Attracting Wealth

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I haven't met any of you and I'm really excited about my very first post. I have so much I want to share with you all -my thoughts, feelings and my two cent worth of wisdom. I hope you will find my articles helpful and inspiring.

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Since my blog is about wealth and beauty I would like to first talk about the Gods and Goddesses of Wealth. There are many such Gods from different cultures around the world such as the Roman God of Wealth Pluto, Buddhist Goddess of Wealth and Wisdom Vasudhara , Taoist God TSai Shen Yeh, Egyptian Goddess Renenet, West African Goddess OF Wealth Aje, Laughing Smiling Budhha and many more who have been worshipped for centuries.

The Hindu Goddess of Wealth  is known most commonly as Lakshmi Devi. She is both wealth and beauty personified and every Hindu loves her and worships her daily. Do read about her and learn how to receive her love and blessings in your daily life. Learn how to be become a goddess yourself and experience joy and abundance! Here are some dos and don'ts to get you started:

DOs 

Vasudhara

1. Do have a shower every morning and put on clean clothes.
2. Do tidy up the house before you sleep or early morning.
3. Do put fresh flowers at the entrance or just inside the entrance of your  home,   office or place of business.
4. Do make your home fragrant with soothing aromas - aromatic candles, incense or aromatherapy oils.
5. Do light a lamp or candle for the God of your choice or fill your heart with vision of light.
6. Do say a prayer of thankfulness for all the happiness and blessings, big and small you are experiencing now.
7. Do share your love with God's creatures and feed the birds in your garden or fish in your park daily.
8. Do treat your guests with utmost warmth and kindness.
9. Do try to give someone some food unasked every day - perhaps a sandwich for your colleague or a doughnut for a homeless man.
10. Do laugh a lot at home and at work and enjoy the company of those around you.
11. Do try to be considerate and kind.
12. Do concentrate on your work and be diligent.
13. Do use positive words.
14. Do be optimistic and believe that good things will come to you and others.
15. Do respect Mother Nature and do what you can to conserve the environment.

DON'Ts

1. Don't be lazy.
2. Don't be unclean.
3. Don't forget to thank God.
4. Don't quarrel too much at home or at work.
5. Don't be sad for too long.
6. Don't cry too much or loudly.
7. Don't use negative words.
8. Don't be dishonest or cheat others.
9. Don't be rude to your guests.
10. Don't hoard things.
11. Don't be jealous of others happiness or success.
12. Don't be selfish.
13. Don't have poverty consciousness
14. Don't be greedy.
15. Don't disrespect Mother Nature by wasting food, energy, water, electricity and natural resources.

Lakshmi in a broader perspective

Lakshmi is not only the giver of wealth, health and auspiciousness she is also the divine Mother who protects her children and she gives to all regardless of color, race or religion. Hers is the religion of love and hard work. She is cosmic energy personified. She is divine energy of abundance and creation. She is Mother earth and she gives unconditionally to all who attract her. She is the sun who blesses us with warmth, light and sustenance. She is the divine energy that creates new stars and galaxies. She is the omnipresent and eternal energy that can never be destroyed. She is the law of attraction. She is universal abundance, divine light, good fortune, strength. She is love and light. Every woman is in fact is Goddess Lakshmi herself and the more she imbibes the positive qualities above, the more she will attract the blessings of the Universe and put the Law of Attraction into motion in her life and in the lives of those around her.

Goddess of Wealth

Lakshmi Devi

Lakshmi Devi is the consort of Lord Vishnu who is the preserver of this Universe and part of the Hindu Trinity. She is regarded as one of the three forms of Shakthi or dynamic divine energy. She not only grants wealth but also gives gold, auspiciousness, progeny, courage, bliss, good health, long life and everything to make your life perfect and filled with happiness. She is depicted seated on a lotus on a serene lake with four arms. She holds a lotus and a pot of gold pouring out gold coins.

Inviting Lakshmi into Your Home

It is the practice in every Hindu home to welcome her into their home early in the morning every day. The lady of the house has a bath in order to welcome Lakshmi into her home as Lakshmi is purity herself and is drawn to cleanliness. The front of the house is swept clean and sprinkled with water and a beautiful rangoli pattern is drawn, a different one each day using rice flour. This is done to show Lakshmi Devi that you are sharing your food even with the tiny creatures because the moment you start your beautiful pattern on the floor the ants come running for their breakfast! A lamp and incense is lit and fresh flowers picked from the garden and is offered to the divine Lakshmi with love and gratitude for her daily blessings. When Lakshmi steps into your home the day will be filled with joy, success, renewed energy, good food, good news and laughter.

What Lakshmi likes

Lakshmi likes purity and cleanliness so it is important to keep your house clean, neat and uncluttered. The entrance to your home should be neat and welcoming. There should be no brooms or footwear lying untidily at the entrance. These should instead be arranged or tucked away neatly. Lakshmi likes flowers so you can place a bowl of fresh flowers in water just outside the door. In order to create a soothing and comforting ambiance you can burn some aromatic candles or incense. Usually on festivals fresh mango leaves are strung above the door to keep out negative energy and attract only positive energy. Lakshmi likes laughter and kind words and she will not stay where families constantly quarrel or use harsh negative words. She loves divine praises to God, holy verses sung, smiling faces, kindness, sharing and forgiving. She will never stay in a home where vulgar words, unkind and cruel words are spoken or mean, cruel acts are performed. She likes ladies of the house to be hardworking, caring and creative.

When Lakshmi is pleased

It is said that when Lakshmi gives one even a coy, side-wards glance that blessed one will receive untold riches like winning a huge jackpot lottery! And when she gives you a direct glance all the riches of the universe would be yours to have.

My next article will be about the other Gods of wealth I mentioned at the introduction, wealth mantras and more!

I wish you all prosperous and blissful days ahead.

With much love and joy,