Comment on Wealth: “No more starving artists!”
by Joel Martin ~ May 29th, 2007. Filed under: Business, Diversity, Education, Learning, Religion, Tipping Points.Once upon a time…for an artist to be successful they needed to suffer for their art or for a person to really make a difference they needed to suffer through their nonprofit organization. I say once upon a time because I believe those perspectives belong in the realm of story-telling.
Here’s more on this point-of-view from Michael Carlos Muhammad who posted this earlier: “Money and Religion/Spirituality. I have No issues, problems, reservations or hesitations with merging it all together. Because It’s All Good. Money in itself has no inherent value other than which we use it for. It could purchase and sustain life and it could contribute to ones demise. For too long we have accepted the notion that deprivation somehow pleases God. The poor are somehow automatically closer to GOD. Well, Abraham, Solomon, and many others were known to be favored by God and they had wealth. Thing is, we are Not to take any god beside God and that means your money, your job, your spouse, your government, your NO-THING.”
“It goes back to something we said earlier, we must engage life from a total perspective. Body, Mind and Spirit. To neglect any aspect of our being is to be incomplete. mcm@wealthuniversal.com”
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June 5th, 2007 at 5:12 am
Dr. Martin,
A dear friend of mine once told me that money meant little to him. I thought to myself at the time that it was easy for him to say so since he is pretty well off. But over the years, as I’ve got to know him better, I’ve come to realize that he meant what he said. Relationships are everything to him. I’ve learned to value customers as relationships and not just “things” that pay the bills. My business has become much more enjoyable. I think that’s part of the whole Body, Mind, Spirit idea.
By the way, Bret Harward introduced you to me. I’ve known Bret for years now and I consider him a part of my circle of valued relationships. The gentleman I mentioned above is Dr. William Guillory. You may know him already, but if not you might want to visit his blog at http://www.where-to-now.com