THE ENERGY OF MONEY

MONEY IS THE MEANS, FREEDOM IS THE GOAL

Every day, all the time, everyone always wants more money. People will go to enormous lengths to get it... even going so far as to marry a multimillionaire!
Yet often these self same people end up believing that money is the goal when the real goal is freedom. For money gives an individual freedom to move in the
world: whether it ranges from exploring and healing one's karma to the simple desire to have fun.

Money frees one from having to struggle to put food on their table, clothes on their back, or a roof over their heads. Money frees one from being "trapped" in
abusive relationships, unsatisfying jobs, unproductive ways of life and from fending off fears that someday, somehow, somewhere there will never be enough.

MONEY IS THE MEANS FOR MAGNIFIED PURPOSEFUL LIVING
Fulfilling the desires of God is what money is all about. No one knew that better than Mother Theresa of Calcutta. She lived simply and soulfully in the worst
slums in the poorest part of the industrialized world and successfully carried out her mission of healing the sick and caring for the needy. Pennies did not rain down from heaven enabling her to do this necessary, charitable work.

On the contrary, Mother Theresa was an efficient and skillful fund raiser who went to wherever the money was. She raised millions of dollars both in the
United States and in Europe to fund her work in India. Money did not detract from her amazing spirituality one bit. In my opinion, Mother Theresa is one of the most
magnificent models of magnified, abundant, and purposeful living from the 20th Century.

THE KARMA OF MONEY CORRECTS IMBALANCES IN IT'S USE
The following Biblical passages are tattooed into our collective cellular memory. You may have heard that "Money is the root of all evil" and that "It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven".

It is really "for the lust after money that is the root of all evil". The imbalance existing in the individual's use of and regard for money is the true problem. For when money is spitefully kept from those who need it, when it is used as a weapon to hurt others, when it becomes more important than love, God, and dear ones, when it makes us think that we are in fact God, it is a real problem.

MONEY IS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF ENERGY & GOD'S LOVE
Those who by karma evolve to a more balanced view of money realize that it is just another aspect of the energy of spirit made visible in form. The energy of
spirit takes on many forms in the physical world: like love, time, space, and nature to name a few.

No one ever says: "it is bad to have more love in my life... or more time, or more space, or more natural resources that are freely abundant to everyone" like air, sunshine, and so on. In fact, people desperately seek love, take time for granted, occupy space without really noticing it, and ignore nature unless it gets in the
way.

No one says "give me less love, less time, less space, and while you are at it, cut down on the air I need to have every moment and without which I will be dead in
three minutes". Yet these same people say give me less money when they believe that it is "evil" and will keep them from "being a good person" or from
"becoming more spiritual".

Was Buddha corrupted by wealth he was born into? No, he gave it up for spirit. Was Jesus corrupted by the manifesting abundant food ("loaves and fishes") for
his audience? Certainly not. All Jesus objected to money being worshipped instead of God.

BARRIERS ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN DISGUISE
Take the case of Roberta Guaspari, the violin teacher who started a music program for the inner city children of Harlem, NY, and upon whose life the movie
"Music of the Heart" was based. When the funding was cut for her violin program by the school system, she fought to save it by putting on a recital featuring
performances by her best students. Despite initial enthusiasm, the recital was nearly cancelled when the appointed theatre suffered flooding.

Yet at that moment, Carnegie Hall, hearing of her heroic efforts, offered her their space for free and recruited several internationally renowned musicians to
appear with the students. The recital was successful enough to keep Guaspari's music program going for another three years. This attracted the movie and now
the future of her music program is virtually guaranteed. This all resulted from financial barriers paving the road to success.

HELPFUL PEOPLE ARE TRUE ABUNDANCE
When people focus on manifesting money alone, they limit the abundance that the universe can provide. For abundance is much more than money, it is
personal qualities such as physical gifts like health, strength, and athletic skills or mental gifts like talents, skills, knowledge or emotional gifts like influencing
others.

Of these, the greatest gift is connecting with others. For no one can do or know everything on their own. The greatest abundance of all is knowing others who
can and will help you reach your goals as you help them reach theirs. That is why the Internet is so powerful because it provides a way for all kinds of people to more easily exchange abundance. The ancient Chinese knew this and it is why their symbol for abundance is many people pulling together.

HELPFULNESS IS THE SECRET TO MANIFESTING MONEY
If you want to know the secret to success in business it is this: "that you get what you want from life by helping others get what they want from life". It is just that simple. Those who serve the most people get the most money. Look around and you will see that the businesses which are the most successful are those which offer a superior product, at attractive prices, with great customer support, and a genuine commitment to customer satisfaction.

All this springs from their core desire to serve others to best of their ability. The motivation for this is often just money but those that succeed the most link their
motivation to love. This ironically is a very logical proposition: if love is the most powerful force in the universe and if it is very strongly linked to a money making goal, then that goal will be fulfilled abundantly and the money will flow like water!

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