Spiritual Rules of Money

"money doesn't seem to like people who are desperate for it" Ernie Zelinski

Ernie has written several books telling us how to quit your job and live a comfortable rewarding life. Ernie, has done it, so who am I to argue his success. One interesting part I found in his book...Real Success without a Real Job was his little known, but 'Important Spiritual Rules of Money' I invite you to read this list over and see if it resonates for you as it did for me. I'm pleased he called them rules and not laws as so many pompous writers are fond of these days. Check this out...

Spiritual Rules of Money:

1. If money becomes your primary focus in life, then money is all that you will get.
2. Spending a lot of money can get you trapped into thinking you are prosperous and
having a lot of fun, when all you are doing is spending a lot of money.
3. The person with no money may be poor; however not as poor as the person who has
nothing but money (ouch)
4. Prosperity isn't a matter of acquiring how much money you desire; it's a matter of being happy with how much you presently have.
5. It is better to be out of money than out of new creative ideas on how to have money.
6. Above all, the value of money lies in the creative and spiritual uses to which it can be put and not in how many possessions it can buy.

That's good stuff and lot's to think about. One thing I've realized is that money is attracted most easily to those who have a purpose greater than themselves. It may be to build an empire or to give your family what you never had. Or maybe the idea of developing a product or service you strongly believe in.

"pursue those things that you love to do, and do it so well that the world can't help but notice...then money must flow to you, as surely as the river must flow to the ocean"

What happens when you one day realize that you have more than you will ever need? We see this in movie stars and athletes. Because they have no meaning in their life, money soon becomes insuffient. So they turn to self destructive behaviors. All they need to do to save themselves is find a meaning greater than themselves and their problems will be solved. It's just that easy.

"money is a blessing when you have a use for it that is greater than yourself"

Eduardo