A DIFFERENT KIND OF INVESTMENT

Almost always, if not always, when one hears or reads the word “investment”, it is immediately related to money – where to put money to make it earn, like for example in a savings account, a time deposit, the stock market, corporate or government bonds, mutual funds and so forth and so on – the list could be endless. Very seldom, if ever do we equate investment with TIME, HEALTH, PERSONAL GROWTH AND AWARENESS, DISCOVERING AND PUTTING TO USE OUR GOD GIVEN TALENTS, GIFTS, SKILLS TO SERVE AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. But what I have discovered is that a real honest to goodness investment in which there is absolutely no risk of losing (except if its just all in the mind) actually begins with investing in ourselves. Specifically in getting to know who we really are on a deeper level rather than just living our lives on a superficial body-ego-personality self-made projected image.

I have witnessed so many financially successful individuals who have made millions and even billions of money in investments but continue to suffer from scarcity. I see that the source of their self-worth is directly related to the amount of money that they have. But this is living in illusion and can easily vanish or blown away with a single simple negative occurrence. On the other hand, I have seen and know people who had very little wealth but who definitely lived their lives in great abundance. As far fetched as it may seem to a great number of people, a classic example of a human being on earth who “had nothing, yet had everything!” is Mother Theresa. In the midst of her “poverty” she could ask for anything she wanted and it would have been given to her by all the rich people on earth. On the other hand the exact opposite was Princess Diana – young, beautiful, a princess who had all the jewels, money, fame and adulation of millions of people all over the world but suffered from scarcity. But you ask how could she suffer from scarcity when she had everything material she needed and wanted? Scarcity in the sense that no amount of money she had could buy her peace, joy, happiness, and love that she so badly wanted to experience. In fact, only when she begun to be of service to others by supporting organizations that helped landmine victims and people infected with the AIDs virus did she begin to appreciate the value of her money. So by “investing in giving” she experienced worthiness.

Then you would ask me next – does that mean that ABUNDANCE has nothing to do with money? Again the answer is “yes” and “no”. Abundance and money have no correlated value perse but when one lives his/her life in abundance then it goes without saying that whatever money is needed is available or can be accessed. Abundance is a perspective that all the resources we will ever need in our earthly life (past, present, future) has already been provided for and accessible to each human being. Which brings me to the point of why it is necessary to invest in ourselves – to get to know who we really are on a deeper level. Because only when we do this are we able to develop an Abundance Perspective. We need to get to know ourselves on a deeper level as soul-spirits rather than just body-ego-personalities to remove the blocks to our experience of Abundance. It does not mean, however, that in developing an Abundance perspective we should already stop managing our money or investing in stocks, bonds, time deposits and T-Bills. We need to continue to manage our money and other resources as responsible stewards but doing this without a deeper and more profound Abundance perspective would be folly.
Getting to know ourselves on a deeper level requires an understanding of our Threefold Nature as human beings. We have a threefold nature consisting of SPIRIT, SOUL, and BODY-EGO-PERSONALITY.

There are three aspects of Manifesting Abundance that corresponds to our three-fold nature as follows:

1. Living in Abundance – Spirit
2. Thinking Prosperity – Soul
3. Managing Money – Body-Ego-Personality

So all three aspects, Managing Money, Thinking Prosperity, and Living in Abundance must be aligned. Investing in getting to know ourselves deeper requires an investment of TIME. Time is a valuable resource but can be irresponsibly frittered away as workaholics and the pay-off is an imbalance or worse deterioration of health, and as that oft-repeated quote states, “Health is Wealth” indeed.

A different kind of investment is investing in yourself. In your growth. In getting to know yourself deeper. Invest money and time in personal growth seminars that enhance spirituality, whatever your religion may be, and in the process embark on a journey to Abundance.

Notes:
Below on the Box “Friends and Links” click on the corresponding website to address your need.

On learning how to “Manage Your Money” and “Where to Invest” visit the website MoneySense.

On learning how to “Know Who You Are” “Think Prosperity” and “Live in Abundance” visit the website Higher Awareness.

On knowing yourself as “Soul-Spirit” and deepening spirituality visit the website The Soul Journey.

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