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Mind Nudge on Money-Relationshipsand I am going to ask you to spend some . . . on your money-relationships. A metaphor is an implicit analogy."The Lord is my shepherd" means the Lord relates to me as a shepherdrelates to sheep. "Money is the root of all evil" means that a huge bank account supports and maintains evil just as a root supports and maintains its plant. What is your relationship to money? If fiction is a metaphor for life, then money is a metaphor for basic humanneeds: security, control, approval (whichcan also be called survival, power andlove.) It's an artifact that ranks up therewith video games and smart bombs. Shakespeare's Iago wasn't kidding when he said, "Put money in thypurse." If you can't win your love,at least you'll have money and the power that comes with it. Have you ever argued about spending money? If so, hang with me here. Money can be a symbol of parentallove. Withheld and diverted to siblings.It's one root of sibling rivalry. You see, it gives us power, the illusionof control. The one in control of themoney makes the decisions, buys thesecurity, comfort, admiration, and love. When aging parents give us their powerof attorney, they relinquish control. When they die we are apt to fight overtheir possessions, the metaphor fortheir love. Example: with recognition of each other's strengths and weaknesses, my sister and I shared responsibility for parents who lived five years beyond debilitating strokes. My father attempted suicide; my mother begged me to kill her. When my mother finally died at ninety my sister told me that she (mother) had promised the diamond rings to her. I didn't care about the diamonds, butI felt the old jealousy as if I were five years old again. Just before my mother died I dreamedI could kill her. The next day I wrote a poem called "Matricide". *** Example of test of the tooth: In the early '80s I found myself travelingalone on a camel, rocking and rolling upthe path to the pyramids outside Cairo. I was more afraid of the Bedoin leading the camel than the very tall camel itself. When we reach the base of the pyramidthe Bedoin would not command his camel to kneel so I could get off. Hewanted me to pay in American moneyand I had only Egyptian and Britishcoins. He stormed around the upright camela few times and then finally reached upfor my British coin. He bit it. It didn'tbreak. Satisfied, he made the camelkneel and let me off. My money passed the test of the tooth. *** Back to you. Have you ever disagreed with a partner on use of money? Have you ever disagreed with yourself? If so, go here to download and print a Money questionnaire that you will enjoy.
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