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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.
© Copyright 2009 Tomas Gregory
and reprinted with his permission.
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