Perceptions of Value
Posted by Dyan at 7/15/2008 5:14 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
The way we perceive "value" in our society has been skewed by our escalating distortions about what really is valuable. We live in a world where the more something costs, in terms of dollars/pieces of paper, the more valuable we deem it. Our minds tell us that it must be so. And "free" has come to connote "worthless."
What's interesting to me about this is that we all still want "free" even if we perceive it to have no value in monetary terms. "If it's free, I still want it, because it's free, and that somehow validates me." But because it's free it's of no real value, even if it does contain someone else's "valuable" life force, time, energy, and money.
Years ago, when my contemporaries were charging very steep fees - sometimes double or triple of what I was charging - for psychic readings, I kept mine at what I considered to be a fair exchange. I could have charged more. But I was unwilling to equate perceived value with my self worth. If you've ever waited 4 months for a psychic reading, paid $400 dollars for it, and then received some very general information about things you already know, maybe you understand what I'm saying.
Just because something costs more in terms of dollars, does not make it more valuable. Just because something has a "label" on it, does not make it worth more.
What does a $4,000 handbag have that makes it more valuable than one that costs perhaps $400? What does a $15,000 gown have that a $1,500 dress does not have? In general, what does a $400 psychic reading have that a $100 reading doesn't have? It's all a perception, a label, a name, an ILLUSION.
I'm sitting in a world where I'm watching people working out their root chakra issues. This is where the energy of money resides. And increasingly, while this is happening, I'm seeing some very, very inflated ideas about money as it pertains to self-worth. These perceptions are increasing the distortions about "value."
To move forward, we really need to redefine all of our definitions of "worth."
The challenges people are having with money and with the manifesting of money and the things they really want, have to do with distortions, perceptions about value and about what money really is. Money is energy. Money is not value. Money is energy. Money is not power. Money is a fair exchange. It isn't who you are.
Is it?
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What's interesting to me about this is that we all still want "free" even if we perceive it to have no value in monetary terms. "If it's free, I still want it, because it's free, and that somehow validates me." But because it's free it's of no real value, even if it does contain someone else's "valuable" life force, time, energy, and money.
Years ago, when my contemporaries were charging very steep fees - sometimes double or triple of what I was charging - for psychic readings, I kept mine at what I considered to be a fair exchange. I could have charged more. But I was unwilling to equate perceived value with my self worth. If you've ever waited 4 months for a psychic reading, paid $400 dollars for it, and then received some very general information about things you already know, maybe you understand what I'm saying.
Just because something costs more in terms of dollars, does not make it more valuable. Just because something has a "label" on it, does not make it worth more.
What does a $4,000 handbag have that makes it more valuable than one that costs perhaps $400? What does a $15,000 gown have that a $1,500 dress does not have? In general, what does a $400 psychic reading have that a $100 reading doesn't have? It's all a perception, a label, a name, an ILLUSION.
I'm sitting in a world where I'm watching people working out their root chakra issues. This is where the energy of money resides. And increasingly, while this is happening, I'm seeing some very, very inflated ideas about money as it pertains to self-worth. These perceptions are increasing the distortions about "value."
To move forward, we really need to redefine all of our definitions of "worth."
The challenges people are having with money and with the manifesting of money and the things they really want, have to do with distortions, perceptions about value and about what money really is. Money is energy. Money is not value. Money is energy. Money is not power. Money is a fair exchange. It isn't who you are.
Is it?
_________________________
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FREESpiritual Forum
FREE Spiritual Advice in Dear Dyan column
FREE Spiritual Guidance for your life in Spiritual forum
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MONEY AND MANIFESTING by Dyan Garris
FREE STUFF comes along with your Meditation Basket order just because I like to do it.
Hi Dyan...for many years whenever a friend or family member comments on someone else's large home or expensive car and they are so lucky. I always say to tell, just because they live in a large house or drive a fancy car does not make them a better person than you. It's all how you live your life and not what you accumulate. I so glad that I subscribe to your feed to your blog...reminds me to check in.
Thanks!
Warmest regards,
Donna
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