Title: 'SO WHAT IS MONEY?'

Introductory Notes - by Rev. Bola

When you're learning about something new, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of relevant information available. This informative article should help your focus on the central points about what money is.

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I once employed an indigent printer who, in his penurious state, had decided that there were only about £200 circulating in the city of Glasgow, and it was a case of grabbing a handful whenever it was being passed around.

This concept -- of money as finite in quantity -- is still very widely held, even today, when there is so much more of it in being.

Those of us on fixed incomes look to the weekly or monthly pay cheque, and set our monetary horizons accordingly. Windfalls such as overtime, bonuses or even lottery prizes are presumed to have been gained from someone else, and basically belong to the same pile of money. Banknotes get withdrawn and changed for new ones when they get tattered and dirty, and coins go on for ever.

Thus, the myth is perpetuated, and fostered by the Powers-that-be. "Money is scarce." "We have to use it carefully. There's never enough to go round." There's certainly never enough to do all the things that need to be done, so if it's used extravagantly, as some may claim, for example, with the Millennium Dome, then it's wasted and gone for ever, and we're all so much the poorer.

Right? No, wrong, wrong, wrong! Let's think of money as a means of marshalling human and material resources, and, at that, we're into a whole new ball game immediately.

And if you don't like the Dome, then all that time and energy expended on it should be thought of as wasted effort rather than wasted money.

Sure, money doesn't grow on trees, but it does appear on demand -- just ask a central banker -- and if there's marketable fruit on the trees, he will assuredly feel able to create money against that potential, probably in the form of an interest-bearing loan to the owner of the orchard.

Have it another way -- from my character in the video Survival Island, and in the book available from Ossian Publishers -- in which he declares that "money is only a token of wealth -- never the wealth itself." The value is in the loaf of bread, not in the 50p coin it took to buy it.

One of the principal dangers to our society from widespread misconceptions about money is the way in which money creation can be exploitatively abused, and yet escape public criticism.

Now that we've covered those aspects of , let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.

Market analysts tell us that 50 years ago almost all the money circulating throughout the financial system was concerned with the visible trade in goods and services -- with a small proportion, say 5% -- bent on speculative investment.

Today that position has been totally reversed, with 97% of the vastly increased capital flows swilling round the world in search of speculative outcomes, and only 3% devoted to the trade that feeds and clothes us and provides the necessities of modern living.

It is a grave human evil that so much of the world's financial capacity and expertise is absorbed in an incestuous exercise of money trading in money -- to the enrichment of a favoured few -- while millions lack the means for a better life.

It's a state of affairs which is only sustainable for as long as the money myth is allowed to reign unchallenged.

We inherit two basic sources of wealth as denizens of this planet: We have our brains, our energies and our acquired skills, and we have the resources at our disposal. Some of the latter are indeed finite and should be recycled wherever feasible, but human life itself, with all its precious diversity, is infinitely renewable, and barring plague, nuclear war or cosmic catastrophe, need never be in short supply. Let us remember this when next they tell us that money is scarce to fund the essential things in social and community life.

You need a bridge or a hospital or a school. Is there a shortage of steel, of bricks and mortar, or the means of their manufacture? Are the construction trades already engaged, up to and beyond their capacity? And have all the doctors and nursing staff migrated to richer pastures?

These are the practical questions to be answered before the mythmakers of "scarce and finite" money are seen to prevail. It is the availability of resources -- and the public need -- that matters, not the number of digits on a cheque.

A nation which understands these things can expand and prosper to the limit of its physical potential, provided it also has the will and the means to issue its own money, debt free, for all community endeavour.

However, under the present system, money becomes a medium of power and social control.

So let's get this concept of money itself truly in perspective, so that the bankers don't have us for ever on a leash, ready to rein us in just as we're preparing to develop our full potential.

As a wag of a roads engineer once said in that connection, "Imagine not being able to complete a motorway because you’ve run out of miles." - by James Gibb Stuart

*The book Holocaust Island or The Admirable MacLintock by James Gibb Stuart is £5 payable to Ossian Publishers at the 268 Bath Street address below. - by James Gibb Stuart

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As our knowledge about what money is, continues to grow, we will begin to see how it fits into the overall scheme of things. Knowing how something relates to the rest of the world is important too.

Kind Regards

Rev. Bola
Ethical Prosperity Ministries
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A SHORT PRIMER ON MONEY

 

Title: 'WEALTH Mandala 21'/Ink - Visual Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A

Introduction by Rev. Bola

Greetings!I believe that many of us still struggle with the concept of money in our society. The following article lists some simple, informative tips that will help you have a better experience with money.

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Money is simply the medium we use to exchange goods and services. Without it, buying and selling would be impossible except by direct exchange.

Notes and coins are virtually worthless in their own right. They take on value as money because we all accept them when we buy and sell.

To keep trade and economic activity going, there has to be enough of this medium of exchange called money in existence to allow it all to take place.

When there is plenty, the economy booms. When there is a shortage, there is a slump.

In the Great Depression, people wanted to work, they wanted goods and services, all the raw materials for industry were available, yet national economies collapsed because there was far too little money in existence.

The only difference between boom and bust, growth and recession, is money supply.

Someone has to be responsible for making sure that there is enough money in existence to cover all the buying and selling that people want to engage in.

Now that we've covered those aspects of , let's turn to some of the other factors that need to be considered.

Each nation has a Central Bank to do this -- in Britain, it is the Bank of England, in the United States, the Federal Reserve.

Central Banks act as banker for commercial banks and the government -- just as individuals and businesses in Britain keep accounts at commercial banks, so commercial banks and government keep accounts at the Bank of England.

In Britain today, notes and coins now account for only 3% of our total money supply, down from 50% in 1948. The remaining 97% is supplied as a debt by the Bank of England, commercial banks, and financial institutions -- on which interest is payable.

This pattern is repeated across the globe.

Banks are businesses out to make profits from the interest on the loans they make. Since they alone decide to whom they will lend, they effectively decide what is produced, where it is produced and who produces it, all on the basis of profitability to the bank, rather than what is beneficial to the community.

With bank created credit now at 97% of money supply, entire economies are run for the profit of financial institutions. This is the real power, rarely recognised or acknowledged, to which all of us including governments the world over are subject.

Our money, instead of being supplied debt-free as a means of exchange, now comes as a debt owed to bankers providing them with vast profits, power and control, as the rest of us struggle with an increasing burden of debt.

By supplying credit to those of whom they approve and denying it to those of whom they disapprove, international bankers can create boom or bust, and support or undermine governments.

How much could prices fall and wages increase if businesses did not have to pay huge sums in interest payments which have to be added to the cost of goods and services they supply?

How much could taxes be reduced and spending on public services such as health and education be increased if governments created money themselves instead of borrowing it at interest from private banks? - (by Richard Greaves)

Essential Further Reading:
PROSPERITY: Freedom from Debt Slavery
is a 4-page quarterly Journal which campaigns for publicly-created debt-free money. PROSPERITY is edited and published by Alistair McConnachie and a 4-issue subscription is available for £10 payable to PROSPERITY at 268 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 4JR. Tel: 0141 332 2214; Fax: 0141 353 6900, Email: contactus AT ProsperityUK DOT com http://www.ProsperityUK.com All back-issues are still available. The 40-page Report, Clarifying our Money Reform Proposals, launched at the 2006 Bromsgrove Conference, is available for £10 payable to PROSPERITY and is essential reading for beginners
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So now you know a little bit about the reality of money in our society. Even if you don't know everything, you've done something worthwhile: you've expanded your knowledge.

Kind Regards
- Rev. Bola
Ethical Prosperity Ministries

Be Careful When You Accept Marketing Advice

Introductory Notes by Rev. Bola

It seems that, from the day we are born, there is someone eagerly ready to tell us what we should be doing or not doing with our lives. From then on out, solicited or not we get advice thrown our way, from any angle at every turn.

The very purpose of all advertising, is so as to tell us as how we should be spending our money, what we should buy, when we should buy it, and why we should buy certain products or services.

Then there is the advice we get from 'well intentioned do gooders' and 'well wishers' claiming to have our best interests at heart, and assuming to know better than we do, what we should be doing or not doing with our lives. Often enough we get advice given us, by people who themselves, do not act upon the advice that they are so keen to dish out to others.

Naturally, it does make sense to be able to learn from the mistakes of others and to listen to the counsel of good advice when we can get it. But how do we discern which advice is 'good' or even appropriate to us, from that advice which is unhelpful, or sometimes even damaging? How many times have you accepted advice from someone claiming to know better, only to regret your decision later?

At the end of the day, we are each responsible for our own actions, good or bad. This includes the advice we take on-board, from other people and act upon.
Just recently, I accepted some very bad advice, from a so-called 'expert', in the field of advertising, I of course being the 'novice'. This 'expert' claimed to be very confident that his advice was not only accurate, but an excellent business decision, which if not taken on the spot would be something I would come to regret later on, I was given the strong impression that not taking the advice would be a huge mistake on my part, and so being a new person on the scene of little experience, I went ahead and acted upon the 'experts' advice.
This person was being hailed as a top notch adviser, not to be disregarded. I accepted the advice and ended up thousands of dollars out of pocket for it. Naturally the said adviser, quickly made themselves and any further advice unavailable the minute the problem came to light. The whole thing was a deliberate set up and con trick, by some one, out to make a quick buck at another's expense, and then disappear the second they got what they wanted out of it, leaving me to pick up the pieces and clean up the mess of their bad advice. This advice turned out to be not only false and inappropriate, but with devastating consequences. Needless to say, I am now very wary of accepting advice from experts, especially unsolicited advice.
Here is a very interesting and well expressed viewpoint on the matter.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.
- Jay Leno
I'm sharing Jay's quote today as a gentle reminder that there is no shortage of people giving advice for growing your business. It goes without saying that not all of it is valid for your business. Before you race ahead to implement the new suggestions make sure you that you've bounced the idea off someone you trust first.
I listened to a conversation between a marketing specialist and an accountant. The specialist was trying to convince this well established accountant that he could massively grow his business by offering another service. The additional service was to be a marketing consultant to his database. His advice was to listen to the marketing audio program he was going to sell him and then approach his database of clients. He told the accountant to, "tell your clients that you've studied this marketing program and now you can be their marketing consultant."
How quickly would you be willing to pay to find out how much the accountant was able to learn from the marketing program he had purchased? Might be less costly just to go buy the marketing program for yourself!
The fact that you are reading this article means you are looking for ways to grow your business or improve your marketing results. This is a good activity. I do it myself on a daily basis. Increasing our knowledge of marketing, advertizing and sales should be an ongoing commitment.
With the abundance of free information available from the Internet there really is no excuse for a business owner to remain ignorant in regards to effectively marketing his or her business. But how much of it should they believe or use?
When you read or hear a piece of marketing advice ask yourself, "Does this make sense? Will it fit with my business model? If I implement this advice will it take away from marketing activities that have proven to work?"
So whether the advice comes from an Internet guru, Jay Leno or myself it is still your responsibility as a small business owner to do your due diligence before you implement and new marketing strategies or advice.

Closing Notes

For this, I give my thanks and appreciation to Larry Arrance who is an entrepreneur, author, workshop facilitator and Sr. Marketing Coach He's coached professionals and small business owners to achieving number one in their industries. To attend one of his Marketing Bootcamps go to http://www.marketingcoachandconsultant.com

For further resources on creating wealth and prosperity, you can go to:

*Rev.Bola's: Soul Solutions Sites and

*Rev. Bola's: Wealth Haven

Peace and Light

Rev.Bola

How to Get Money for Bills, Gifts and Anything Else

 

Title: *WEALTH Mandala _New Leaf* Visual Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A

Introductory Notes by Rev. Bola

The following artcicle has some useful information regarding manifesting, and materialising one's dreams and wishes into reality

There is no doubt in my mind, that all the wealthiest most successful people in the world, know about the secrets of manifesting as contained in the exercise offered.

Such information is being made available to everyone's benefit, as humanity evolves, and matures spiritually, to an understanding that true prosperity involves a 'win/win' situation for everyone, not just for a handful of people, at the top.

And so....the Secret is out!

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This article is from  Jason Mangrum,
Imagine … you can manifest money out of thin-air.

It’s easier than you think.

But your mind-pattern (or belief system) tells you this isn’t so… you’ve probably tried before and failed, and thus convinced yourself that “money does not come out of thin-air!”

It’s much easier to manifest money, when you’re not thinking of money… but instead, all the things you can buy with money. Forget the “middle-man” for a moment, and focus on the object of your desire.

My other viral web site, The Money Manifestor has already proven to thousands of visitors how easy it really is to manifest money – in fact, it practically does it for you… and it’s free. The biggest factor in the success of the method is the technique.

Money (or the energy of it) is replaced by a set of values… and a little-known psychological tactic is implemented that generates a strong desire to attain status, and therefore… success in manifesting money (in the exact amounts given on the site) from “thin-air”… often with phenomenal results.

This free viral web site goes even further, and reveals a unique method by which anyone can easily and assuredly attain money and be able to sustain it… and watch it grow into even greater amounts of wealth and prosperity over time. Invest wisely into this wisdom and read each word carefully…

The highest secret of materializing physical objects into this plane of existence is by making a physical representation of each object you want to create.

Place a Vision Board on the wall in front of you. Pin photographs or drawings that resemble what you want to manifest into physical form. These are your symbols.

This is certainly a good idea… but an even better one is to also have an Achievements Board behind you, where your symbols are removed from the Vision Board, and once manifested – placed onto this board!

The technique employs another psychological tactic.

Every time you succeed at manifesting a thing you desire, your mind-pattern remembers the event, programming your subconscious mind on how to operate and perceive your reality. Using this method, you can greatly increase the skill and potential of your own manifesting power.

Symbols are used everywhere around the world… and for this very reason.

I’ll give you a crystal-clear example.

The Statue of Liberty in New York City…

This is a great symbol given to America by the Grand Temple Orient Masons in 1884...

This is strong symbolism meant to either convey a hidden meaning, or to manifest one...

As you will soon see for yourself… it’s both.

Symbols “call forth” Universal Energy, give it direction, purpose and a form of intelligence. Ancient and Modern-day Mystery Schools reveal the secrets of symbolism that bring light to the wise, and darkness to the profane.

This is another way of saying that once you understand the secret power of symbols, you gain an “intelligence” which brings the Light of Reason to you, while keeping others in the Darkness of Ignorance and Suffering.

It’s time these secrets are brought out in the open.

Universal Energy is like a flowing-stream…

boundless and unrestrained…

formless and void, yet complete.

The only force that can hold this stream in place is Thought.

Thought is like a glass bowl that dips into the infinite stream in order to be filled. This action forms the stream of Universal Energy into the shape and characteristics of its container, and is created in its image.

The energy is still liquid… having no form but that of the glass bowl.

But then… the temperature suddenly drops.

The liquid is frozen and made solid.

The Universal Energy has now manifested as ice, limited and having dimensions such as height, width, mass, space and time. Yet it is definite and has purpose… that of being ice.

When you create symbols, you instantly capture a portion of Universal Energy and place it into a container with the characteristics or “intelligence” that you desire to be manifested in the physical.

The energy “freezes” when held in place… and the temperature drops.

As Universal Energy travels down the dimensions of space and time it becomes more fully concentrated and gains intelligence – and purpose.

It then manifests in the physical dimension at the most appropriate time, through Synchronicity.

Now the question becomes…

“But how do I hold the energy in place, so that it manifests?”

Remember the analogy of the glass bowl… this is the force of Thought.

Thought is not an action… it occurs both consciously and subconsciously, voluntary and in-voluntary.

Thought is a force, or a vibration of movement through the Universe.

Your mind picks up on these vibrations and interprets them as symbolic visions and feelings. The stronger the force, the more energy is contained and held in place… and the container expands.

This is the reason why what you focus on expands.

As the force of Thought grows stronger (through focus, concentration and detail) the “glass bowl” becomes an even bigger, better container to house the Universal Energy and freeze it.

Intelligence is given to the Thought by the Light of Reason.

Focus upon this Thought… concentrate the energy of your awareness into this form, and give it life by appointing it a definite purpose for existing in the physical plane. Give the Thought as much detail as possible, by writing down all the benefits you can imagine of having this Thought manifested.


Now symbolize the Thought in whatever way you wish. The Ancients used sigils – or symbols of great power (which are actually categories of organized and defined Universal Energy) and were given names, titles, stories, illustrations, characteristics and a definite purpose. From this action, their gods were “brought to life” and aided them in their magical work when called upon.

What I’m revealing to you right now, is the Science and Art of causing reality to conform to Will.

And while it isn’t accepted among the “Scientific Community” as such, your own experiments will prove beyond any shadow of a doubt, that you not only create your own reality, you can control it.

Here is the Method:

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Pick one object that you would like to manifest into the physical plane. Start small, and as your powers of focus and concentration increase, move onto larger objects. At first, you will be fighting against your left-brained “ego” which is hard-wired into your mind-pattern that tells you these things are not possible… you don’t create your reality and cannot control it. This is a lie.
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Write down the statement that calls forth the energy into the container… the words “I COMMAND” are very powerful and similar to giving commands to a computer. Anything after the words “I COMMAND” will create the form in the likeness of its own image. (for example: “I COMMAND my electricity bill to be paid in full before July 31st of this year!” etc.)
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Now that the Universal Energy is contained, it must be held in place. This is accomplished through focus, concentration and detail. Concentrate and solidify this energy by creating a symbol that represents it. For instance, take your electric bill and mark-out the amount due with a pen or pencil, and write “0.00” just above it. Then place it back into its envelope, and in big letters write, “PAID IN FULL BEFORE JULY 31st!” – This is a symbolic “ceremony” that gives the Universal Energy a definite purpose – to have the electric bill paid before July 31st.
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The more attention to detail you give, the stronger the force becomes. For this reason, place your symbol in a location where you’ll see it and be reminded of your intent, every day. With purpose, your symbol now gains in “intelligence” and begins its descent into the physical.
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On the page with your command statement, write down as many direct and in-direct benefits you can brainstorm, seeing each of these things come to pass in your mind’s eye as you write.
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Create a perfect scenario of how this manifestation will show up in your life and what you will do as a result of its appearance. Tell a story. Write it down. Make it as detailed and vivid as possible… each new effort brings you another step closer to manifesting your object. (But don’t be attached to how it manifests… it may be completely different from your story – but you’re giving it “life” and intelligence as you write – thereby strengthening the force to be controlled)
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Next… write a single question: “What are the possibilities in which this can manifest now?” Be still. Remain quiet, and listen. You will soon pick-up on Thoughts, ideas and theories that will tell you several possible ways the object of your desire can manifest into your life… now. (Remember, energy is not limited by space or time, until controlled and contained!)
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When the ideas cease and the mind is exhausted of all possible avenues for manifestation to take place, stop. Take the paper and fold until small enough to fit in your wallet, or inside your purse. The concentrated energy of these words bring greater strength to focus and direct the Universal Energy… the conduit is you. Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but transformed through the Mind. Remember - focus, concentration and detail form matter.
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From this point, allow your symbol to “freeze” the manifestation into existence and remove any remaining or reoccurring negative beliefs to be dissolved by the Light of Reason. This is symbolized by your subconscious as illuminating white-light. You can cast white-light around any negative Thought with the intent to do so, and feel it dissolve back into its pure form. (Here is wisdom: Light Illuminates the Darkness!)
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Remain completely un-attached to how your manifestation occurs in the physical. Rest assured that through the phenomenon of Synchronicity, your Thought will manifest at the best possible time and place for your greatest benefit… even if you don’t understand why in that moment.

NOTE: The more programming your mind-pattern contains to disbelieve your ability and birthright to create your own reality, the stronger force will be required to reprogram your mind and be successful at manifesting the object of your desire. For example, if you’ve been taught that you have no power but that which is given to you by an external force or “being” – then it’s going to take an even greater force of Light to overcome that belief, and prove yourself successful at manifestation.

You create your own reality.

Use the ten-step Method given on this web site, and be free.

Now you have a sure-fire Method of controlling your reality… paying off your bills, getting out of debt, obtaining wealth and prosperity… and anything else you desire. Use this wisely and never interfere on another's Will.

WARNING

There is a strong negative belief about money, intimately connected with our global consciousness. For this reason, and for best results, do not focus on manifesting money, but on creating those material objects in which you require. Or, on attracting the mental, emotional and spiritual qualities that you desire to possess as your own.

Leave the rest up to Synchronicity to “schedule” the events in your life that bring your desire, to you. Take action on those ideas which come as inspiration to you and write them down. Follow each one as yet another "clue" that leads you to freedom, wealth and prosperity. Experience the unlimited.

Feel free to pass this web site onto others, so they may benefit greatly from the wisdom contained... Just send them to GetPaidByGod.com

Article by Jason Mangrum,
 You can find out more about his work here:-

"How to Get Money for Bills, Gifts and Anything Else!"

Peace and Light
Rev. Bola

*Prosperity Ministries*

Spirituality, Business and Money

What the bible teaches:-

In some on-line businesses, there are people who are so obsessed with making a buck, that they do not care who suffers, but eventually they will suffer the consequences. People will learn of their unscrupulous practices, and begin to take necessary legal action for the risk of not getting value for money, or not getting paid what they are entitled to.

Romans 13:7-8 teaches, “Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.”

To build a reputation of integrity in business, adherence to this passage is critical. If you owe someone a service, a product, a resource or some money, do not (out of selfishness or greed) with- hold it from them.

Just do the right thing and pay up! In the long term, wealth and integrity go hand in hand.
You can't have one without the other.

Peace and Light
Rev. Bola
Prosperity Ministries