{"id":41066,"date":"2013-05-17T04:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=41066"},"modified":"2018-09-22T10:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T15:02:38","slug":"why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don\u2019t Barter \u2013 I know to keep the dollars flowing FROM me if I want to keep dollars flowing TO me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_128\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dollars-in-hand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dollars-in-hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Keep it circulating<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWhen am I going to get ahead?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?page_id=3378\">Domino<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">asked. \u00a0She\u2019s been working hard yet barely makes a living. \u00a0The main reason is that \u201c<em>life\u2019s been hard<\/em>\u201d is her story and she continues to tell it, but another glaring issue came as I listened to her. \u00a0Through the years, Domino has tried her hand at various businesses and trades. To market each, she contacts her network and barters services with them. \u00a0This happens a lot in the holistic community. \u00a0I\u2019ve done readings here for 30 years, and so many stories are the same. <strong><em>Doing what they love, not earning income at it, what are they doing wrong?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> <!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First, they should do some<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=11316\">creative visualization<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">on a daily basis and amend their self talk and their story to others. Next, if they want dollars to flow TO them, they need to keep the dollars in circulation. \u00a0Friends pay for my services and I pay for theirs. My business thrives and so do I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The only people I can speak about are the probably thousands through the years that have spoken to me on the topic. \u00a0Almost without exception, they barter because that is the only way they could afford the service. \u00a0That is the consciousness they have about it. \u00a0They complain that no one wants to pay them. \u00a0They have the lackful consciousness about it. \u00a0 Alan Cohen in<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=25851\">The Right of Consciousness<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">reminds that, \u201cIf something is deeply imbedded in your soul, it belongs to you. It comes to you and adheres to you by your appreciation and right use of it.\u201d \u00a0If you are not earning income at what you do, that is a sign you are not aligned with it. \u00a0Know that if you\u2019re bartering, you can expect more barter clients. \u00a0What you attract is always up to you. I mean, by all means exchange services with friends for the love of the interaction with them, but know when it\u2019s barter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I wrote in<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7389\">Keeping your $$ karma clean with the IRS<\/a>\u00a0t<span style=\"color: #000000;\">hat I know people who barter goods and services, and many of them also work under the table, earning unreported income. \u00a0I\u2019m not judging their choices, however, when they complain about income being slow and blaming it on the economy, I can\u2019t let them get away with that.\u00a0 I have to remind them that\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4217\">it\u2019s all related<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">which means first and foremost forgive and clear up the past &#8211;\u00a0and that they play a part in attracting what they experience.\u00a0 If they are working under the table because they think Uncle Sam takes too big a cut,<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>that is poverty consciousness and that is fearful thinking.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0If you are receiving disability income yet work several off the record jobs, you are holding yourself back from the greater good you could be attracting, if you didn\u2019t have that lie hanging over your head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s much easier to upgrade your belief and learn to be happy and honored to comply, than to be constantly looking over your shoulder, dreading the consequences of being caught by the IRS.\u00a0 Keep your income\/dollar\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?page_id=3378\">karma\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">c<\/span>l<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ean by being honest on your taxes. Don\u2019t be creative, keep it simple. If you feel you must work under the table, consider the message you\u2019re sending the Universe. You don\u2019t want to vibrate there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So now, when friends let me know they are working under the table and staying off the grid,\u00a0I tell them,\u00a0<em>clean up your act and that means clean up your past.<\/em>\u00a0Start right now doing everything the right way.\u00a0 Know that without having to look over your shoulder and worry, you have just removed about 80% of your resistance regarding the topic of dollars and income, and the Universe will begin to abundantly deliver to you. You\u2019re the only one holding back your good.\u00a0 The economy has nothing to do with it.\u00a0 Just you and how much resistance you have, consciously or unconsciously, to everything going on around you.\u00a0 Everything, because<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4217\">it\u2019s all related<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RELATED:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7389\">Keeping your $$ karma clean with the IRS<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Why I Don\u2019t Barter \u2013 I know to keep the dollars flowing FROM me if I want to keep dollars flowing TO me&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Why%20I%20Don\u2019t%20Barter%20\u2013%20I%20know%20to%20keep%20the%20dollars%20flowing%20FROM%20me%20if%20I%20want%20to%20keep%20dollars%20flowing%20TO%20me&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-i-dont-barter-i-know-to-keep-the-dollars-flowing-from-me-if-i-want-to-keep-dollars-flowing-to-me\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen am I going to get ahead?\u201d\u00a0Domino\u00a0asked. \u00a0She\u2019s been working hard yet barely makes a living. \u00a0The main reason is that \u201clife\u2019s been hard\u201d is her story and she continues to tell it, but another glaring issue came as I listened to her. \u00a0Through the years, Domino has tried her hand at various businesses and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41066"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47283,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41066\/revisions\/47283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}