April 15, 2003
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ThereAin’tNo SuchThingAs A FreeLunch
That’s a folksy way of stating one of the Laws of Physics, something about conservation of matter or energy or something.
When something flows in here, it flows out from there.
When you are in the FLOW, the Universe supports you.
It’s a friendly Universe, designed to keep us alive and growing.
Cooperate with the Universal Flow and you flow right along with it as it flows through you.
And that’s my economic theory: nothing is free on this plane of reality.
Even the intangibles cost someone something tangible or intangible somewhere down the line.
Magical something-for-nothing thinking is widespread in our culture and far too few people look at the hidden cost and unsuspected value of freebies. Any real magician (and even some prestidigitators) will tell you that any task you can do physically is best done that way, for it is a lot harder to accomplish magically. Any dealer in ephemeral antiquities will tell you that freebies can be worth a fortune.
People tend to value things more if they cost more. Humans seem to tend to keep things they don’t really need, if they had to go through a lot to get them. Old ephemera is collectable and valuable through its rarity because most of those pamphlets and posters were discarded the day they went out of date. They are works of art, influential political rhetoric, social history… but they were trash in their times because they came without price.
I place no specific price on my readings for reasons stated elsewhere, but I don’t do free readings, either. I do pro bono work to stay in practice and as a public service, but nothing is free. If I do a reading for you and you think it has value, do something to keep the flow going. Do whatever feels right. Consider it a sliding fee on the honor system. Adding our energy to the flow helps the flow along, but not nearly as much as that Cosmic flow helps us on our way if we’re going its way.
We can’t even breathe without doing some work Moving around and thinking take even more time, energy and attention. The higher you go on the scale of complexity and satisfaction, the costlier the new levels become. You get what you pay for, most of the time, unless you don’t. And that’s all true unless it isn’t.
Everything has its cost unless someone or something somewhere creates it out of nothing and nothing comes from nothing within this finite, gross, observable reality. We make the most of what we have by getting along to keep it flowing along, until we transcend all of that altogether.
I am the wrong person to ask about money or luck. I don’t go out of my way to pursue the former, and I don’t believe in the latter.
I’ve made my luck, changed my luck, and watched the way
chance flows and twists and turns along in concert with the attention and dedication that one puts into living in the Flow.
Jung called it Cosmic Synchronicity: things come together.
It happens where space meets time, in the eddies in this pool of mingled chaos and order that is our reality. Like everything else in our perceptible reality, luck is relative. To improve luck, go with the Flow. Follow your bliss. Don’t spit into the wind or swim against the tide. Do what Thou Wilt.
That’s one facet of my philosophy, for what it’s worth.
Comments (10)
Great entry, SuSu; this is so true. Nothing in life comes without a price. Costs and benefits co-exist in equal proportions.
And yes, we all make our own “luck”, for lack of a better term. And the best way to maximize your probability of being “lucky” is to be swept up into the natural flow of things. Although, one could argue that some success or “luck” can be achieved, perhaps, by going AGAINST the tide: those individuals who march to a different drum – - zig rather than zag – - they are often the innovators and, as such, create their wealth or “luck” by being the visionaries, perceiving different insights or views shared by the masses. Just more food for thought, anyways.
This is a philosophy that I absolutely have to agree with.
I find your points of view so interesting. I agree with a lot of what you said here.
Done sweetie.
Yep. Very well said.
I offered up free readings on my Wyrmwood site for a couple of years, and gave them too!
What I wanted was feedback. Out of all the readings I gave, I got feedback on ONE. Now I’m charging … I changed that last week. I’m charging a minimal fee, because I have found that when people invest even a dollar or two … they tend to become more involved.
I expect to get a heck of lot less mail in my inbox, but I suppose that when I do give a reading, I will achieve the desired result. FEEDBACK!
Well Doll, I get my first paycheck this weekend and would LOVE to send you something for my reading! Email me an address or something, I don’t have a credit card to get ya online. For the record, much of what was said in the reading has been sinking in… just a little fried from getting used to working again!
~ Cat
I agree with your philosophy. Well said.
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With my hubby being a plumber one of our favorite saying is “shit runs downhill, so keep going up”
-M
You’re a genius, but I’m smarter than you.