Making money from doing something I love

> ***Don't make music because you want money. Make music because you love it. - unconditional.love***
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**intrigued**

**08-02-2014, 07:16 AM**

I want to earn money through my passion. I have a job so I am doing okay financially. I've always found it relatively easy to get jobs. But I'd rather make money from my passion - which I'm very talented at. But I get artists/musicians wanting to work with me and they either can't afford to pay for the service I offer or they just don't think they should have to pay. Part of the reason I want to get paid for doing what I love is because I want to do it all the time, instead of settling for a stream of income from a job doing something I find no excitement and fulfillment in. And another part of the reason I want to make money from my passion is because I enjoy feeling valued and I want to feel valued and I don't feel valued AT ALL when I cannot seem to get paid for what I love to do - which I'm very good at. I have some musician friends who get paid for what they do and it just seems a bit unfair, when they're no more or less talented than me. I've decided to not make music for artists/musicians for free anymore but what's the point in that because no one is willing to pay me anyway and ...I don't want to stop making music. Catch 22 ... :sad::confuse:

Whenever I think better feeling thoughts, the best I get is a job or an exciting chance meeting with someone or something that enhances my excitement that I'm moving closer to my ideal career...then it falls flat and nothing comes of it so I'm back to square one. My financial situation and lifestyle regarding my career keeps remaining the same, even though I try all the processes, better feeling thoughts and...I've read the main Abe Hicks books many times! It's killing the joy I have for making music because I don't feel valued and I'm not really getting anywhere so I'm thinking, what's the point? But I still want to make music.

Could you help me with better feeling thoughts on this please.

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**unconditional.love**

I'm figuring this out too, with my writing. I've heard Abe say the following:

1. If you have a pure vibe on the subject of your passion--in this case, music--than focus on that feeling as much as you can and leave money out of the equation for now, because you're muddying up the way you feel about music with the way you feel about money.

2. There's two different subjects here: your music and money. You have to get in alignment on both, but hooking them up before you're in alignment with both and then trying to make the union of the two line up is going about it the hard way. Better to clean up your money vibe and then hook it to music or clean up your music vibe and then hook it to money.

Notice there's a lot of resistant detail to your story about making money through music. You are allowing money in, as you've said, and you can also produce music. It's unifying the two where you're resistant, and you're arguing too much for why you haven't figured it out yet.

Something that seems to be messing you up, which messes up a lot of creative people who want to make their art their livelihood, is that you've started to see your music as a means to a financial end instead of an end in itself. Feel the difference between "I want to be a financially successful musician because I love doing this work and it would be so nice to have all the time and energy in the world to do it" and "I want to be a financially successful musician because I want more money than I have and I don't want to keep working this job I've got."

Don't make music because you want money. Make music because you love it. If you're not loving it, then there's no point, even if you are making money. If you're not loving it, then it's no different than any old day job you could be working instead. What do you really want here? Money or the pleasure of making music? Because if what you want most is the pleasure of making music, then when you do it, you're not moping because of the money issue, you're totally in the Vortex as you create music. And if you spent more time being happy about music and less time being unhappy about money, things would begin to happen for you.

I have, since I was a child, wanted to be a professional, full-time author with a successful writing career. It's one of my greatest desires, and I am now on the brink of allowing my passion to turn into a career. I would love to make money from writing, and I would love to be able to write full-time while living the lifestyle I desire. But money is not the reason I write. It is not the primary reward of my writing and it never will be, even if I become a millionaire through it. I write because I love it and because it's who I am, and I know I'll do it until the day I die, regardless of money, because it feels good in the moment. Money's nice, but money doesn't make writing any more pleasurable. Money is its own separate pleasure.

I think at this point, it's too specific for you to try to feel good about "making all the money I want through music." Sounds like the BFTs you're reaching for are too specific also (a job or an exciting chance meeting). Go more general. Do what Abe's been advising this whole time and especially recently: figure out what feelings you want to experience through a successful and lucrative music career and then reach for those feelings whenever you can. Not even the thoughts, just the feelings. Practice the feelings as much as you can and leave the specifics out of your mind for a while.

What's making music feel like to you?

What does having money feel like?

**Asked to be Deleted**

I really think that you can change perception on working for free, if music is your passion you can just like doing music no matter if you're payed or not. Just really take the money out of the equation and it will sort itself. I've done a lot of things for free, and because I could afford doing things for free I could also have more of a say on whom to do them with. I've worked for free with amazing artists. You can work for free for amazing musicians too. Then money will come, dont you worry.

But I feel here money is given a meaning of worth really for you. You really want to be validated, through being payed. Well, the need to be validated is a derivative of you not doing things because they feel good to you. The connection may not always be immediately evident but doing what feels good IS the best expression of self-love that ever is there, and if you love yourself the need for others to validate you becomes mute.

So it could be very interesting for you to take a closer look on the way you move and if you really, but really make feeling good, moment by moment, your top priority.

**intrigued**

Oh wow, great responses thank you!

It's not that I'm doing music for the money. It's more the case of: I LOVE making music. When I make a song, it makes me feel INVINCIBLE. AWESOME. And I want to do that all the time but because I don't make money from it, I HAVE TO have a job which takes up a lot of my time when I'd rather just be making music and enjoying my life in that way. You know what I mean? That's why I tried to link music AND money together...so that I'd be able to do what I love and not have to worry about doing anything else I don't love because I'd be financially stable anyway. I just want my passion (music) to be more of a component in my daily life basically.

**Evey**

What night said. Just put a period (.) at the end of "I like making music" in the vibration you are offering. The issue right now is that you have tied negative vibrational offerings to the subject of music.

**Asked to be Deleted**

yeah I get that - yet history is loaded of artists and musicians who didn't have much time, yet they did the master works they did because they were aligned. It's an alignment thing, not a having-enough-time thing. Besides crossing is so important, maybe it is really a good thing that music is not all your life, because you could get out of touch from the world of common people, or from other forms of art. All experiences can be nourishing to your music, if you let them.

Then I'm all for living under one umbrella - and you will, if you align.

**Hands in the Clay**

You might find this thread of Ana G's helpful, as she uncovered some of her beliefs that were hindering her ability to do what she loved and earn a living from it - she'd already gotten started, but it wasn't paying the rent, so to speak...

http://www.abeforum.com/showthread.php?33374-From-scarcity-towards-abundance-My-money-journey

**Marc**

The thing you're running into is that you're going about it backward, that's why you're "falling flat." You want to make money through your music so you'll feel valued, you want to make money through your music so you'll feel excitement and fulfillment... In other words, you want more pleasing circumstances so you'll feel good when you observe them. You've been around long enough that you know that it doesn't work that way. Reach for the feelings of valuing yourself and being valued whether they pay you or not. Reach for the feelings of excitement and fulfillment whether or not you're making money through music. Start focusing on those feelings instead of trying to get the circumstances to generate those feelings for you.

**livinginparadise**

I saw ur post last night and had to register.. I usually hate to register to any forum. I am an artist and thought I wasn't good enough (comparing to my little brother). In 08 I rendezvous w/ Abraham. Abe said, do not create your work to cater to any audience. Just create and Abe (LOA) will bring you the audience. Now, I sell my work on the net around the world. No kidding, my highest month was 31K. Then I started thinking people r copying my work, etc. That's is lackful thinking.. I am climbing back up the ladder again and last night I broke through. I want u to know that there is Youtube, haven't u heard..lol.. ur work can be self-published now. Justin Bieber (sp) got discovered on Youtube and so many other. Just know that Abraham is bigger than google.. that's what kept ringing in my ears. Now, I just sit and collect my royalties. BTW.. I retired to Hawaii in 2002 before I met Abe and I was only 42, and was thinking what am I gong to do on the island.. and 2008.. voila ABE appeared, because I asked. You will to and stop talking about excuses.. talk yourself UP.. and UP and UP do not use any excuses.. no complain no explain.. YOU WILL succeed!

**intrigued**

I understand Marc but how exactly do I feel valued, excitement and fulfillment without those manifestations that I want? This goes for all my desires really - I understand that THOUGHT and FEELING is the root of all manifestations but I'm not sure how I can feel those core feelings (value, excitement, fulfillment etc) out of thin air.

Oh wow Livinginparadise, that's so cool! :wave: I'm really not sure how I can get there from here where I am.... but I'll keep on with those better feeling thoughts I guess.

**Marc**

> I understand Marc but how exactly do I feel valued, excitement and fulfillment without those manifestations that I want?
> This goes for all my desires really - I understand that THOUGHT and FEELING is the root of all manifestations but I'm not sure how I can feel those core feelings (value, excitement, fulfillment etc) out of thin air.
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You could remember times when you've felt those feelings, you could use your imagination, you could focus on the words and explore what they mean to you and keep your focus there until you feel a shift. For example: "Feeling valued... Feels like appreciating myself. Feels like being appreciated. Feels like well being. Feels like things are flowing to me. Feels like liking where I am. Feels like enjoying what I do. Feels like this is the right thing for me. Feels like I'm good at what I do. Feels like I'm proud of myself."

**livinginparadise**

> I understand Marc but how exactly do I feel valued, excitement and fulfillment without those manifestations that I want? This goes for all my desires really - I understand that THOUGHT and FEELING is the root of all manifestations but I'm not sure how I can feel those core feelings (value, excitement, fulfillment etc) out of thin air.
> Oh wow Livinginparadise, that's so cool! :wave: I'm really not sure how I can get there from here where I am.... but I'll keep on with those better feeling thoughts I guess.
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You think about anything else that will give u that feeling OR simply find something that give you joy to do. You said writing music give you joy. So, keep writing.. you can publish them thinking people will love it when they listen to it. I had a chance encounter with a Korean musician, not knowing his music.. and the age gap is that I am older than his mom.. and now I listen to his music. What do u know. You can keep saying to yourself that I love my music.. and the universe will bring the audience and stop at the general feelings. Do not try to force the feeling too hard. Just go about your day to day living. Talk about something that make u feel good only. Your feeling is your is guide and indicator. If you work too hard trying to control your thought.. it works against u. I know u will get a hold of your vibration now. STOP all thoughts that will weaken you. You have to trust the universe that will deliver NO exception good or bad.

**Evey**

> I understand Marc but how exactly do I feel valued, excitement and fulfillment without those manifestations that I want? This goes for all my desires really - I understand that THOUGHT and FEELING is the root of all manifestations but I'm not sure how I can feel those core feelings (value, excitement, fulfillment etc) out of thin air.
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Oh wow Livinginparadise, that's so cool! :wave: I'm really not sure how I can get there from here where I am.... but I'll keep on with those better feeling thoughts I guess.Oh try this! I just discovered it. try shifting your \*\*self-image\*\* about yourself. It really is LOA but different vocabulary. Google self-image, cybernetics, shifting paradigms in youtube. You might throw in Bob Proctor to understand it.

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