Your Mind’s Money Filter
What you focus on becomes familiar... and what’s familiar becomes your reality.
Your Mind’s Money Filter: How the RAS Makes Wealth Visible
Have you ever decided you wanted a specific car (maybe that sleek luxury car) and then, suddenly, it seems like everyone around you is driving the same one? You pull out of your driveway and spot one at the stoplight. Another passes you on the freeway. You park at the grocery store, and there it is again, shining back at you. It feels like they’ve multiplied overnight, but they haven’t. They’ve been there all along. The only thing that changed is what your brain decided was important.
What Exactly Is the RAS?
That’s the work of your Reticular Activating System, or RAS: a small but powerful network of neurons in your brainstem that filters what you notice. Every day, your senses are bombarded with information: sounds, sights, words, opportunities, details. The RAS acts like a mental bouncer, deciding what makes it past the door of your awareness. It has one job... to bring your attention to what aligns with your current focus.
Here’s where it gets interesting: the RAS doesn’t just listen to what you see. It listens to what you say. Your words and thoughts are signals to your brain, telling it what to prioritize. When you decided on that beautiful luxury car, your RAS went to work scanning the environment for it. It filtered out the noise of every other car on the road and zeroed in on the one that matched your desire. The car didn’t suddenly appear... it simply became relevant to you.
The same principle applies to money. If your inner dialogue sounds like, “I can’t afford that,” or “Money’s always tight,” your RAS treats those statements as commands. It filters out opportunities that contradict your beliefs because, to your brain, they’re not important. You’ll notice lack because you’ve instructed your mind to. But when you shift your focus, when your language becomes more expansive, your RAS recalibrates. Statements like, “Money flows easily to me,” or “I’m open to new income streams,” signal your brain to start looking for proof. Suddenly, you notice ideas, people, or situations that were invisible before.
This is the science behind what many call manifestation. It feels like magic, but it’s your brain’s pattern recognition system doing its job. The RAS takes what you consistently repeat and filters your reality to match it. When you begin to affirm your desires, your mind begins to scan for ways to align with them. You start recognizing aligned opportunities faster, meeting the right people more easily, and seeing profitable patterns that were always there... but hidden behind your old filters.
Steps for Wealth
You can train your RAS the same way you’d train a muscle: through repetition, clarity, and focus.
Watch Your Words
Your RAS listens to your self-talk. Swap “I can’t” for “I’m learning to.” Replace “It’s hard” with “I’m becoming available to ease.”State Your Desires Clearly
Vague goals get vague results. Be specific: “I’m earning $10K months doing work I love” tells your RAS exactly what to focus on.Repeat Daily
Consistency rewires your filters. Speak, write, and visualize your desires until your RAS tags them as important.Collect Evidence
When something aligns... a new client, a refund, an idea... celebrate it. It signals your RAS to bring you more.
The truth is, money doesn’t suddenly appear because you think differently. What changes is you, your awareness, your perception, your energy. The more you direct your focus toward wealth, the more your RAS tunes your reality to reflect it. The opportunities, the people, the possibilities; they’ve always been around you. You’re just finally seeing them.
Your RAS is already listening.
So tell it a story worth hearing: one where overflow is natural, abundance is expected, and wealth becomes something you no longer chase, but recognize everywhere you go. 💸
