WHY YOU ARE BROKE: The Physics of the Poverty Filter

Much of the spiritual advice on money doesn’t address how your brain actually works or the real science behind your mindset. You end up repeating the same habits, trying to “think positive,” but your mind keeps blocking the very opportunities you want. 

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I learned it in the grit of the Marine Corps and through decades working on barges in New York Harbor.

For thirty years, I focused on helping others while struggling to keep a roof over my family’s head. I kept hoping for a break, but it never came, no matter how many positive affirmations I tried.

I know what it feels like to max out a credit card and wonder if I was meant to struggle. I’ve also seen Instagram gurus shout about “manifesting” while real people are just trying to get by.

Here’s the truth:

• Being broke isn’t proof you’re broken.
• It’s proof that your filter is set to the wrong station.

It’s like being a radio stuck on a channel full of static, trying to hear beautiful music.

To fix the money problem, we have to look at the hardware.

The human eye can only see a tiny part of the electromagnetic spectrum, about 0.0035%. This means you miss out on 99.99% of what’s around you.

Every second, your environment bombards you with roughly 11 million bits of information. Your conscious mind can only process about 40 to 120 bits.

That’s why your brain has a “bouncer” in the brainstem called the Reticular Activating System (RAS). Its job is to filter out anything it deems unimportant, so you don’t get overwhelmed.

Here’s the part most people miss:

If you’re worried about debt, your RAS is set to focus on threats.

• Bills
• Collectors
• Failure
• Shame

When you’re focused on threats, your brain actually blocks out opportunities.

You could walk past a $10,000 idea or a life-changing connection, and your RAS can literally filter it out before you even “see” it.

You’re not just unlucky. You’re simply not seeing what’s possible.

One of the biggest lies in the New Age world is: “Like attracts like.”

In physics, that idea isn’t accurate. Magnets actually work the opposite way—opposites attract.

In Atomic Theology, we don’t talk about attraction. We talk about resonance.

A radio doesn’t “attract” music from a station. The music is already in the room, vibrating in the air. The radio resonates with the frequency.

If you’re broke, it’s not because you’re “repelling” money.

It’s because your receiver is tuned to the Scarcity station.

You can yell at the radio all you want, but if it’s set to 90.1, which is Scarcity, you’ll never hear what’s playing on 105.5, which is Abundance.

This is where most people break their own engine.

They stand in front of a mirror and chant:

“I am a millionaire. I am a millionaire.”

In wave physics, when two waves meet that are 180 degrees out of phase, they cancel each other out. This is destructive interference.

• Wave A (conscious mind): “I am a millionaire.”
• Wave B (subconscious mind): “You are a liar. You have $12 in the bank.”

Your subconscious is a survival machine. It demands accuracy.

When you tell it something untrue, your mind sends out a strong correction to protect you. The two signals clash and cancel each other, leaving only static.

That’s why affirmations can make you feel fake, anxious, or worse.

You haven’t changed your mindset. You’ve just started a battle inside yourself.

So why would your system generate Wave B in the first place?

Why does your brain want you to stay broke?

Often, it’s a loyalty contract.

In my work on abundance guilt, I’ve seen this pattern again and again:

• If your parents struggled, thriving can feel like betrayal.
• If your tribe suffered, success can feel like abandonment.

This creates what Dr. Gay Hendricks calls an Upper Limit Problem.

As soon as you start to do better, your mind can trigger guilt and self-sabotage to pull you back to the struggle that feels familiar and safe.

To be truly abundant, you must grant yourself the sovereignty to be different.

So how can we shift our mindset without triggering resistance?

We use the two pillars of Abanak:

• Just Be
• Trust

Stop the “millionaire” chant.

Instead, try saying things that are completely true and point you in the right direction.

• Bad: “I am wealthy.” (Subconscious: liar.)
• Good: “I am becoming a person who sees more opportunity today than yesterday.”
• Good: “I am open to the possibility that abundance is a frequency I can learn to find.”

When what you say is true, both your conscious and subconscious minds agree.

This is called constructive interference.

Your energy and focus get stronger.

You can’t adjust a radio if it’s full of static.

You must get quiet.

Meditation is a biological reset. Even 10 minutes of silence tells your RAS:

“There is no immediate danger. We are safe.”

This turns off your threat filter and finally lets your intuition, or your true inner voice, come through.

Abundance won’t drop a bag of cash on your head. It will drop an idea into your field:

• “Call that old contact.”
• “Fix that one broken process in your business.”
• “Save these five dollars.”

Trust means acting on your intuition, even if you can’t see the whole path ahead.

1. Sit quietly for 10 minutes. Don’t try to fix or force anything. Just be still.
2. Write one sentence: “Today I am open to noticing one opportunity I would normally miss.”
3. Take one small action within 24 hours on the first clean “signal” you receive.

Wealth isn’t limited or a fixed amount. That’s a common myth.

You are not unworthy of abundance; that is a lie told by your “loyalty contract”.

In the One Us movement, we believe your abundance is an act of service.

When you shift your mindset and focus on value, you become someone who creates and solves problems. You also help lift up the people around you.

You are not a failure.

You are a unique part of something greater, but right now you’re seeing life through a limited perspective.

Stop fighting the static.

Change the frequency.

Rise as a Sovereign Soul. Rise as One Us.

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