Working with Lakshmi, however lightly, is teaching me about being in the flow of abundance.
![Lakshmi ~ Flow of Prosperity, from the Ascended Masters Oracle Card deck, by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D](https://i0.wp.com/walkswithin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lakshmi-Flow-of-prosperity-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300)
When you’re working with a deity of prosperity, you don’t just go in making demands and asking for money. It’s not as simple as lighting some incense and saying a prayer and poof! You’ve won the lottery or got that raise! (If it were that easy, everyone would do it.)
Working with deity of any sort requires building a relationship. You have to get to know them. Read their myths. Make offerings of their favorite items. Spend time meditating and connecting with them.
It’s like making a new friend. You don’t just ask for a loan from someone you just met. You start by going out for coffee, and sharing small details about your lives. You go out for lunch, then maybe go to a movie or a concert together. You start spending more and more time with each other, on the phone or in person. And through all of that, the motivation can’t be to ask for a loan.
So my motivation in working with Lakshmi isn’t about getting rich or asking for money. Lakshmi reminds me of the abundance all around me. She helps attune me to the flow of prosperity, to be open to receiving and giving generously.
When I am able to be present, and share my gifts with an open heart, it is a very different energy than sharing because I feel I need the money. I read tarot and coach and teach because I love to see the growth in others, the awareness and the a-ha moments. I love to bring clarity and confirmation to people. (Let me be clear, I’m not saying I don’t enjoy receiving money. Getting paid is definitely a good thing! It also happens to be the easiest form of energy exchange.)
Abundance isn’t really about money, not at its core. It’s about having more than enough, whether that be food, or energy, or love, or any form of blessing. And yes, it can be money. Abundance breeds happiness, because it it is rooted in gratitude.
So thank you, Lakshmi, for helping me to see the abundance all around me, and helping me to be in the flow.
Blessings,
Mary