tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post1168513082485935540..comments2023-05-04T08:03:51.375-07:00Comments on Writtens: Is Money Necessary?Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-40748208000874607262014-01-31T00:52:56.760-08:002014-01-31T00:52:56.760-08:00Thanks for popping over to my blog post http://www...Thanks for popping over to my blog post http://www.kellymartinspeaks.co.uk/2014/01/can-you-get-rich-by-visualising-wealth.html#comment-1224539458 and directing me here.<br /><br />I loved what you wrote "Rather, it's about developing internal value, or wealth consciousness, which he says "is available to all people equally...Like everything else that is important to our being alive — like air — wealth consciousness is free to all. But you can choose to develop it or not, or to exercise it or not." He defines wealth consciousness as "simply the expansion of your consciousness and awareness into the wealthy parts of your Self...You are already wealthy, but you have been taught to choose not to experience your wealth." <br /><br />This feels very true, and I also feel so many of us may fear money because of its history or rather the history we have attached to it. I know for me its about learning to accept it into my life and to know it is no different to the air I breathe and is love not pain or suffering (as per my life experiences). Humans over time dirtied the concept of money but it feels to me a shift is happening. I am prepared to welcome this shift (grin) and cultivate my own inner wealth but also to embrace and then release any fears to do with the paper stuff that occasionally fills my purse LOL thanks again for directing me here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316318484388835805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-16529994410500343632013-11-10T15:33:43.685-08:002013-11-10T15:33:43.685-08:00So glad you enjoyed it Jenna! <3<br /><br />So glad you enjoyed it Jenna! <3Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-23306502101500740372013-11-08T10:31:40.011-08:002013-11-08T10:31:40.011-08:00This was just brilliant writing, Jenifer! Thanks s...This was just brilliant writing, Jenifer! Thanks so much for posting it! <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898702291765788549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-75128512054301671452013-10-20T21:38:08.732-07:002013-10-20T21:38:08.732-07:00Thank you for your thoughtful reply Alexi! And gla...<br />Thank you for your thoughtful reply Alexi! And glad you share the vision of a world where everyone is able to follow their passions and have their needs met. Let's hold that vision! Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-80450719638236223022013-10-20T18:06:50.408-07:002013-10-20T18:06:50.408-07:00Jen, your writing is beautifully elegant, and this...Jen, your writing is beautifully elegant, and this sentence expresses my own philosophy: "I think having enough is about being able to follow our chosen path, without wasting energy in worry -- whether it's worry about taking care of our basic needs, or on the other hand, about dealing with huge amounts of money." Yes! And I agree that there is nothing wrong with money; presently it is still an efficient means of exchange in a world of apparent separation. As the world shifts, eventually everyone will be able to follow their passions and have their needs met. And that is, of course, based on trust. I love your idea of a "trust fund."<br /><br />Presently it's important to acknowledge and honor our money beliefs, rather than denying and opposing them. I admire the people that are living without money, paving new paths for others to follow. I also admire the people that are working within the present system to do what they most love to do in the world.Alexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374834479679870143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-67371578795126393072013-10-19T23:36:10.697-07:002013-10-19T23:36:10.697-07:00Still, the fact that money in itself can't mak...<br /><br />Still, the fact that money in itself can't make you happy shows that there is a more important factor at work, and that's our inner state of being. <br /><br />http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/03/09/dont-envy-the-super-rich-they-are-miserable/<br />Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-69097337465995822882013-10-19T20:07:06.766-07:002013-10-19T20:07:06.766-07:00Certainly money can be a source of pleasure and ha...Certainly money can be a source of pleasure and happiness. It is a means. And there are some very good things that one might want to do that cannot be done without money; that is, without the relevant means. I want, let's say, to go to Italy and see fabulous ancient ruins. There's no denying that a sufficient lack of money can block such a pleasant trip. Scrooge was sick--really mentally ill--because for him money was not a means at all. He didn't just deny his worker Cratchet extra coal to heat his office; Scrooge was just as stingy with himself! *All* he cared about was the pure accumulation of means. That's sick. He mistook *means* (money) for *ends*. Does money, in itself, make you happy? No: how could it? But first, if you have a lot of it, the wide variety of things you can do with it might make you not unreasonably happy, and the lovely actual things you do with it give money a special glow.John Ransomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558794866322175757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-85070148748626301542013-10-19T17:50:44.550-07:002013-10-19T17:50:44.550-07:00btw, the title was meant to be an attention-grabbe...<br />btw, the title was meant to be an attention-grabber, along the lines of James Thurber/E.B. White's "Is Sex Necessary?" ;) Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-7158196547362953942013-10-19T14:47:46.159-07:002013-10-19T14:47:46.159-07:00David, that's what I was saying, that there...<br />David, that's what I was saying, that there's nothing wrong with money, there's a place for it in our lives. At the same time, it's not the source of our abundance. That source is within us, and yes, love has a lot to do with it. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742026436206221165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177763353075829101.post-41347852877432722652013-10-19T01:40:03.113-07:002013-10-19T01:40:03.113-07:00Virginia Woolf ("A Room of One's Own"...Virginia Woolf ("A Room of One's Own") noted that money is a requisite to be a writer, and the entire book is an argument on the subject. It is one thing to be idealistic and state that money is this an that, that all we need is love and so on. Simply false ideas in a world of rags and bones, of concrete matter. Money is a fact. If you reject it, the universe will conspire to keep it away. If you seek it, you can help others with it, if you so wish. The subject of money is very deep and profound. It is the cornerstone of a myriad human issues. If money is neither good nor bad, then there is nothing wrong with its existence either, is there? TantraWavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860062026874836193noreply@blogger.com