But as I meditated on that familiar text, a question rose in
me with surprising clarity: If consciousness is fundamental, if
consciousness itself is the Creator and the ground of all being, then what does
it mean to be right with consciousness?
It’s not the same as being “right” with an externalized
deity—some faraway God demanding a particular ritual or obedience. No,
consciousness is not outside us; it is the essence of who we are. It is the
unshakable presence, the divine Logos within, the awareness behind all
appearances. To be “right” with consciousness must mean something different
entirely.
I shared this question with my wife Sonya, and she answered
with a simplicity that cut through all abstraction. She said, “It would be
to surrender to the flow, like a drop in the river. A drop in the river is the
river, and all it can really do is go with the flow.”
Her words resonated deeply because I have come to see that
the truest spiritual wisdom is often the simplest. A drop cannot resist the
river and still be a drop. In its surrender, it discovers it was never separate
at all. It is the river. And in that instant, I realized that being
right with consciousness is not about striving or demanding or forcing
alignment—it is about letting go. It is surrendering the illusion of
separateness and flowing as the river flows.
Then, my mind returned to the shaking described in Haggai.
God says there will be a shaking of heaven and earth, and this same passage is
quoted in Hebrews to speak of the removal of what is temporary, leaving only
the unshakable kingdom. And suddenly, it clicked. This “shaking” is not
punishment or wrath—it is the alchemical process of purification. It is the
removal of illusions, false identities, egoic striving, and all the “lead” of
the human condition. What remains after the shaking is the pure gold, the
unshakable essence of being.
In this way, the shaking is not something to fear but to
embrace. It is the very process by which the false gives way to the true. And
here’s the paradox: the Word of Faith movement looks at this shaking as a means
to gain prosperity, but in truth, prosperity in its highest sense comes only
when you no longer cling to it. When you have surrendered the illusion of
control and become one with the river, the river naturally carries you where
abundance flows.
I began to see the whole passage in an entirely new light.
When Haggai says “The silver is mine, the gold is mine, declares the Lord,”
it is not the voice of a possessive deity; it is consciousness itself reminding
us that all substance, all wealth, all manifestation is already held within the
field of being. Nothing truly belongs to the ego-self, because the ego-self is
an illusion. But when you awaken to the deeper truth—that you are a drop of the
river, inseparable from its source—you realize that all wealth belongs to you
because you belong to it.
This is the secret that both alchemy and the law of
attraction hint at but often fail to fully reveal. True spiritual alchemy is
not about transmuting physical lead into gold; it is about transmuting the
heavy, dense lead of our unconscious mind into the radiant gold of awakened
consciousness. The law of attraction works only partially when driven by egoic
wanting. But when you stand in the pure awareness of the river, when you no
longer grasp but simply allow, manifestation becomes effortless.
This, I believe, is why so many who chase prosperity in the
name of faith end up disappointed. They are still grasping, still acting as if
they are separate from the river, trying to manipulate its flow rather than
become it. They have yet to experience the shaking that removes the false. But
when the shaking comes—and it will—everything impermanent will fall away, and
only the unshakable kingdom will remain.
That kingdom is not a place. It is a state of consciousness.
It is the awareness that knows, without doubt, that it is one with the Source
of all things. In that state, you don’t have to strive for wealth, health, or
manifestation. These things arise naturally, like flowers along the riverbank.
This realization reframes the entire conversation about
prosperity. It is not about “getting” something you don’t have. It is about
realizing that you already are the Source expressing itself. You are the
consciousness in which all abundance appears. When you stop clinging, stop
resisting, stop identifying as a separate self, you become the channel for
infinite creativity and wealth.
I think of the ancient Hermetic axiom, “As above, so
below; as within, so without.” The shaking of the heavens and the earth in
Haggai is mirrored within the human soul. As the false is shaken away within,
the outer world also reorders itself. When you are aligned inwardly with the
unshakable, the outer becomes a reflection of that harmony. This is why Jesus
could say, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
these things will be added unto you.” The “kingdom” he spoke of is the same
unshakable consciousness Haggai foresaw, the same river Sonya described.
And what of the law of attraction? It, too, fits into this
vision—but not in the superficial way it is often taught. It’s not about
forcing the universe to give you what your ego wants. It’s about aligning with
the flow so completely that what you desire is no longer separate from what the
universe desires to express through you. In that moment, manifestation is no
longer a personal achievement but a natural unfolding.
So yes, I believe the prosperity hinted at in Haggai is
linked to alchemy, the law of attraction, and the mysteries of manifestation.
But it is a deeper, truer prosperity than the one often preached. It is the
prosperity of becoming whole, of becoming the river, of knowing yourself as the
consciousness that cannot be shaken. When that happens, even material abundance
flows—not because you sought it, but because you no longer resist the fullness
of life itself.
Today’s revelation leaves me with a quiet peace. I don’t
need to chase after the things I once thought I lacked. I don’t need to fight
the river. I only need to remember that I am not separate from it. I am a drop
that is the river, and the river is infinite.
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