicism and competition, our hearts can get hurt easily, even if you’re used to toughing it out. If you are toughing it out, you could ask yourself, why are you being tough? That’s protection. And if you are protecting yourself, you must need… safety.
Safety is a quality of the Divine, much like Love, Wisdom, Compassion, Mercy, Strength, and more. As humans we can’t manufacture it, but we can receive it, immerse in it, experience it, express it.
When facing a situation where you are intimidated, or otherwise needing to protect yourself emotionally, instead of creating a wall with a preamble, take a moment in your heart to breathe and ask for the quality of Divine Safety from Source.
Accessing the Divine quality of Safety means that when I watch someone walk out of a talk I’m giving, I wish them well, hoping they a) get to the bathroom in time, or b) get some much-needed rest, or c) find what they are truly
Notice what you notice.
Part Two: What Are You Serving?
Humans are happiest when we’re in service, contributing. The human heart is made to serve. Because of this, we’re always in service to something.
The question is: what are you in service to?
My parents had a retail store. Their employees would work to be useful to the customers, but they were serving my parents. The porters would carry cases out for the customers to their cars, but wouldn’t actually go home with the customers to clean their house, for instance.
And, in an extreme case, a customer made a racist comment to an employee. My parents stood up for their employee, telling their customer, “We don’t allow our employees to be treated like that. Please leave and never come back.”
When your heart is taking orders directly from the Divine, you can be making yourself useful and helpful to the people around you, but you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone but Source.
Source is asking “Are you living from your heart? Are you listening to the truth you know? Are you truly in service?”
Part Three: You Aren’t Enough
Explanations often arise out of a sense of inadequacy. The truth is that we aren’t enough, we are inadequate, in that we don’t have everything in us that we need.
However, as a vessel for what flows through us, we are more than adequate. What we give arises out of the connection that is formed between the person in front of us who needs in some way, and the Infinite Divine Source, through the intermediary of your heart.
One of the most challenging exercises we led when I was faculty with the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism was to have out teacher internship program participants stand up in front of the room, without any preparation, and to surrender to speak tot he needs of the hearts in the room. What flowed forth was often awe-inspiring, and the teachers had no idea what they were going to say.
Mix and Deliver
Accessing safety, being surrendered in Divine service, and letting yourself be the vessel means that you can deliver what you’re here to deliver, without excuses, without apologies, with justifications.
This will free up a tremendous amount of energy and effort for your business. Your impact will be much greater, and you will stand as a leader.
Of course, it’s a lot different to actually hear the teaching, along with the exercises, and let it really change your reality. Many of the people on the call were reporting immediate relief with situations they were facing.
I’d love for you to be able to dive into these teachings, too.
Do You Need Spiritual Support To Make Your Business Work?
Opening the Moneyflow provides just this kind of support. A library of spiritual teachings about accessing power and being in your heart in business that expands every month, plus the in-depth library of actual business teachings as well.
Plus support and feedback. Plus virtual spiritual retreats so you can declutter your brain and heart and get super clear about your own wisdom and direction.
I invite you to join us for the next six months. See if it resonates for you, and if so, we’re here for you:
Opening the Moneyflow Six Month program, July-December
The early-bird deadline is Monday, after that the price goes up.
If you have questions, please ask.
peace
Mark Silver
12 Responses
This is fantastic Mark. Just fantastic. I really appreciate this teaching, especially right now, as these last few months have brought me a lot of opportunity to claim my authority more clearly. This article offers even more support in that.
You just keep raising the bar. Thanks for all that you do. It’s good to have someone with heart and ground to learn from and emulate.
Hope you are well!
mandy
Mandy- so grateful this was able to help you at an even deeper level- I can see you claiming your power. 🙂
Mark, I felt such release reading this. I notice myself overexplaining a lot, and you hold out such a simple, powerful vision of the alternative, and how to access it. More impact. More energy. Thank you!
Janet! Very inspiring to read this from you.
Thank you so much for these words.Freeing. the thought of just showing as me, with no excuses. A load of my back , already..Thanks.
Doretta- you are so welcome. Put down that load, fly free!
This is so helpful, Mark and so timely. I am about to go to two meetings to debrief from events that I organized and co-led. I was thinking about how I wanted to get my concerns across and I see, now that I read what you have written here, that I was ready to start with all sorts of explanations and apologies for being who I am, etc.
Wow! Do you really mean I don’t have to do that? It feels freeing but also scary.
I think I signed up for that call but wasn’t able to be on it. Is it still possible to get the download from it. It sounds like it was wonderful.
THanks again.
warmly,
Erika
Hi Erika- you’re right, you can feel very vulnerable doing it- which is why accessing the Divine safety is such an important part of it.
That call was for the Opening the Moneyflow participants only. Anyone joining the next six month program will have access to it, among other teachings, in our library of spiritual teachings.
Dear Mark,
A timely message that confirms our heart connection. Want to know my mondo beyondo word from WDS? Flow vessel.
And now to read your words:
“However, as a vessel for what flows through us, we are more than adequate.”
Yes! Thanks for being such divine vessel. Loving this interconnected flow!
Marjory
@sacredflow
Heck of a post! This really made me stop and question all the “stuff” I have been carrying around lately. Thanks for reminding me I don’t have to!
Great post.
I guess besides asking “what u are serving ? “nother question that entrepeneurs need to ask is “To whom are they serving”.
We generally tend to forget this fundamental of starting a business i.e. to identify the target audience
Hello,
This is one of those great posts you need to read in order to motivate yourself again. Mark, I must tell you, this really helped me to start working again because I was in a break for a while, while being lazy and not in the mood. This article brought me back to the ‘workers world’ hehe. Indeed, the arguments mentioned in this post are essential for working good. We must calculate everything we do in order to do it right, at least in the beginning. Thanks for sharing!
Victor