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Money as a currency is not evil, but society's illusion that money is our primary and only currency IS evil.
To give us the illusion that to be safe and secure we need lots of money to buy our independence is a cruel myth.
Because of that very obsession with independence we live fearfully and alone and we are NOT splendidly playing a big game.
To think we can be independent is our downfall AND a far bigger goldmine has been taken away from us; that being our communities and other people.
It is community that gives us access to a far more reliable and valuable currency, the soft currency of the universal 'favor bank'.
As our quest for money and independence has taken over our lives, we no longer need to practice community and now we have virtually lost our ability to DO community.
Instead of benefiting from community as a resource we ignore it.
We are reduced to only getting along with our circle of friends and immediate family, if that. Actually most families are no longer crash hot communities these days.
Has our obsessive quest for money led to financial freedom and independence?
No certainly not.
As the financial institutions are crumbling around us, they take our hard earned cash with them and we're left stranded, distressed and alone with hardly any resources to solve our survival issues.
Hello! Hello! Where is the money and our independence now?
Gone, washed away like sandcastles. And there's no community to fall back on. Nice!
And even when our money is intact, we are still very vulnerable without community and therefore have little access to the universal 'favor bank'.
Miracles, serendipity, they all happen when we connect with community and people around us. They will never happen when we are self absorbed and focused entirely on money making.
The benefits of community are obvious when you look at people who have miraculous lives and who have a lot of good things happen to them.
These people invest in the soft currency of the universal favor bank. They never snubbed community when chasing the mighty dollar.
They are not affected by all this hoopla, their currency cannot be inflated or indeed disappear.
They are still as wealthy and joyful as ever.
Why? Because instead of focusing on material assets and bank accounts their main focus is community, generosity and doing things coming from love.
They love where they live and by being love-in-action they freely use the universal 'favor bank' to withdraw from and deposit into.
Let us look at George because I consider him one of the richest men I know. You may remember that he is the blind farmer in our neighborhood.
George lives in a very modest house and has very few earthly possessions apart from the roof over his head, a road worthy car and a good computer with the latest voice software.
He is not money obsessed. He never fell for this cruel myth as he of course could never buy independence anyway, even if he wanted to.
George could have stayed small, happy to live on his disability allowance and NOT put in the tremendous effort it took to become a self employed farmer.
See George found out about the value of soft currency at a very early age.
He learned the value of being love-in-action. He got to understand the universal 'favor bank' and thus George created a splendid life.
At 87 he still is using the universal 'favor bank' flat out, still having a fantastic life and I share one example of how he does it.
As a blind person George needs drivers to get around the place.
He has one called Beryl. Beryl in her sixties lives with her retired husband and having time on her hands she volunteered to become his driver.
As Beryl comes from love, she is attentive; she listens and thus beautifully coordinates action with George. Therefore she noticed that he is no longer that keen on cooking for himself and she noticed his trouble with vacuuming.
So Beryl, being love-in-action now brings George his meals and cleans his house as well as driving and helping him with his community work and home
