Reframing Your Wealth Wound

Do you ever struggle saying the word "wealth" during your manifestation or affirmation practices?

So many people feel resistance when they repeat affirmations or intentions that include the word wealth. For some, it brings up shame, guilt, or even fear of being greedy.

Some early American Christian communities who embraced communal living and minimalism framed wealth as morally suspect and “the root of all evil”.  However, the actual text says “the love of money is the root of all evil” and the actual root of the word wealth means well-being and an abundance of resources.

It's time to reclaim this word and return it to its true essence: stability, freedom, generosity, and flourishing.

With the Lion’s Gate Portal having closed a few days ago, now is the time to let go of any old beliefs that desiring wealth makes you selfish or greedy.

It's time to anchor into a new truth: you’re worthy of abundance, and when it flows to you, it multiplies the good YOU can create in the world.

A lot of us grew up with the idea that wanting money is somehow wrong, but most spiritual traditions actually see prosperity as part of a good life.

Money and Other Cultures

Buddhism honors generosity, Hinduism celebrates Lakshmi’s blessings, and Taoism teaches that abundance flows when you’re in balance. It’s not shameful to want money, prosperity and abundance in these teachings - in fact, money is a blessing that can bring freedom, joy, and support for others.

Buddhism

• Core Belief: Buddhism does not see money as inherently good or bad. It’s considered neutral. The morality lies in how it’s obtained and used.

• Livelihood: The belief is that wealth should come from work that doesn’t cause harm and brings you joy. Once earned, it’s encouraged to be used for personal well-being, supporting family, community, and spiritual causes.

• Generosity: Giving freely is one of the highest virtues. A prosperous person can support good causes and offer assistance and relief to those less fortunate. This is seen as a highly admirable act that brings both material and karmic blessings. This is a great example of how anyone who has an issue with social programs is also accumulating karma that will result in an experience or lifetime to help them develop empathy and perspective.

• Example: In many Buddhist countries (Thailand, Sri Lanka), wealthy citizens are honored for sponsoring construction, feeding the hungry and funding public works. Prosperity is not shamed; it’s celebrated when tied to compassion and generosity.

• The Buddha’s five benefits of wealth:

  • Supporting oneself and one’s family.

  • Supporting friends.

  • Protecting against loss.

  • Making offerings to others.

  • Doing “good” work that brings you joy.

Hinduism

• Core Belief: Wealth is one of the four goals of life. Material prosperity and security, are seen as essential for fulfilling one’s duties and supporting dharma.

• The Goddess Lakshmi: Deity of wealth, fortune, and abundance, worshiping Lakshmi is believed to invite prosperity into one’s home. Wealth is seen as a blessing from the divine when earned righteously through service of joy.

• Example: During Diwali, families perform rituals to welcome abundance into their lives, both financial and spiritual.

Taoism

• Core Belief: Wealth is part of the natural flow (Tao) and is not to be resisted. Harmony allows abundance to rise naturally, without force. Rather than grasping at money or rejecting it (consciously and subconsciously), Taoism encourages aligning with effortless flow where resources and opportunities arrive as part of a balanced life. 

• Example: In Feng Shui, arranging your home and workspace can enhance prosperity and well-being, proving money is an energy that can be cultivated.

Judaism

• Core Belief: Money and wealth are blessings when used ethically. Wealth enables charitable giving, which is a sacred duty.

• Example: Jewish business ethics emphasize honesty, fair wages, and community support.  Prosperity is celebrated during festivals, where giving to others is integral.

Islam

• Core Belief: Wealth is a trust from Allah/God. Muslims are encouraged to work diligently, invest wisely, and share abundance.

• Obligatory charity ensures wealth circulates in the community, preventing hoarding and poverty. Prosperity is not shamed but seen as an opportunity for joyful service.

• Example: Successful merchants historically built schools, hospitals, and wells, leaving lasting legacies.

Indigenous Cultures

• Core Belief: Many indigenous cultures see prosperity as a sign of harmony with nature and their ancestors. Wealth can be material (crops, livestock, resources) or communal (shared well-being).  In some Pacific Northwest tribes, wealth is measured by generosity, the more you give away, the more honor you gain. 

• Example: A wealthy hunter shares his catch among his community, ensuring everyone prospers. Prosperity is celebrated communally, not hoarded by billionaire assholes who take as much as they can and share/pay as little as possible.

A Return To Truth... or Just Sus?

• This is RICH (pun intended): Mega Evangelical Churches are working attempting to reclaim the idea that God wants believers to thrive financially. And while I personally think they need to get a little deeper with that ideology by adding SEVERAL guiding principles about morality, it’s also noteworthy that churches don’t pay taxes. So the more money you make, the more they ask you to give - to them. One instance where the math math's.  

  
  

But here's the real fucking truth...

The deep roots of money shame were born in systems of control within patriarchal structures.

If people are taught to feel guilty for wanting or having wealth, they’ll work harder to prove their worth, stay stuck in cycles of labor, and remain dependent on external authority to thrive.

Shame around money keeps people in the rat race - overworking, under-earning, and second-guessing their own desires, because believing “wanting more is greedy” ensures the power stays in the hands of the few.

Releasing money shame is not just personal healing, it’s reclaiming freedom from generational conditioning designed to keep you small.

LFG: Heal Your Wealth Shame/Wounds

These are a few of my favorite books about money

• Wired for Wealth, Brad Klontz

• The Art of Money, Bari Tessler

• It's Not Your Money, Tosha Silver

There are so many out there - find one that speaks to you and explore it. They really do help you identify your specific money wound.

My Preferred Energy Practice

EFT Tapping is a powerful way to do this, because it rewires both the mind and the nervous system to respond differently.

Below are three mini rounds of tapping you can use:

Round 1: Acknowledgement (meeting the resistance)

• Even though the word “wealth” feels uncomfortable in my body, I honor this reaction as old conditioning that doesn’t belong to me.

• Even though I’ve been taught that wealth equals greed or sin, I see how that belief was used to keep people small, and I’m ready to question it.

• Even though I sometimes feel guilty saying the word wealth, I acknowledge that it’s safe to notice these feelings without pushing them away.

Round 2: Rewiring (introducing new meaning)

• Wealth means well-being, and I allow that truth to live in my body.

• Wealth creates stability, freedom, and the ability to give back, none of which are shameful.

• I release the weight of old religious and cultural stories, and I choose my own definition of wealth.

Round 3: Embodiment (anchoring the new frequency)

• I embody wealth as balance, flow, and alignment with my highest good.

• I claim wealth as a natural extension of my thriving, and I allow it to feel safe and expansive.

• Wealth belongs to me because I belong to life, and life is generous.

When you bring awareness, rewiring, and embodiment together, you begin to dissolve the shame and reclaim wealth as your spiritual birthright. Over time, the word no longer feels heavy and you become a vibrational match for ease and flow.

So if you struggle with the belief that it’s wrong or greedy to WANT money, remember that most spiritual traditions see money as a positive when earned ethically, used to uplift self and others, and aligned with our higher values.  

I don’t know many people who want to intentionally use it for “evil”. Most of us just want to feel financially stable, comfortable, able to pay our bills and enjoy life.

The “money is evil” narrative is not a universal spiritual truth, it’s a cultural construct that can be rewritten.

Money and wealth are a blessing when earned with integrity.  Enjoying it is part of the blessing, but sharing it amplifies your joy and multiplies the good.

Go forth and prosper, loves!

~Jo