| Copyright (c) 2010 Scott F Paradis | | | | physical world. And in this physical world we see |
| Money is the solution to all your problems. If only you | | | | limited resources, limited time, and lots of competition. |
| had a million dollars - life would be bearable, interesting, | | | | We have come to believe, by lifetimes of physical |
| enjoyable, maybe exhilarating. With every waking | | | | evidence, that our survival and success are dependent |
| breadth you concede money, money, money is the | | | | on our ability to compete for a share of the resource |
| answer to your prayers. Well is it? | | | | pie; to accumulate what we can, and thereby achieve |
| As the concept of money evolved over the millennia - | | | | some level of power over our existence. |
| substituting agreements of value for things - money | | | | Digging a little deeper leads to the question - Why do |
| became a substitute for power. The words: "money", | | | | we want money? In the final analysis it is not money, |
| "power", "property" have evolved as a series of | | | | nor things, nor power that really matters - these are all |
| surrogates: with power the primordial desire, and | | | | means to an end. Life is ultimately all about experience |
| survival in a material world the paramount quest. | | | | and the experiences we seek are about abundance, |
| Things, objects - property, possessions - became | | | | about growth, and fulfillment. We seek money for |
| proxy for power. Over time money became a proxy | | | | power, we seek power for happiness. Ultimately, it's all |
| for things. The desire for power springs from a natural | | | | about happiness. |
| instinct to stabilize an unstable existence. Money has | | | | Life is fleeting. We are on a temporary journey, moved |
| come to represent what we covet most - power. | | | | by some forces to act - what we seek is happiness - |
| Money is power! | | | | what we get is experience. If experience and |
| After the need to survive the most pervasive force in | | | | happiness are not one and the same, then the task is |
| the human psyche is the drive to gain power. We | | | | not to labor for money - it is to find fulfillment. |
| want to be in control, we want to be in charge - we | | | | Money and power are really only tools. What you |
| want to be powerful. So by securing prosperity for | | | | seek, truly, is to build an abundant, fulfilled and fulfilling |
| yourself and your kin, you aren't looking for money. | | | | life. Money, as a medium of exchange, as a unit of |
| You really aren't looking for tangible things; you are | | | | account, and as a store of value is one tool available |
| seeking power. But to what end? | | | | to you to use in this physical existence. Don't waste life |
| We are simple, relatively small and powerless | | | | accumulating money when what you really desire is |
| creatures making our way in a material existence. We | | | | happiness. Devote your time, energy and talents to the |
| judge our surroundings and our success by what we | | | | manufacture of joy and money won't matter. |
| can see, hear, touch, taste, and smell - this is after all a | | | | |