Just after I started with my new modules aimed at my money issues, I received the Monopoly disk through the post - it was a gift for my son.

That day I had so much I felt I "should" do, and yet I kept feeling this Overwhelming urge to play my son's Monopoly game!!

Knowing that the only thing I "should" do, is what feels good, I decided to allow myself to follow those instincts.

I loaded the game onto my PC (with my son's permission of course ), and started playing it.

Here are the things I began to notice as I played:

* I had a run of "bad luck" and I felt frustrated and that it was "unfair" that I kept landing on "Go to Jail", "Income Tax", and my opponent's properties. (It was extreme - for several rounds I couldn't buy a property, while the computer was enjoying a shopping spree" lol)

* Later, when the computer had some "bad luck" and landed on "Go to Jail" three times in a row, I caught myself feeling sorry for it! (I was feeling sorry for a computer!!)

* Whenever I ran out of cash and landed on a property where I had to pay rent, I felt a tangible loss. I felt "poor", I felt down as I mortgaged properties or sold houses in order to pay the debt. "Scraping together barely enough", a feeling of lack and loss. "It was a very specific feeling - one I recognised from "real life".

* When the computer ran out of cash and landed on a property where it had to pay rent, it AUTOMATICALLY (and obviously unemotionally) mortgaged the appropriate properties in order to pay the debt. Then, when it received enough cash later, it unmortgaged them.

* I was taking the entire game Extremely personally!!!

For a long time I've believed that the way we play games says a lot about the way we live life.

While I played Monopoly that day (I played for about 4 hours in a row), I was accutely aware of the connection between the way I was playing that game, and the way I play the game of life...

I realised that any changes I made to my attitude and perception in the game of Monopoly, would carry over into my life.

I started to realise that my emotional response was an automatic reaction, and started checking it. I began to take a different perspective - I began to see it as just a game (duh! lol) with no meaning behind the dice rolls - no such thing as luck, and the rolls are impartial. I began to distance myself from it a bit and look at the whole thing more strategically - no emotion. I began to distance my emotions from the game, and whatever the roll was, I treated it as a chess game - strategy not luck.

As I played the Monopoly game in this way, I also noticed I started winning more - not because I was any "luckier" but because I was thinking strategically. So I was seeing opportunities and making strategic decisions that I KNOW I'd never have seen if I'd been feeling emotional!

I began making the most of the Trading option - something I'd never really used much before. I've now become quite clever with my trading. lol (which is a reflection of the changes that are happening inside me!)

Since then, I've spent half an hour each morning, playing Monopoly on my computer, while listening to my Paths (which I'll explain in the next post).

I've noticed an increase in the feeeeeeeeeeling of Accumulating money. I've noticed a completely new experience - previously my beliefs in abundance were Conscious. Now they are through to my core!

The feeeeling of Accumulating money is reflected in my (for the first time in my Life!!!) having a constant buffer, which is always there should I need it. It's not a huge amount, but I've never had such a thing at all before!

I'm no expert, but I'm sure that listening to these Paths modules, while playing Monopoly the way I have been - every day - has rearranged Neuro-pathways at Speed, which may have taken much longer otherwise.

And through those changes.... outside circumstances are reflecting back to me, the same. No more delays, no more bank errors, no more missing payments, no more dramas. And I know it will continue to get better and better.

Key points I think make a difference:

* Playing the simple version of Monopoly (Monopoly Deluxe - despite the name - is the simple, normal version of Monopoly) is, I believe, very important because it enables the focus to remain on the basics.

* Playing against the computer, rather than live players makes it much easier to get over any guilt feelings or worries that may come up with live players. I've played live online as well, but have stopped that for a while until I feel I'm ready.

* I believe it needs to be done EVERY day - I'm certain the repetition of Every day is key.

* I don't know if it would work without the Paths modules because of course, I'd started using them before, so I would reccomend going with what feeeels good to you. The set of modules I've mentioned have been perfect for me, and I've found that the actual process of playing the game while listening to the modules on headphones (turn off the sound in the game by the way, if you do this. ) is what seems to have worked for me.

Looking forward to hearing your views and experiences on this.


Love and Light and Monopoly xxx