THE PATH LESS TRADED…THE SPIRITUAL ROAD TO FINANCIAL
ABUNDANCE!
There is nothing more valuable to a sentient being then peace of
mind that comes from living each day from a place of love. The
alternative is an existence where perception is based on fear as
taught to us by the ego. The ego teaches us that we are separate
from one another; that grandiosity through competitiveness is
the path to our greatness because scarcity of resources is the
nature of our existence.
For this reason the greatest spiritual teachers of modern times
teach the necessity of discarding the ego as a guide to our
thoughts and actions. Buddha for instance came to see that in
the absence of the ego our minds are all united into a
collective consciousness. The mind that is the voice of “A
Course in Miracles” and who’s name is poorly translated into the
word “Jesus” came to see that in the absence of the ego our
mind’s fuse into a collective mind he calls the “Sonship.” The
shadowy figure of “Don Juan” chipped away at Carlos Casteneda’s
ego like a jackhammer using spiritual knowledge from a
Mesoamerican point of view.
Each great teacher shows us that there is a higher collective
mind that is ready and willing to be our true guide if we will
but listen and follow. Is this true inner guide the voice for
our collective Mind and the great Mind that created our
collective mind? Is the laying aside of the ego the path to our
collective grandeur as opposed to a separate and petty
grandiosity offered up to us by our perceived little separate
selves?
Because of my position as finance professor and doctor of
financial economics I meet many very wealthy people who seek my
consultation or mastermind communion. The most successful rich
people I have met extend a striking contrast to those
individuals I consider rich but unsuccessful. The first group of
wealthy individual is guided by love of all that they perceive
in this world and live following a loving guide that only
perceives abundance around us. These truly wealthy individuals
extend love to everyone they meet and promoting the knowledge
that all of us are equals and capable of greatness. The second
group follows a miserly and fearful guide that only perceives
lack in the world. Such individuals display great financial
wealth but are truly poor because they project fear onto all
they meet as they attack or defend themselves to stave off the
scarcity they perceive in the world about them.
As investors we really have only one question as we start our
day and that is which guide we elect to follow. If you choose to
follow the ego then your day will be dark and fearful. This will
be so even when you experience financial windfalls in the stock
market, bond market, futures market, or real estate market. If
on the other hand you follow the collective consciousness then
your day will be filled with happiness, joy, and peace as you
become one with all you do. I wish you the great abundance in
your life you deserve because of what you are and don’t forget
that happiness is found only in the precious present moment!
RECOMMENDED READING: 1. Rahula, Walpola; “What The Buddha
Taught”, Grove/Atlantic, 1973, ISBN: 0802130313 2. Dyer, Wayne;
“The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your
Way”, Hay House, Inc., 2004, ISBN: 1401902154 3. Castaneda,
Carlos; “The Active Side of Infinity”, HarperCollins Publishers,
1999, ISBN: 006092960X 4. www.ACIM.org; “A Course in Miracles”,
Foundation for Inner Peace, 1993, ISBN: 0960638881
