WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 2

Articles In This Section:

· Money: A Myth

· WE BUY NOTHING BUT LABOR

· WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 1

· WHAT ABOUT OWNERSHIP? - part 2

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 1

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 2

· WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? - part 3

A few years ago I gave a lecture on the subject of this chapter: Money, a Myth. Several months later I received an inspiring letter from one who was a member of my audience. Here is what it said:

DEAR BEN SWEETLAND:

The lecture you gave regarding money was the turning point in my life.

My business was in a precarious condition; bills far exceeding income. It looked very much as though the sheriff's notice would soon be on the door.

Money—money—money was all I thought of. I thought about it so much—as well as my inability to get it—I became almost mentally paralyzed. My mind was blocked from sane thinking.

After hearing your sensible talk, my business looked altogether different to me. "Money isn't what I want," I reasoned, "It is business I need so that I can pacify my creditors."

Prior to my awakening, I had been visualizing my creditors as demons wearing sardonic grins, with arms stretched, waiting to crush me.

I changed to where I saw them as friends—because hadn't they trusted me? And, as friends, I knew they would still prove to be friendly.

I phoned each creditor, and in the friendliest manner, thanked them for their extreme patience—and told them I had finally awakened to the real cause of my trouble—and that I would soon be out of the woods and meet my obligations fully.

Not one of my creditors failed to cooperate. This gave me a free—and happy—mind, and it was not long before I had satisfied all of those I owed and was enjoying a growing business.

Thank you so much for waking me up.

As soon as one can realize that money is merely a means to an end and not the end, that it is established as a convenient means for barter, then it will be easier for him to gain a broader perspective on the many facets of life.

A workman, in reality, is not working for the government-engraved certificates (money) which he receives on pay day. He is working for food, clothes and shelter. The money provides a handy means of evaluating the commodities and services he buys.