Money - only a symbol

True. Charles Haanel said it in his Master Key System (first I read of it). Napoleon Hill covers this point, as well as Wallace Wattles in their best sellers. First Western writer to cover this was probably Thomas Troward, who had his sources in ancient Eastern and Judaic/Christian texts.

Even older is the ancient Polynesian Huna philosophy, which actually doesn't even mention this as a vital subject at all.

Money-as-symbol represents the value of the exchange. With poor exchange, the symbol evaporates. Thieves cannot hold onto and cannot spend what they obtained by deception or deceit.

Anyone who looks around them even briefly can see proof of this.

Too many people build up huge wealth only to die in bankruptcy. Others hold onto vast sums, but live their life a recluse because of their own fears - no amount of money could by them peace of mind.

Money represents the value of what you have given to others. It is only a fluid, not a static. And even ice can't he preserved forever. Wind and sun erode through time.

What, then, is the value of life? We all seek to improve, to evolve - which includes our family, our children, our relatives.

People who defraud, who scam, these people are reaping the whirlwind of the changes they created in the lives of others. Their own lives and the lives they touch are ravaged by forces they cannot control once unleashed. And whether they believe in it or not, the Golden Rule says all they create for others will be created for themselves. A Natural Law.

Peace of mind, true happiness - these things cannot be bought.

The wealth a person possesses is measured by his worth to others.

If you have people on your lines, connected to you, giving you advice - or setting your examples: wise them up. What is their actual value to you? What do they give you and what do they give others around you? How do they expect to be repaid?

Who do you owe? How can you repay those debts?

Are you being held ransom by the quality of life you lead? When can you jump off a spinning treadmill?

Do you seek to live with the Truth - or is everything a gray area of PR?

What you wind up with - not what money you are now getting - is determined by how you answer these questions above.

For your world is as you create it - you can only lie in the bed you've made for yourself.

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Here's to comfortable and pleasant dreams...

Practical Right and Wrong - Truth Explored

What's the difference between Right and Wrong?

Well, this is probably going to set you back on your heels a bit...

In terms of survival, these are defined by what raises or decreases your quality of living. Right improves your ability to keep surviving, wrong makes it harder to survive.

But in an argument, or logically, or in just wordplay - it really doesn''t matter. Because "the world is what you think it is." Whatever you think, therefore, it natively right. And those people who can back their arguments up with various facts are really just good at manifesting stuff in this universe. Really nothing more than that.

It's explained by another Huna principle - "Effectiveness is the measure of truth." Whether something works for you is whether it is "true" or "right". And that is also what makes it more or less survival for you. Can you put this idea to use in your own world?

The above is actually the reason for discussion and why diversity is important. Not all ideas will be useful for you - but it is important (and IMHO vital) to your improved or decreased quality of living. Many people have different experiences and views on those - two people won't see the same incident the same, and they won't evaluate it the same. So these lessons can be useful stories for you to evaluate your own world-view and life-story against.

Unfortunately, this means politicians and centralized governments are very much less important than they have ever needed to be. The individual, and their local groups are the most important. Loosely-coupled into organized groups, they can defeat any oppressive influence - and ensure all the individuals within will be able to take charge over their own lives.

So what's right or wrong? Whatever you think it should be...