All That Glitters

That which we reach for glitters; that which we mine for is gold.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

All That Glitters

There is a difference between glitter and gold.

It seems to me that which we reach out for is glitter and that which we mine for is gold.

When we reach out to grasp something, it’s very difficult to hold on to it for too long. It becomes heavy and slips from our grasp. It’s temporary. So, we attempt to hoard it so we don’t have the burden of holding it. This practice sets up a mindset of lack and produces thoughts and actions that there'll never be enough.

The reaching out process keeps us off balance – just like the old practice of leaning off the merry-go-round to reach for the brass ring. The risk/reward ratio is not in our favor. Reaching is a large wager with a pretty puny payday.

Also, with reaching, many of us have been conditioned that we have to take what we want. We have to “go for the gusto” or "take the bull by the horns." And if your parents are like most, they taught you something else – not to take things that aren’t yours. When you reach out for something you don’t possess, at another level, it's sensed that you're taking something that doesn’t belong to you. This out of awareness tug of war will keep you reaching and dropping.

We reach because we've been conditioned to be mesmerized by the shiny exterior. This has us reach for all things that glitter. Reminds me of an old joke . . .

Why did a man give his wife a cheap, shiny ring for Christmas? So it would turn green in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

The glitter is the bait to make us reach. At some point we may get the realization that reaching won’t get us what we want. That’s when we start mining for gold.

All abundance comes from within and spills outward. There is no reaching and no illusionary thoughts that you're taking it away from someone. In fact, there is so much of it; there's more than enough to go around. This is the lesson of the loaves and fishes story cited in the Bible.

There's no need to hoard because there's plenty more where that came from. It's a self replenishing supply because it is coming from infinity to which there is no end.

There is no end to true abundance. Once you know that you're the source of it, it’s no longer necessary to look for it in the Jones’ driveway.

Once you begin to realize the same abundance you see outside is also in you, that’s when you stop reaching and begin mining.

I'm reminded of comments attributed to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. When asked where the money was going to come from to finance the meditation center he intended to build, he said, "from wherever it is at the moment."

If you don’t know there is a mother lode within, you’ll never carefully look at your reaching strategy to find out that it’s not working. You’ll just keep making the same mistakes over and over again and over extending yourself.

The abundant you beneath your grasping self has access to universal abundance. You just have to quiet your reaching mind and go there and mine for gold. Once you recognize your abundant state within, your reach will never exceed your grasp.

All the best,

John