Gaia: Co-Creating Reality ~ What Else is Possible? What the Bleep - What the Bleep Do We Know About Wealth!?

Re: Quotations on Money...

http://kevinrgallagher.gaia.com — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:57:41 GMT

"YOU NEVER RUN OUT OF MONEY!"

Barbie Shopping Boutique Commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOnpBtN25c

Re: Hello All

http://seekerfinder.gaia.com — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:51:33 GMT

Dearest Golden,

I just came out of a very difficult slump myself that lasted the first four or five months of this year so I can truly empathize. My only advice is that no matter how much you don't feel like pariticipating in these discussions and no matter how much you don't feel like even thinking in terms of love, light and joy you must continue...even when your heart just isn't in it! This is the most crucial time to find your path again and continue on it even if you don't feel it is in you. If not for my own dogged insistence not to turn away from these things that I knew but for some reason had forgotten or at least could not 'be' I can't even guess where I'd be right now. I kept talking the talk even though I knew I was not walking the walk and do you know what? It wasn't too long before I started living it all again instead of just knowing I should be living it. I didn't give up on myself and I'm so glad I didn't.

All I know is that my slump has taught me such an invaluable lesson that I would not change a single moment of it even if I could. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON! If there is one single thing life has taught me that is it! We bring things into our existence that we need to learn from and no matter how tough it may be during the lesson the joy after having learned the lesson and the joy of having changed to a higher level of consciousness is unsurpassed! Life is truly wonderful...even when it feels like it sucks! You can trust me on this one!

Perservere my friend. We are here, we care and we are sending energy your way!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Hello All

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:36:36 GMT

I feel that i have been a neglectful moderator over the past few months I apologize or maybe my absence went unnoticed. Anyway things have been difficult for me but I am beginning to get my bearing back. I am still waiting for the time and proper way to speak of my transition but as of yet I'm not even quite sure what it will bring at the moment I only know that I am in it. I hope all of you are well and I will be back around posting soon at the moment I dont really have the energy to bring anything good to the table.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://back-to-the-garden.gaia.com — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:09:00 GMT

I read a quote recently about money that really stuck in my head:

"There are two ways to be rich. One, you can amass great wealth. Two, you can need very
little. If you need little, then you always have more than enough."

I have never been friendly with money. If I have it, I use it. If I don't have it, I don't worry about it much. The wealth I am more fond of sharing is the wealth of friendship. I think I'm particularly wealthy when it comes to my friends and the abundance of adventures, experiences, thoughts, dreams, and possibilities they bring to my life.

Because I treasure friendship so much, I tend to be open to people and see strangers as friends I just haven't met yet. I think that's one of my favorite things about Zaadz. This is a community rich in good will and a wealth of sharing. I always find myself wondering why the larger world can't be more like it. Or maybe it already is! Zaadzsters seem open enough to providing each other with resources, information, creative outlets, etc. If humans the world over can participate in a community like Zaadz with such open hearts, there are probably millions more out there ready and willing to do the same!

Re: Sharing wealth

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:38:00 GMT

Hello all I would love for someone to share anything that they know about sustainable gardening and lawncare. I have been spending the majority of my time in the yard so I have'nt had time to be here. Again this is a call out for some good organic gardening information so someone step up with their wealth. I look forward to hearing from our co-creative green beans. Thank you

Re: Sharing wealth

http://raf.gaia.com — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:38:51 GMT

Thnk you all for some wonderful posts. Thre is no doubt that the word wealth is synonymous with money and yet in our hearts we know that money is merely a means to an end and ultimately an illusion.

Look at "wealthy" individuals like Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.wealthy beyond anyone's imagination. In the end they have had to think of ways to give it all awa. If only Buffet hadn't waited this long just think what he could have done.

We also use GDP as a measure of well being for all when we know that it is completely not the case. It wasn't even designed for that but now has become the mantra for all "responsible" finance ministers.We have measures such as the GPI (Genuine Progress Indicator) which deconstruct GDP to try and give us a picture which takes out the "bad" GDP...crime, environmental degradation etc.

We need the same attitude to wealth.......wealth of love in our relationships, communities and societies is not measured. We've locked ourselves into this money box and we're struggling to find the key to open it and escape.

My wealth for me is not how much money i have but my relationships with my family, friends, colleagues, every day people i come across, and my environment. If i am wealthy in that then i am truly rich.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://shiningstar.gaia.com — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:51:30 GMT

Wealth, to me, is the understanding that the Kingdom of Heaven is within me just as Jesus said. Not a Kingdom far away or to be utilized after death but a real-time factor in Now. This world is the Kingdom of Feelings that create from the core of my being. What I send out and focus on I receive back. Pure justice and perfect feedback of that which I truly am. What is within me is the treasure. I can focus on the past and recreate it but I choose to live in Now and focus on a new world of Love and Peace that works for everyone,everywhere. I can use my Kingdom to create this. I do not care who I was yesterday or who I knew for my life is ever going forward, making known the unknown ,not repetition.-- That has taken a while to learn and perhaps it does not suit everyone here but I am so happy to be in harmony with that understanding.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:35:24 GMT

I've been getting into some great stuff recently within the context of my own work and clientele. I find that when I begin working with people who have been traumatized that they are often re-creating higher levels of tension and drama in their private lives. From the LOA perspective this makes great sense, at the moment they are heavily aligned with this paradigm in fact they seem to be attracting from the cellular level. The boy is in pain, the mind is frantic the relationships are tense, the food choices are poor everything that could possibly feed the cycle is.

Then I began to think of this from the perspective of food just because of how deep our relationship with it runs. How do we attract from the cellular level with our food choices. What happens to our food before it is brought to us. What happens to us as food literally becomes a part of us. What is this message that combines with that we then reverberate back out into the world. From this perspective I find the raw foodist movement, the vegetarians and the free range organic meats. I notice that when I adhere to eating these foods I feel light and open. When I get busy I notice the food choices become secondary and often tertiary decisions as do many other imporatant concious decisions.

Of course others have already put much work into this idea, but I am looking too put this together in a very unique way bringing conciousness to the very fiber of our being our cellular level. Let me Know what you think!

Re: Sharing wealth

http://my-head.gaia.com — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:44:52 GMT

The universe is comprised of stories NOT atoms & sharing wealth IS as you have ALL said sharing ONEself - which IS the process by which ALL our collections of stories interconnect & inter-relate with each other.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:04:02 GMT

I agree Deb the connections of the heart shall outlive us and all of our things, I am grateful that you brought this up. Your posts are always great. I have had similar experiences with my own nana showing me pictures and talking about the early days of my family being here. Those are moments that I have a strong connection with I love when my family comes toegether and we share those stories.

Aphinya Thank you for sharing your love of meditation, where did you learn and what are some your experiences. Is there anything that you could share with us that might be able to turn someone on by tuning in.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://dtowle79.gaia.com — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:30:41 GMT

Golden,

What a wonderfully refreshing question for you to ask in terms of "wealth".

For me true wealth lies in that which will last forever - relationships of all kinds. The interactions i have with others - I am often transformed in an instant from something another says that resonates to my core and vice versa. If you really think about, as we relate, love, enjoy, disagree, make amends we are all lifting one another in some way and serving each other.

When we touch or are touched by another it lives on through the generations. Material things pass away but connections of the heart never die. I realized this when I was quite young because my Grandmother would pull out the old photos (some were so old they were made of tin) and tell me stories of my ancestors. She told the stories from her heart and it reached mine. I loved these family members that I never knew in physical form. My Nanna passed on to me who they were and how they touched her life, which touched my life and so on. Our interactions with others live forever.

Every day I facilitate others in trusting who they truly are and understanding that they know the truth and hold the answers within. This is my wealth in my profession and I do think about how this affects not only them but the lives of others around them and how it will pass on from them.

As I think about it, the other wealth I have is that I have the ability to grow and learn from all my experiences, both joyful and sorrowful. Even if something seems horrible to me I will always find the gift it has given me and am able to let anger and resentment go. Sometimes it takes longer than others but I always come to the place that I am deeply grateful and know I have been given a gift.

There is more but these are the most important to me.

D

Re: Sharing wealth

http://aphinya.gaia.com — Mon, 07 May 2007 02:22:42 GMT

Since I have been meditating for a long time, my wealth is about the connection with all kind of energy around me. I flow with grace that is how I put it back into the world. I feel oneness with things and it feels complete, nothing matter.

Re: Sharing wealth

http://seekerfinder.gaia.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:04:31 GMT

Does a wealth of experience count?

Blessings,
Cheryl

Re: money becomes us! exactly

http://seekerfinder.gaia.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:02:12 GMT

Where attention goes...energy flows. Personally I choose to focus my attention and thereby my energy on those issues that are being addressed. If I choose to only focus on the things that are wrong then my energy is going to the 'wrongness' of the situation. However, if I focus on what things might be going right...I am supporting the 'rightness' or rather the REPAIR of an issue.

It all depends on where you want your energy to go.

There is of course another way to percieve all that we consider as 'broken' or 'wrong' in our world...if we are all totally responsible for our own lives then everyone else is equally as responsible for theirs. Not saying we should not help others...not saying that in the least but we have all managed to 'make our own way' in our lives and some of us quite successfully so if we can do that so can anyone else who cares to. Yes I know that there are people who are under the thumb of a dictator or a badly run government...lest we forget in this country we once were in the same boat being sucked dry by the motherland England...we managed to get out from under it and so can other people's do the same thing. We sometimes forget that even though we are ONE we are all independently all on our own unique path in this existence so for us to expect everyone to be at the same level of abundance and joy doesn't make too much sense.

Furthermore, I find feeling 'sorry' and being 'upset' about those less fortunate than myself as an insult to them and also I feel it is feeding even more energy into their already dire situation. I have been rock bottom in my life more than once and I have always managed to get back up on my feet. I used to feel it was important that others knew my story and felt sorry for my plight...but all the sorry in the world never helped me one iota and to be honest with you the way I think and feel today I would be totally insulted that anyone felt pity for me. Helping is one thing...help by all means that is IF the person will accept your help but feeling sorry is quite another.

Blessings,
Cheryl

Re: money becomes us

http://seekerfinder.gaia.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:38:18 GMT

Dear Farland,

It sounds as if you have some wonderful friends. My experience in this area is that the quality of our friends is always a direct reflection of who we are as people so you should pat yourself on the back for being a quality person to have attracted into your experience such quality friends. I have to tell you that I have left many 'friends' behind in these travels I am on to find myself because they didn't truly reflect how I wanted to be. Yet there are friends from my childhood, true friends, that I still keep in touch with and love and value very much.

You say that having money and those nice places is a wonderful thing! Yes it definitely is a wonderful thing and the beauty of it all is that we are all meant to have our version of that wonderful thing...however we must always remember that things are things and we are us and that happiness does not come from those things but comes from within.

We all truly deserve to live in the lap of luxury and if we play our intentional/grateful cards right we will.

Blessings,
Cheryl

Re: money becomes us

http://seekerfinder.gaia.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:29:40 GMT

Thank you Golden.

I do get a bit disheartened whenever I hear people bad mouthing rich people because we are ALL the same rich or poor...we are all human beings...beings of light when it gets right down to it. When people become angry with the rich because they feel that the rich people are taking all of the wealth (resources, money, assets or whatever) for themselves it means that the people who are complaining are approaching wealth, and most likely life in general, from a place of LACK. There is plenty for everyone and if one person has a gazillion dollars in their bank account then everyone else can have that much too. NO matter where the money is going...there is always plenty more where it came from. Trust me...money will never run out. If you truly think it can then perhaps you should take a look at the history of the U.S. governments annual budget and then take a look at what it is today. If that is not proof enough that there is plenty of money for everyone then sadly you will always look at wealth from a place of lack.

Everyone wants the same things in life... No matter how different the culture or way of life or financial status or sexual orientation or whatever...everyone wants the exact same basic things in life...to live well to love and to be loved. This is why I have such a hard time understanding prejudice against those who look, dress, worship and live a bit differently than we do. We are all a part of one another...WE ARE ONE!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Sharing wealth

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:10:47 GMT

I would like to dedicate this space to the sharing of our wealth. For example I work in the alternative healthcare field so I have a wealth of information on this topic. In fact I approach all aspects of my life from this perspective, the aspect of integration and healing. As I take in new information this is the filter I put it back out into the world through.

What I want to know about everyone else is where is your wealth, maybe its in money, animals, plants, people or just a mish mosh of everything. I also want to know how you put this information back out into the world, how do these perspectives help you, how do they hinder you and how do they help others.

Re: money becomes us! exactly

http://goldenlotus.gaia.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:39:13 GMT

Thank you susmita I can appreciate the attention you are seeking to bring to these causes and it is others like you who are creating the solutions to such problems. I do however take issue with the shame you wish to bring upon others who are not so focused on this cause. I at one period in my life was heavily focused on similar issues and now I am not. I do not consider this complacency nor do I consider others who do not take issue with this cause complacent. If this make you uncomfortable you must rectify that within yourself, because that is far from my problem.

I am trusting that the world will reach a heightened level of integration, as we progress. These social issues are issues that have been around since the dawn of civilization and colonization they will move to resolution without my current participation. Allow others to make the same choices, it really will be ok.

Re: money becomes us! exactly

http://seek2know.gaia.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:52:07 GMT

Sorry. Here's the correct Link for Forbes 2000 biggest companies 2007 List
in terms of asset!

Thanks
Mita

Re: money becomes us! exactly

http://seek2know.gaia.com — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:12:32 GMT

Each of us live within our own personal-social reality and there is partial truth in all of the above. However when one looks deep beyond one's own personal-social network to the invisible in our society....hungry, homeless, without medical care or access to basic necessities in our own community, region, nation, and other countries and the planetary situation as a whole (the gross misallocation of resources to war, and military-intelligence complex and truely understand the interdependence of all life (not just human life) then one need to take responsibility for those beyond one's comfort-security-fear zones.

Personally I am happy, wealthy, and have a fullfilling life with many rich and poor friends alike. And I do not think it is Ok to feel complacent about the state of affairs in this country and the world. In fact i get outraged with such complacency from anyone who wants to avoid their social moral responsibility (ability to respond creatively to planetary challenges that we face). It is not about envying or attacking rich, it is about understanding our own unconscious role in perpetuating such a grossly unbalanced state of affair.

The vast majority of earth's people are not being allowed to Live as they see fit under corporate-political fascism. So live and let live is not applying here, once you take the time to study and understand. What are you afraid of that you do not even care to know???

"Viscious Cycle of Credit (debt-money), Poverty and Concentration of Wealth: People assume that money loaned by bank is other people's money. This is not so. Entire supply of money depends on people, businesses and government going under debt. "The financial system currently adopted by all nations is often described as "debt based", since the process of going into debt is relied upon almost exclusively to create and supply money to their economies. By the action of lending to borrowers, commercial banks create credit and advance this to industry, consumers and governments. This "bank credit" circulates in the broader economy until such time as the loan is repaid. Such "bank credit" now forms 96% of the money stock in most industrial nations, with a mere 4% the notes and coins created by government, and free from a parallel debt. Thus, almost the entire money stock is supported in circulation by vast debts in four main sectors: Private debts e.g. mortgages, loans, overdrafts, credit-purchases; Industrial and commercial debts, Government "national" debts International, including Third World debt. The supply of money is a direct product of borrowing, and debt maintains this money in circulation. Modern debt is, in aggregate, quite unrepayable. Furthermore, difficulty is experienced in the repayment of individual debts in all four sectors." [see Top Ranking Companies in Forbes2000 Biggest Companies 2007 List, in terms of assets are primarily Banks] " : Sourcelink

At least some Rich people are outraged! Excerpt from Lee Iacoca's book, Where have all the Leaders Gone!

Mita