I remember something from my community college economics class that economy had something to do with scarcity.
All along I’ve been reading post after post about how to get what we want because all we need is available in abundance.
Seems to me we need to abolish the monetary system. What good is money if all we ever need is available in abundant supply?
Money creates the illusion of scarcity.
If we abolish money, what do we do about fear and greed?
Has anyone been to a buffet lately? Ever see how high the plates get piled when a fresh batch of crab legs come out? Where’s the sense of sharing?
We’ve been too well trained in the theory of scarcity to believe that all we need is abundantly available. If that weren’t true, who would make money selling books on how to get rich?
Insecurity begat scarcity, and the accumulation of wealth.
Those who have accumulated the most wealth are the least secure.
The accumulation of weath by a few has bankrupted many.
Sporting venues were created by the holders of wealth to distract the suppliers of labor and goods from their meager lives.
Today we pay atheletes billions of dollars to perform a useless task. There is no value in paying to see an athelete perform. It’s only a distraction.
We pay actors billions of dollars to tell us stories that do not lift the spirit or inpsire us. With very few exceptions, entertainment is turning us against ourselves.
Creative colaboration will be stunted as long as there are borders. All borders need to be abolished.
Without borders and money, we would be free to pursue our highest aspirations. Borders and money cause war and conflict.
One day, when we figure out that scarcity is an illusion, the borders and the money will just disappear.
Peace and freedom
Phillip
I've come to realize that the universe I live in is so cooperative that it willingly supports me in whatever experiences I desire.
As I read your post I thought of it as a manifesto…. these are some of the things you state as your ground rules. And so you get to experience that.
Others experience other things because their manifestos differ.
These are thoughts that arise in the wake of my reading what you shared.
Thanks for reminding me to look deeply at my own manifesto… and to write it down clearly so I can see what I'm inviting into my life.
in munay,
Barbara
You got it exactly right brother Phillip!
Peace
I too got into the same paradox as I became acquainted with the concept of abundance.
My final conclusion is that not only is Economics a _BIG HOAX_ but so is all of social
"science".
If we attract what we pay attention too, if one day everybody payed attention
to "being Wealthy" guess what, everyone would be wealthy. Unfortunately we
You are right Philip, word to word.
Love and peace
Garima
Hi Barbara,
I too have long known that I am always guided to exactly where I need to be, and given exactly what I've needed along the way. I came to this realization almost thirty years ago when I lost a string of jobs, noticing simply that one job lost led to another job gained.
To me, the accumulation of wealth by the few artificially puts the system out of balance.
There is no need for a 40-room mansion, is there? To employ bricklayers and quarrymen, I suppose…..
Of what use is all of Bill Gates' billions? Until he began sharing little shreds of it. And Warren Buffet, and all the other billionaires and multi-millionaires. What good is the amassing of all that wealth? Picture a teeter-totter (see-saw), with all the poor, poverty-stricken and dying people on one side, and the handful of all the people with 90% of the monetary wealth on the other. To me it doesn't seem very balanced, does it?
This system of 'money' is used only to keep score. There is no other use for it. It is a tool of the ego, as we are 'tools' of the egos with the most money. Borders are used to keep us separate, to keep our pile over here so you can't get to it. My pile is bigger than your pile.
I don't want to keep score. I don't care who wins. I want to play because it's fun, not because my contract hangs in the balance. What's wrong with competing to test one's own mettle, as opposed to competing in order to demoralize the opponent?
Instead we are fodder, programmed to fulfill someone else's bank account. I try not to think too much about it, except it seems to be screaming out from every headline and news broadcast.
I would just like there to be some semblance of balance and accord. I'm not one of the greedy ones.
Phillip, I do hear you. You feel an imbalance.
You seem to want the world to change in order for you to come back into balance. That’s how I am perceiving what you are sharing here.
I’m wondering if perhaps each of these examples you mention that you say serve no purpose… what if you were to consider them the most potent forces for awakening? What if these are essential players in opening people’s eyes to new possibilities? Your eyes. My eyes. Everyone’s eyes.
Perhaps we could revel in the excess and appreciate it as a way to bring people’s attention to the questions of what has heart and meaning… the questions of what really really matters to us each individually and all of us together.
I’m loving watching Bill Gates wake up to his capacity to give. I love to watch the world explore the myth of scarcity and feel the discomfort of starting to recognize that it’s a nasty dream and it’s time to wake up…. and the wishing the awakening could have happened already.
Abundance isn’t something that has to be parceled out. It’s indwelling. It arises. It either flows or the flow is cut off.
These are some of the ways I’ve been thinking about these things. I’m finding them valuable.
I am not sure where the value is for you in the approach you are taking with these thoughts. They don’t seem to bring you joy and ease. That’s the thing I’m really noticing. It’s why I’m sharing some thoughts here. I have a sense that you are on the brink of letting go of this painful experience you are living. It’s a possibility anyway. I wanted to share that I can feel it…. an opening up to something deeper.
Naturally what I’m sharing here are my perceptions.
I find that when I feel a strong discomfort… that’s such a gift. It’s an alert that there’s something operating in my field that’s not in alignment with my deepest self. I find those arise when i’m saying YES to my deeper truth…. and there’s contradictory data floating about in my belief systems, etc. It’s as though my Self is saying… are you really gonna do deep or are you going to stick with the flotsam and jetsam in your field? My choice.
I’ve been feeling that way today about some things… and this thread is very helpful for me in choosing an approach forward. So thanks… so much… for saying what’s unfolding in your awareness at this time.
love and blessings on your journey,
Barbara
I have a copy and have thoroughly read and understood (I think) Byron Katie’s book, “Loving What Is,” so I don’t believe I’m arguing with reality, but it may be the case.
I suppose then I should just learn to be as selfless as I can and let the rest of the world do as they may and not worry about it. After all, “It is what it is,” and what ‘they’ do is not my business, as she (Byron) would be quick to point out. And saying “I’m just saying” doesn’t detach me from what I say.
I guess I just haven’t really found a point to my life. I work, sleep, eat, go to the gym, etc., but I’m just another ant, just another cog. I suppose then that this too really doesn’t matter, and I need to just remind myself that I have a smile, and to blithely share that with the world, ’cause I don’t have much else.
Thanks for your replies, Barbara, and also to Craig, Rafael, and Garima. Thank you all.
Thank you, Phillip.
Yeah; I suppose it is rather neat to was philosophic about what “true” poverty and wealth mean, as long as we are not one of the million African children who die wretched deaths each year, or are one of those hopelessly impoverished Indian or Chinese children we see on TV and say I quiet prayer for. Myself, I just like watching those people drive by in their nice cars at they cast their sneering looks of “I am so much better than you” condescending disgust; it always refreshes my faith in our shared humanity!
As long as some truly believe they are better than “the other”, and they have the money, I see war, if only between ourselves economically, and between nations militarily, as the only human constant; and I think when we resign to just worrying about ourselves, we play exactly into the rich mans’ lies foisted upon us since our birth.
Peace
“Picture a teeter-totter (see-saw), with all the poor, poverty-stricken and dying people on one side, and the handful of all the people with 90% of the monetary wealth on the other. To me it doesn’t seem very balanced, does it?”
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No it doesn’t but it made me giggle because I saw the handful of people at the “up” part (is that the “see” or the “saw”; the “teeter” or the “totter”?) more or less hanging on by their fingernails, for fear of sliding down, and heavens forbid, landing on the mucky masses.
I know nothing about economics; “the dismal science” someone once called it. But I am not so sure that “no more money” would effect what I believe you may be looking for: A change in people’s attitude about Mammon. Perhaps what we need is another “god”.
Mrs. Knox, my much beloved English Prof, at my old community college said it best, long ago: “Our banks have become our churches”.
Yes, heaven forbid because I imagine they'd be torn limb from limb. Your description had me laughing as well.
For some folks, money has become their god as your English prof so astutely noted.
I'm still of the mind that money is a tool for the ego, and so long as ego rules, we (the masses) will remain prisoners of the system that exploits ego and breeds fear. In the mean time, I think I hear the faint ringing of an alarm clock.
Wakie-wakie!!!
Thank you Irena, for your thoughtful comments.
This is a very thought provoking post, thank you for posting it!
You're welcome, and thanks for making the time to comment.