By Jo Mooy
They blamed it on Wall Street. They blamed it on housing. They blamed it on cheap mortgages. And they blamed it on the lenders. In 2008, the entire world was caught in the grip of the “Great Recession.” As banks failed and corporations closed their doors, middle class jobs evaporated. When the jobs disappeared, there was no way to continue paying for the dream of home ownership. Foreclosures soared 225 percent in 2008 with one in 54 homeowners receiving a notice.
This is the backdrop to a remarkable true story of courage, belief, and awe in the abundance of the universe. Let’s call her Mary, and she was the model of success. Mary traveled widely, had a good job, owned her own home, and kept a decent savings account. Then 2008 happened. She lost her job and then the market crashed. She took the last of her money to return to school, then the real estate market crashed and her home of 20 years was foreclosed on. She had nowhere to turn.
She decided to move out of the area to live with a friend in another state who had offered her a place to stay till she got back on her feet. Anticipating the move, she made a list of all her financial obligations that had to be met before she could leave. The grand total was $1,801—an insurmountable figure. As she told me, she practically fell apart in tears because there was no way she could borrow or get that amount of money. So, anticipating homelessness and in despair, she let it go and began cleaning out the last of her possessions.
A few weeks later she was going through a stack of mail that had been sitting on a table. There was an envelope with no return address on it. She thought it was junk mail and was about to throw it out when something inside said, “Open it.” Inside was a check in the amount $1,801. The check was electronically signed saying, “Signature on file with the bank.” She kept looking for some small print explaining this was really “junk mail” and not a check—but it looked legitimate.
Finally she found an 800 number on the check and called what turned out to be a “check writing service.” They confirmed it was a real check but would not give any info about the sender, telling her to cash the check. So she did. Several days later she remembered the list of obligations she’d made and connected the dots to the check.
She was determined to find out who sent the check so began her search. It was an odd amount for a “good Samaritan” to write, especially when she’d told no one about her needs. She wondered if there was an old account from her husband, or stocks she didn’t know about. So she wrote a letter to the name and address printed on the check. The letter came back, “Return to Sender—Wrong Address.” She looked up the name and city and tried to call. There was no phone listing for the name.
Mary told me she could not have settled her obligations nor made the move to another state without that check. How the exact amount came into her hands from out of nowhere continues to perplex her. When we talked about it, I asked her what she’d been feeling. She said utter desperation and hopelessness. Then something came over her and she just released and let it go. She detached from everything that had happened since 2008 and heard the words in her head: “What will be will be.”
It was shortly after the release that a check in the amount $1,801—from out of nowhere—resolved $1,801 in financial obligations so she could begin her life anew. The abundance of the Universe, and her need for resolution, came together in the realm of quantum physics known as The Field of Endless Possibilities. Remember that is available to us all.
Jo Mooy has studied with many spiritual traditions over the past 40 years. The wide diversity of this training allows her to develop spiritual seminars and retreats that explore inspirational concepts, give purpose and guidance to students, and present esoteric teachings in an understandable manner. Along with Patricia Cockerill, she has guided the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006 where it has been honored for five years in a row as the “Favorite Meditation” group in Sarasota, FL, by Natural Awakenings Magazine. Teaching and using Sound as a retreat healing practice, Jo was certified as a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association. She writes and publishes a monthly internationally distributed e-newsletter called Spiritual Connections and is a staff writer for Spirit of Maat magazine in Sedona. For more information go to www.starsoundings.com or email jomooy@gmail.com.