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Originally Posted by dream23  You are under estimating the power money has. It is not a tool like an axe. More people have died for money than they have over an axe. |
Yes, because they failed to understand exactly that: that money is a tool. They believe that money would somehow make them more complete, better persons, in other words, that money would make them more than what they already are. That made them attached to it to the point where they believed that without money they suddenly become worthless. That is unconscious thinking, and yes, a lot of people have unconscious attitude towards money (including me). But that does not mean that money itself is to blame for atrocities done in its name. Is Jesus to blame for the people killed in the wars in his name? It was the mindset of the people who fought in those wars that allowed the killing, not Jesus teachings in themselves. Similarly, it is the mindset of people who do atrocities in the name of profits that does the harm, not the money itself.
The more conscious you become, the more making money can become a process like you described: a game, where you do not become attached to the outcome that much. Because consciousness excludes the chance for your ego to manipulate you into believing that money somehow defines you as a person.
This article I read just now:
Making Money Consciously (I had missed it before, thanks Steve) really explains two different mindsets about money making. If you read it, you will find that the contributor mindset does not diminish your spirituality at all, to the contrary, it can empower you to do good practically without limits.
And you are in this world. You are not of it already, and you realise it, and I find it wonderful. But you are IN it and that means understanding, accepting and dealing with it with regard of how it works. Resisting the obvious fact that in this world money is a great and quite necessary tool for leveraging spirituality to a higher level is just resistance to how things are, and as such is futile.
PS. Also, reading your other posts, I can't help but wonder why do you think that the fact that other people have been corrupted or made mistakes when it came to money, has anything to do with you or how you would behave if you had a lot of money? You are you. Other people are other people. Their experiences can provide some insights, but they are completely unrelated to anyone else but them. Your reasoning somehow assumes that all people behave similarly in similar situations, when in practice everyone behaves differently, and the more conscious a person is, the more innovative, creative and thus unpredictable approach he/she can take towards any given situation.