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So first I looked up the definition, the dictionary defines it as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.

Ok, who decides what is excessive?

Well, someone who sees the world as scarce and feels there’s not enough to go around. In some bizarre way, this person thinks that if we all limit ourselves, then everyone gets taken care of. I don’t think so.

Look at it this way, if I have a big pie and I don’t share it, someone will come along and say I’m greedy. This is because a feeling of insecurity is triggered within them and so to take care of this “poor” feeling, they make me wrong. In their mind, the starving people of the world could be taken care of with my pie! As if my creating stops another from creating!

I know it sounds crazy, but the mind in survival mode doesn’t use logic and when we feel threatened, we’ll look for any reason to justify our position. How many kids are told to finish all their food because there are starving kids in Africa?

The way I see it is that our nature is one of abundance, and if I have a pie, whatever I choose to do with it is a choice that doesn’t stop anyone else from creating his or her own pie also.

The perception of greed exists when we don’t see the abundance that exists all around us and so we feel compelled to condemn another that displays it.

The other side of this is that when we fear not having enough for us, we behave in essentially the same way as what we hate in another.

Greed is an idea that sits on the other side of “fairness”, and most of us are brought up to behave fairly, particularly if you have siblings. The problem is that a lot of us have taken on these ideas of fairness based on things like “you can’t have it all”, or “you can’t have your cake and ear it”! It’s all a lie.

These ideas have been passed down from small limited minds that have experienced oppression and scarcity and have learned to live a shadow of their potential.

The truth is, you don’t have to be fair or greedy, when you get in touch with your essence, you know where you’re standing when you take the actions you do. And you CAN have it all, if that’s what your heart desires. No one can stop you when you are in alignment with YOU.

But all of this is just words without any real meaning when you haven’t found a way to free yourself from the old story, the old conditioned way of thinking that keep you in the illusion of safety.

To free yourself from the story though, requires changing the consciousness that you bring in this moment. And I’ve found that a little help goes a long way here. I highly recommend the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

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Warmest Regards,

Angelo

Have you ever wondered why pets are such a joy to have around?

I have, and the conclusion I came to was that they always give love, no matter what mood you’re in and that feels great. Their basic nature is one of love and all they ask is that you feed them, some pets want a bit more but in any event, what they give in return is immeasurable.

With humans on the other hand, it’s not very common that we give without some expectation for something in return (even if on the surface it seems like we’re giving selflessly).

It’s part of the reason (and maybe a huge part) for why we often distrust people. Everyone’s listening to their favourite radio station – WII FM (What’s In It For Me).

The reason why we become so egocentric and distrustful goes back to childhood. Children, like pets, give love naturally and the adults around them (usually the parents) take that love and use it to fill their own need for love. (Don’t get me wrong, parents do the best they can to raise children as best they know how, it’s just that their own unresolved pain from childhood sits under the surface and children absorb that pain without anyone realising it.)

Children have an open heart and while the love we feel pours out of their heart, they also absorbs the pain and negativity around them through the open heart as well. The negative emotion absorbed becomes so great that the only way to survive is to shut the heart down energetically (emotional level) and unconsciously become distrustful of people as a way of protection going forward.

So as an adult, you now have a choice, if you want to begin to connect more with the world, the key is to firstly accept that there is a part of you that experienced a lot of pain as a child and secondly be aware of when you’re looking to have that pain taken care of by others through looking to take something from them.

Note, the taking from someone is often not a physical thing, it’s an energetic thing, e.g. notice how you feel when you’re speaking to someone you know:

• You may be excited about something and you’re looking for them to give you feedback by being excited for you, or
• Some drama has happened and you’re looking for them to be surprised or outraged with you.

This is quite subtle to start with but as you bring more awareness to it, it becomes more obvious.

Remember, it’s the expectation for a certain reaction from someone else that gives you something (a feeling), this is how you “take” on an energetic level.

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Angelo Campione

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