I was talking to my acupuncturist the other day. His name is Steve. He is a great healer. He is a very talented person who received his education in China, but still his business is not going well. I know the reason…
People have a belief that they won’t spend money on acupuncture. He attributes the decline of business in the last few years to this fact and says that he knows others in his field whose business has fallen because of this…
He told me, “A few years ago, things were great. I had a big clinic in New York. I was making around $120,000 a year, and then things started to go wrong…”
“Wait a minute,” I interrupted, “I think that’s problem number one. First of all, $120,000 a year is terrible! That’s slavery money for someone with your education and experience. We must change this belief immediately.”
“But you don’t understand, that’s what we’re doing…” he said, and began to enumerate all the reasons to support his limited belief.
From what he described, I realized that he believed that acupuncturists made a poor living and had to work hard to convince people of the validity of their treatment. He saw his work as a noble tool to serve humanity, but it was not possible for someone who did this work to lead a good life. Of course, I stated that this belief did not serve him. And of course, he stated that this is not a belief, but “the truth” based on his professional experience and people he knows.
Incidentally, this is a very common belief in the healthcare industry. It’s as stupid as it is common. Professions that do great service to humanity are those that make you rich. This is how prosperity and wealth works.
“How much money do you think I would make a year from the acupuncture business?” I asked Steve.
“Where?” he asked, “In New York?
“No, not in New York, here. As a matter of fact, here in New York, anywhere,” I replied.
He tilted his head and grimaced, clearly not wanting to offend me, but he thought it would be difficult if I got into the acupuncture business. I said that I could earn between 350 thousand and 500 thousand dollars and apart from that, I could earn two million dollars from the acupuncture trainings I would provide to people who wanted to get into the same job.
Steve didn’t believe me. The man he heard was making the most money ever from acupuncture was up to $250,000 and was not a good person.
“Was he a trickster?” I asked.
“Well, let’s just say he wasn’t very ethical,” he replied.
Everything was clear now. “So you’re saying that acupuncturists can’t make money unless they sell their souls to the devil.
At first she insisted she didn’t mean it, but gradually realized that she had a fundamental belief that the only way an acupuncturist could get rich was through her unethical work. By the way, I wouldn’t throw a bone in front of what he sees as success. I went deeper. Turns out he was raised by his poor grandparents. He said he can still remember his grandfather’s imperious voice (Hold tight!), “We may be poor, but at least we’re honest!”
This was the repeated prayer of the house. Do you have any idea what such programming might impact in a lifetime? When you take such lessons from a reliable father figure at an easily influenced age, the effects run deep.
These lessons seep deep into your subconscious, shaping your beliefs, prejudices, and behaviors that you use to shape your entire life. They allow you to make false validations and make you see the world through tinted glass.
Randy Gage – “Accept Your Abundance! : Why You Are Supposed to Be Wealthy”
