RichorPoor?

Note: These thoughts are taken from an email with Tomas and I thought them worth sharing, with his permission.

Thoughts on Money, are you rich or Poor?
by Tomas Gregory

These things really are "sent to try us" and give us an opportunity to test ourselves. If you are sick of being poor... you stay that way while you see it that way. I have been beyond poor... broke, homeless, etc several times in my life and what I got is - through the moment to moment terror - that I am always looked after. I realized that the REAL dividing line between rich and poor worldwide is this: If you can starve to death you are poor. If NOT, you are rich...

It is of profound importance to your own prosperity consciousness to see that you are STILL a part of the richest 5% of people in the world!

You cannot starve. You in Australia do not have to carry disease ridden water from the river to drink, wash and clean. You have an actual roof over your head, a bath/shower, TV, car, and even free medical help. (No one (!) in America has that except maybe pensioners over 70). You have a computer! A toaster and no doubt a microwave! Chairs! Table and bed!

My point is that you are not poor. Sure you have bills. Sure you get worried about money. So do rich people.

Robert Holmes A'Court, the South African who made his billions living in Australia, once said that for him the difference between when he was poor and when he got rich was "more zeroes" in his bank account. i.e. its not about money, its about attitude and approach to life, and what you do with it.

On a trip to India I visited the home of the taxi driver who drove me for days to meet The Dalai Lama. When we walked into his "house" I thought we were in an abandoned empty storage shed of mud and brick. They slept on the mud floor, cooked on the most basic "oven" I have ever seen, had no doors and the "windows" were square holes in the walls which were mud, unpainted and unadorned and dark.

He, his wife and 2 kids lived there. He was totally proud to own his own home, along with his beautifully maintained taxi. He was a VERY prosperous, even rich, Indian compared to hundreds of millions of others.

As Mrs. Einstein once said: "It's all relative, Albert.

When you really get that you are already rich then you will open up to more coming. If you keep feeling poor then you get to resent money for not visiting more often, so it does not!

I know people who have tens of millions who complain about their lack of money, bills, how hard it all is. Really. Money does not fix "it". Opening to prosperity, of enjoying this day of living on this planet in this life and all it offers brings true richness. Reading and learning and enjoying art and the arts, music.... all this brings richness. Sharing with friends and a joke with the local store owner, playing with kids... so much to do that brings true richness.

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