Beggar and Poor Man — A Prayer for Releasing the Pattern

The text is old, written about seven years ago. It was an exercise in composing a releasing prayer. At the time of writing it, I did not yet know about the karmic past of my Soul. As a result of reading this page, I learned about five incarnations connected with Buddhism and several others within Christian religions marked by an attachment to poverty and begging. Who today respects a beggar in professional life?

Please, God, open my heart now to release me from the intentions and habits of begging, experiencing beggary, and all forms of begging.

I am free from trances of satisfaction derived from achieved poverty, misery, and deprivation.

I no longer need to rejoice or take pleasure in having achieved the absolute and perfect renunciation of all wealth and all material possessions belonging to me.

I accept and appreciate that I managed to fulfill, realize, and complete my earlier missions and commitments to live without personal wealth, property, or money.

I have forgiven everyone who trapped me and my Soul into becoming the perfect and real embodiment of a beggar, pauper, and poor person.

I no longer need to fulfill or realize previous missions and obligations connected with living without wealth, property, and money.

I no longer need to beg for food, money, clothing, love, or sex.

I have forgiven myself for cleverly and perfectly renouncing my own home, my television, my car, and all other possessions, money, and material goods.

I have forgiven myself for my greed toward begging — for food, money, clothing, love, and sex.

I no longer need to rid myself of money, wealth, and material possessions that belong to me.

I rejoice that I no longer need to beg for food, money, clothing, love, or sex.

I have forgiven myself for giving up my home, television, car, and all other possessions and material goods for the sake of other beings.

I have forgiven myself for fulfilling and realizing vows and missions of living without wealth, property, or money.

I no longer need to be a beggar, pauper, or poor person.

I have renounced the trance of satisfaction and joy connected with getting rid of money, wealth, and possessions.

It is good, beneficial, and safe for me that I no longer need to beg for food, money, clothing, love, or sex.

I have forgiven everyone who encouraged me and reinforced in me the intentions of renouncing all material possessions belonging to me.

I accept and appreciate that at one time I became a true embodiment of a beggar and poor man.

I have forgiven myself for begging for food, money, clothing, love, and sex.

I no longer need to give up my home, television, car, and all possessions for parents, in-laws, or other beings.

I allow the God of my heart to make me free from intentions of renouncing and giving away all possessions that belong to me.

I allow the God of my heart to make me free from begging for food, money, clothing, love, and sex.

I no longer need to beg.

I have the courage to become wealthy in this life.

I have forgiven myself for all suffering, pain, limitations, and losses created by renouncing my possessions.

I have forgiven myself for developing the ability to evoke pity in others through displaying my suffering, illnesses, poverty, misery, and deprivation.

I have the courage to become richer, more joyful, and happier in my life.

I have the courage to be wealthy in this lifetime.

I have renounced being the embodiment of a pauper or poor person.

It is safe, good, and beneficial for me to be free from the intention of giving away and renouncing my wealth and possessions.

I have forgiven myself for my attachment to the fate of a beggar and pauper.

I allow God to free me from attachment to the life and fate of a beggar or poor person.

It is good and beneficial for me to become increasingly wealthy, joyful, and happy.

I willingly receive money and wealth from those who possess them and share them with love and joy.

I fully appreciate and accept all positive effects of releasing myself from limiting and reducing my income and earnings.

I appreciate and accept that through my actions I increase and safely multiply my income and prosperity.

I no longer need to evoke pity in others through displaying my suffering, illnesses, poverty, misery, or deprivation.

I have renounced the old belief that I should beg and stretch my hands toward others for money, food, love, or sex.

I have forgiven myself for perfectly getting rid of all material possessions belonging to me.

I have forgiven myself for taking joy in renouncing my possessions.

I have forgiven myself for allowing others to convince me that I should beg for money, food, sex, or love.

I appreciate and accept that I have the courage to become wealthier, happier, and more joyful in life.

I never again need to get rid of my money, wealth, or possessions.

I appreciate and accept receiving love from others without begging for pity or displaying suffering, illness, poverty, or misery.

I have forgiven everyone who convinced me that it was good and beneficial for me to become the embodiment of a beggar and poor person.

I have forgiven everyone who convinced me and my Soul — beloved children of God — that I should beg for money, food, sex, and love.

I always benefit when others give me love freely, without my needing to beg for pity or sympathy.

I recognize and accept the senselessness of continuing to experience poverty, misery, and deprivation in my life.

I have renounced embodying and continuing to experience the results of renouncing wealth and abundance that I once committed myself to.

I have forgiven myself for rejoicing in cleverly deceiving a person or institution and giving up my possessions.

I always receive money and wealth from God because I know He possesses them and shares them with me and my Soul with love and joy.

I accept receiving money and wealth from the God of unconditional Love.

I have forgiven everyone who convinced me and my Soul that I would receive nothing in life unless I begged others for money, food, sex, or love.

I always and everywhere have the courage to become richer, happier, and more joyful.

It is good and beneficial for me to be free from limiting and reducing my income and earnings.

I always and everywhere increase and safely multiply my income and prosperity.

I no longer need to rejoice in getting rid of money, wealth, or possessions.

I am free from intentions of limiting and reducing my earnings.

I no longer need to reduce my income.

I live better and more pleasantly when others give me love freely, without my begging for pity or displaying suffering, illness, poverty, or deprivation.

Comments

Comment by s_majda — 27/10/2008 at 21:09

A certain foreign Soul kept coming to an acquaintance of mine. It complained that both it and its avatar had no money. I suggested to that Soul that it turn toward God — let the avatar pray and she will receive, just as I receive. The Soul replied that it could not, because it was possessed. In the evenings, the avatar would attract the soul of some deceased person and experience “otherworldly orgasms” with him.

Comment by s_majda — 29/04/2017 at 17:23

“In Theodoret’s Lives of the Monks, work is rarely discussed. In the monastic communities of Syria, one often encounters a tendency to devote all of the ascetic’s time to prayer, reading, and contemplation. The monks relied on material support from the faithful. Undoubtedly, the lack of interest in work among Syrian ascetics resulted not only from striving at all costs for contemplation and ecstatic states, but also from the belief that work itself was evil by nature and therefore should not be undertaken.”

— Fragment from the book History of the Syrian Monks Link

Comment by Karolina Blitek — 27/10/2019 at 23:24

Poverty — Blessing or Curse?

Małgorzata Krata:
Renouncing money is senseless in that escaping materialism inevitably turns a person back toward materialism, because in the end one becomes focused solely on satisfying needs and filling deficiencies.

I understand that fleeing from money and attempts to achieve enlightenment through poverty were supposed to help people focus on spirituality.

In reality, however, it becomes a step backward, because later the Soul and incarnation begin concentrating almost entirely on satisfying material needs, sometimes having no time left for anything else.

Additionally, enlightenment through poverty is possible only alone — which means that at the same time one cannot really have a family.

Unless someone wants to starve their children.

Poverty and financial rock bottom often do not support morality, because someone who has nothing to lose may become willing to do even more foolish things. That can lead to an even greater downfall.

I do not believe in the “saving” role of poverty. Life in poverty often slides into pathology. At least from my observations of school acquaintances. Children raised in poverty usually ended badly because there was enormous inequality in their opportunities. Poverty also means lack of access to knowledge. I know there are geniuses born into poverty, but those are exceptions.

Karolina:
I agree. Whenever parents have more money, their children usually have greater opportunities practically everywhere — socially, economically, professionally. Better education, private (or not necessarily private) schools — and it’s not even worth mentioning the dysfunctions that often occur in local schools. Wherever there are too many students, individual attention disappears because there simply isn’t enough time.

Learning, development, all kinds of courses, developing interests in order to discover and invest in a child’s talents, workshops, later professional training in adulthood, gaining experiences through travel — all of that costs money.

Poverty cannot bring anything good. It is always connected with inertia and frustration.

If it motivates someone to rebuild contact with God, it happens only because the person has been pushed into a corner and sees no other option.

Speaking of poverty’s influence on ethics and morality — it varies. I remember a situation from half a year ago when a homeless man on the street asked me for money: “Please, ma’am, give me something,” with a face like Puss in Boots from Shrek. After thinking for a moment I told him unfortunately I couldn’t because I had expenses myself. I turned around and heard behind me: “Well f*** off then.”

I used to give more to homeless people and beggars until I realized that half of them were people who could find at least some kind of work — probably poorly paid at first, but before gaining qualifications one has to start somewhere. Instead, many preferred to drink away the money, or exploit people’s compassion and live off society.

The honest ones are those who, for example, will allow you to buy them food directly without trying to manipulate the situation into getting cash for alcohol.

Poverty is also not the only crisis that can drive someone to seek God. Many people with high status or high salaries feel emotional emptiness, don’t know why they live, what they want, or who they are. Others live like consumers because they work themselves to exhaustion, or work is the most important thing in their lives. They earn a lot but only spend it. They do not feel productive, do not create anything, and their jobs drain them because they feel no development or creativity there.

Other kinds of crises can also push people toward God. Poverty is not required for determination to build a relationship with God.

It is simply worth remembering that money is a means to an end, not the end itself or the meaning of life, because otherwise life loses meaning.

When people earn money, the joy comes from what they can buy or from finally being able to stop worrying whether they will have enough. That psychological comfort allows them to invest energy into something else. People are not happy because of money itself — money is just paper.

Average earnings are not fullness of life — they mean limitation and constant restraint.

Poor or average-income people who later start families often raise children who spend their lives “licking candy through the window,” able only to watch what their peers have, or to see opportunities for development and self-realization but still be unable to take advantage of them because of financial limitations.

I swore to myself that if I were not substantially wealthy, I would never have a child. Even if later I no longer had the biological possibility to do so safely. My road is either the highway or nothing.

I do not understand the need some people have to give life to children who will never be able to fully benefit from it.

Some people think: “My life is terrible, so I’ll have a child — at least someone will love me.”

When I look at former classmates from poorer families, I often see people lacking self-confidence, self-worth, life experience, and necessary knowledge. Their parents were probably constantly stressed about money and survival, with no time or energy left for their children.

The wealthier the parents, the greater the chances that children become independent earlier and move out sooner. Simple mathematics.

Money = investment in developing interests and competencies.
Higher competencies = greater confidence and self-esteem.
Greater confidence and self-esteem = building better relationships and being attractive to the opposite sex.
Being attractive to the opposite sex = relationships.
Relationships = stability and shared goals for the future.
Achieving those goals = leaving the nest.

For me, poverty is a curse, not a blessing — though perhaps Buddhism never “caught” me.

Opublikowano: 06/05/2026
Autor: Sławomir Majda
Kateogrie: Buddhism – how to free yourself from it?, Money and freedom from poverty, Suffering of Body and Soul - Transfigurers of Suffering. Liberating Prayers.

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