5 Things You Probably Weren’t Told about Money
1. Money is not evil. The way money is EARNED and SPENT is good or evil, depending on the ethics applied to it. (The same as FOOD is not evil, the way some food are processed IS EVil and its effects damaging.)
2. If money is earned in a way that supports, protects or enhances sustainable, diverse life on our planet, then it’s “mindful wealth” or “good wealth.” If, on the other hand, money is earned in a way that threatens or destroys life on Earth, then it becomes “evil wealth.” If there’s one commandment God forgot, it shall be: Money shall be accumulated (earned) in service of protecting sustainable life. (It shall also be earned ethically, honestly and without deception.)
3. The more money you mindfully spend, the greater your positive impact on the planet! You have a “career” you can be proud to let everyone knows.
4. Don’t let the banks decide how to spend your money (remember the lesson learnt from the episodes of Lehman-Bros and Minibonds)! Banks don’t care if loans go to support evil businesses or not.
The only reliable way to ensure that a portion of your wealth is put to an ethical, positive use is to spend it or give it away yourself! YOU must be the decision-maker on where the money goes!
5. As you build your wealth, do not HOARD all the money to yourself! It’s important to redistribute a portion of your earnings to constructive people or organizations who are aligned with your desire to protect life on Earth, to promote Mindful Earning and Mindful Spending
| MindLESS Spending | MindFUL Spending | |
| MindFUL Earning | You take positive dollars and transform them into negative consumption.
Example, Money earned the right way goes to overspending and over-partying, indulgence of needless drugs that do not cure. |
You are in complete harmony with wealth. A powerful, positive force on the planet. |
| Mindless Earning | You are a destructive, selfish force on the planet that contributes to harming life on our planet. | You try to compensate for the negative way you make money by giving a small amount of it away to “good causes.”
Example, Many organisations’ manufacturing waste products get dumped in the sea, making marine life sick, making humans sick (we eat fish right?) They make millions every year and try to reduce their guilt by way of donation. |
Credits for these money lessons: Mike Adams
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Hi +Baker! The chart does not belong to me so I have never thought of trademarking it. I think you have an excellent idea though, if it can be done.
The chart/idea is from Mike Adams, a health book author whose books are sold and given to charities – he does not take a single cent from the sale of his books. He is a reputable reviewer of other peoples’ products (he is his own guinea pig so to speak!) You can find Mike’s blog at http://HealthRanger.org
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Kelly,
Wow. Great examples! Are you going to trademark your chart?
I don’t think I’ve seen anything similar to what you have posted.
+Baker
Baker’s last blog post..I will Write about Something Good-Positive Energy
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Hi Baker!
Mindful earning I can think of: Selling recycled products, promoting solar-powered panels (for saving electricity), any business that is ethical. (It takes just one unethical procedure to make it into Mindless earning.)
Mindful spending: donating to the unfortunate; paying for that airflight ticket to teach poor Cambodian children, paying for courses you know you can put knowledge into good use that earns you many times back the expense of your course, spending on food that is good/kind to your body, buying a gift you know someone needs/wants but as a reward.
haha @Ekniff (SomethingRandomToDo) Yeah I know what you mean. It gave me the 3 witches stirring a cauldron of life-extending mixture!
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I like part 5 haha, it sounds so very mystical (wooh)
Something Random To Do!’s last blog post..Happy Meal – unleash the tyke in you!
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This is an excellent post.
Can you give us some practical examples of this Category of MindFul Earning and MindFul Spending? “You are in complete harmony with wealth. A powerful, positive force on the planet.”
Thank you.
+Baker
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