Is your chimney blocked?

Posted on December 9th, 2008 by Wilma (6 Responses)

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Most of us want wealth and we want the universe to deliver it in great quantities please.

But although the universe is very powerful, it needs pipelines through which it can deliver the wealth.
You can compare the Universe and pipelines with Father Christmas and chimneys.

Another word for the pipeline through which the Universe can deliver is ‘Structure’.

Your ‘Structures’ are for the universe what the chimney is for Santa Claus!
Without ‘Structures’ the universe cannot deliver.

Here are some examples about how the ‘structures’ explanation works.
Once upon a time, I had a ‘Structure’ called ‘a job’.
It was a ‘Structure’ that took a lot of my time and energy but it trickled a return.
I was used to that ‘Structure’ and never queried what I was doing.
However when some interesting events outside work were on offer, I was too tired to go.
Another time I was declined time off and I missed out on something important to me.

I experienced a blocked chimney.

Then another ‘Structure’ crept into my life, a business which John and I were starting.
And that ‘Structure’ Life Leverage could do with a greater input.
But no, I had to hold on to my ‘Structure’ the job.
Only crumbs were left for our fledgling business and this stopped it to fly and create wealth.
This chimney was also well and truly blocked.

After coaching from John and his ‘Structure’ explanation I could let go of the structure ‘my job’ and had one blocked chimney disappear with it.
With my contribution our business became quickly a ‘Structure’ able to freely deliver goodies galore.
The universe alias Father Christmas could now deliver through this chimney.
Goodies coming my way were also personal like free time to shop and talk with daughters, friends and interesting people.
I am free to learn what I want to learn, no hierarchical bureaucracy to make me resigned and cynical and less yoyo-ing of my feelings.

The ‘Structures’ concept has showed me that prosperity and abundance is not about mystical things available to a select few.
It shows that normal mortals like me are wealthy too if we learn to look at our ‘Structures’ with eyes wide open.

‘The Trance of Scarcity’ a book by Victoria Castle, shows that our ‘Structures’ can sit on wealth that we are not cashing in on.
As Victoria is a generous soul herself she won’t mind if I share this cracker of a line from one of her chapters; “Don’t let the things you own make you poor”.

However there is one little catch and that is our ability to see what we are doing.
Here is a smashing example.
Imagine a fantastic sailing yacht, worth over a million dollars. At one point this yacht delivered enormous wealth.
It sailed in the tropics and was big and clever enough to entertain the owners and guests and give them a glorious cruising experience. The photos of them sailing in the Pacific are picture postcards, all of them.
In those years that ‘Structure’ in their life was positively geared.

At the moment that beautiful and special boat is lying at the dock and not going anywhere very often.
The wealth is now locked up in that ‘Structure.’
It is hard for the owners to let her go. In their eyes she is priceless, worth many millions of dollars and that is not what they can sell the yacht for,
They could hang on, but keeping the boat costs and they feel the guilt of not using her.

‘The yacht could become a thing that makes them poor.’

Now they have decided to sell, they have set a price they know will not represent their feelings but is reasonable and now someone else can enjoy the amazing lifestyle this yacht has to offer.
The wealth of the boat is unlocked again.

So as you can see that ‘Structures’ represent your physical life and thus ‘Structures’ are fundamental to our life on earth.
‘Structures’ are critical to our experiencing life and are the only things through which we can receive goodies from the Universe and prosperity for that matter.

Our body is a ‘Structure’ and without the body there is no experiencing a physical life.
So are you looking after your body so you can enjoy what it can do when it is fit and healthy?
Your home is a ‘Structure’ and your home can deliver a lot of prosperity and wealth.
Are you looking after your home?
Loving it and allowing it to give joy, beauty and warmth or is it run not what you want and are you hanging on for some unknown reasons?
Your garden is a ‘Structure’ and again your garden can deliver abundance beyond belief.
Do you love your garden or can you only see it as work?
Are you allowing your garden to give you food, flowers, birdlife, shelter or a quiet place to retreat to?

So now you might understand what I mean when I say that when we block the ‘Structures’ chimney, nothing gets through and the universe can not deliver.
When the ‘Structures’ in your life are dysfunctional or blocked, your opportunity to experience wealth goes up in smoke.
When the ‘Structures’ in your life are functional, there is no stopping what can come into your life.

But you need to keep an eye on all the ‘Structures’ in your life and sweep their chimneys regularly!

In this time before accumulating more goodies have a look if there are some chimneys that need unblocking to let some goodness in.
Are there some ‘Structures’ that are indeed making you poor by taking up too much of your time, your energy, your attention, your garage or storage space?

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  1. Wonderful analogical post!

    You covered all the bases (whoops, a sports structure…) and left me with a desire to not only clean my structures a bit more but to ensure they’re still flexible enough to sustain a downpour of spiritual wealth…

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  2. Wilma says:

    Downpour of spiritual wealth is what it is all about in the end.
    let’s all go for that and then people will have time for each other and can reply to emails . . . .

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  3. Kim Baird says:

    Great post Wilma, one that really needs revisiting every so often as I have found it easy to remember this and then as time goes on those chimney’s start to get blocked up again. It is great to have a clean out every so often to avoid block ups!

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  4. Wilma says:

    @ Kim. I am sure you keep your chimneys open, you and Andrew prosper :)

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  5. Blair says:

    Thank you for this post Wilma. I too have had a jolt on where my structures need watering. Once we get present to our lives and what they could potentially look like with flourishing structures then yes it does look very wealthy indeed.

    It reminds me of the real life yes man. (the guy who committed to saying yes more than no to life’s opportunities. Simply saying “yes, I’m going to water my life plants” is exciting in itself.

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  6. Wilma says:

    Well said Blair. I love the practicality of this whole structure’s conversation.
    In the end life at the moment is not more complicated than having all your structures work in a way they will prosper and enlightment will come.
    No point in trying to fly to the sky when your wings are flabby :)
    You go on watering, I will do the same.
    And a great Christmas to you.

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