{"id":1030,"date":"2015-09-01T02:24:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.uk\/articles\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2015-09-01T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:24:33","slug":"the-five-of-pentacles-and-the-power-of-focusing-on-abundance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifereader.co.uk\/articles\/the-five-of-pentacles-and-the-power-of-focusing-on-abundance\/","title":{"rendered":"The five of pentacles and the power of focusing on abundance"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite cards of advice is the Five of Pentacles. It\u2019s a card that most certainly is not that pretty, depicting a grim scenario, and can signify ill health, rejection, economic setbacks, as most cards have a lot of different meanings, but when I pull it, it is typically done as a reminder to tell my clients that they need to shift their focus toward positive thinking again, that they are focusing too much on lack, which will attract more of the same. <\/p>\n

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I know some people think that if they are constantly thinking positively, they are being na\u00efve, or too much of an idealist and not being realistic enough about life, so I\u2019m going to change the words I\u2019m using here from it being \u201cpositive\u201d thinking, to \u201cproactive abundant\u201d thinking, because that\u2019s really what is being discussed.<\/p>\n

The more you ask questions of \u201cwill I ever find love?\u201d or \u201cwill I ever find a job\u201d or \u201cIs so and so going to cheat on me\u201d etc etc etc, you are not only giving your power away from the situation, but acting from a sense of insecurity and lack of self worth and a lack of faith. Think of how differently you feel when you ask the questions \u201cWhat can I do to find love?\u201d \u201cWhat can I do to find the job I want?\u201d or telling youself \u201cI\u2019m going to find someone who is faithful and loves me for me.\u201dTh e energy is different, it puts you in the driver\u2019s seat. Add a little trust in the universe, and you are on a higher more proactive path and thus attracting those kinds of scenarios to help get you where you want to be. <\/p>\n

Now as with most things involving change,it takes work to change your thoughts. Sometimes \u201cFake it til you make it\u201d kind of work. I have not always been someone who thinks proactively. And I still have those moments, when I get caught up in negative cycles, but the more you want to get better, the more work you do to change it, when you find yourselves in your lowest moments, you are able to say \u201cWHOA THERE BUDDY! STEP BACK AND BREATHE AND THINK WHAT YOU WANT BEYOND THIS SITUATION.\u201d Again, this takes work. And to get metaphysical on you even further, the more you put out the intention that you want to continue moving forward in whatever in a healthier capacity, the universe will listen to that and help throw you a life raft. <\/p>\n

Note that sometimes these life rafts don\u2019t look exactly like what you want them to. I have a late appreciation for the TV show The West Wing. There is this great scene between the President of the United States and a priest. The priest tells him a story about this guy in a village that has been flooded. The guy asked God that he be saved, and he had the faith that God would save him from drowning. So when someone showed up with a boat and said \u201cSir, I can help you, get on\u201d the guy kind of shrugs him off and says that God will save him. Again, a helicopter comes by, and says \u201cI can help you, you have to leave or you\u2019re going to drown.\u201d The guy again, shrugs it off and says God will save him. Sure enough, the guy drowns, and when he reaches the gates of Heaven, he demands to speak to God. When God comes out, the man says \u201cWhat is the deal!? I had faith you\u2019d save me!\u201d And God essentially tells him \u201cI sent a man in a boat, and a helicopter. What more could you want?\u201d See what I mean?<\/p>\n