Wealth and Goodness

The very same inquiry that concerns you also captured the interest of the ancients, including the writers of the Psalms.

They asked, "Why do the wicked prosper and the good so often suffer in poverty?" And why do "the good" often "die young"? Unfortunately, they had no answer, and their god Jehovah also had none.

With spiritual discernment, however, we can see the outworking of karma in every life: Many lives alternate between terrible poverty and great riches. So, if you are "too rich" in one life due to greed, grasping, and craving, you will be born in utter poverty the next time around. And many, especially those who embrace "voluntary holy poverty," are born into a society such as we have in the U.S., where almost everyone possesses the necessities of life.

But a person's material possessions are the least desirable among life's blessings. The very poor, or those who have never had enough, assume that a life of riches solves all major problems, and even brings bliss.

But sudden lottery-winners deny this, as do the wealthy of all history and all cultures: Money cannot buy happiness. The possession of money might not always be any kind of "blessing" from the cosmos, as we so often assume; it might also be a major karmic test or exam.

God is Love, not money. So, the cosmic Mind does not use money as a "reward" for goodness. No, It is much more sophisticated than that shallow illusion. It rewards people with much more profound and lasting "treasures," such as kindness, Love, compassion, goodness, high selfesteem, intelligence, artistic sense of beauty, the gifts of words, and similar interior blessings.

Often, but not always, the spiritual person is, in fact, contrasted, by mysticsages, with the wealthy. For the rich have already found their "god," and have named it "money."

Jesus said, "It is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a sewing-needle than for a rich person to inherit the Kingdom." He referred to the interior "Kingdom" of Light and Love. Riches are not in themselves bad, but they become bad when they take timenergy away from concern (Love) for other people. To the rich, a dollar is often more important than a life. It is this horrible distortion that the masters of every culture warned against.

But it is undeniably true that the crooked and evil benefit from the world's economic systems. Indeed, their greed is part of their overall evil. Good people, by contrast, often use time to serve others.

The rich like to say, "Time is money." But they are wrong; time is much more valuable than money. It is the "gold" and "platinum" of the universe.

You can say anything that you want about yourself, but it is how you actually spend your time that proves or disproves the quality of your character.

Brother Francis, the famous mysticsaint, went so far as to glorify and recommend "Lady Poverty," for he knew that the rich (including his own bio-father) had not enough time to serve others. So, their loss was great, and terrible.
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The Poorest People in the World

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We are thrilled, excited and delighted, to report that our first fundrive for the poorest people on our poor little planet is being successful, blessed by God (Love). We have gathered, so far, from friends, buds, pals, students, clients, and neighbors, five hundred dollars, to be divided among Love Ministries of India, Love Ministries of Kenya, Love Ministries of Pakistan, Love Ministries of Tanzania, and Love Ministries of Uganda. We are still seeking donations, as small as three dollars.

This note is simply a friendly-- and, we hope, unintrusive-- note of thanks for those who so kindly, so generously, provided donations for our sisters and brothers, many of whom are on the verge of starvation, having lost home and hope due to the greed of warfare and commerce.

In the second round of donations, we have received the following:

Anonymous $200
Chris Finer $25
friend from Portsmouth, NH $25
lmiusa $25
Cathy Moulton-Posey $25
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Total 070308: $300

Please be aware that your giving has resulted in blessings that are, and will be, everlasting, following you long after this tiny life!:) And again and again, thanks to you for this thoughtfulness towards strangers; every penny of your donations will go straight to the people in greatest need.

If you would like to contribute to this most worthy cause (We know of no greater need), please fill out a check to Love Ministries, and send to:

Love Ministries
5100 Liberty-Fairfield Rd.
Hamilton, OH 45011

Anything that you can spare is welcome. We are accepting donations of as little as three dollars.:)

Love,

the staff of Love Ministries USA

The Soulhealing Nanotech

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There has been discovered, over the past few years, an entirely new science called "nanotechnology." When it is perfected -- and it will be savagely resisted by the many, many money-interests around the world -- every human being can have whatever she needs! People will, at last, be able to do the work that they love, and the "power of the dollarbill" will be a sad and scary memory. The someday-possibilities are breath-taking.

In theory, you will be able to take a shovelful of dirt and transform it into a steak (this is what nature does, only more slowly). Or, you could transform it into a batch of tomatoes, or a handful of diamonds. [This all has to do with atomic and molecular rearrangement, as sweet Mother Nature (the Goddess) is doing all the time!]

You can see how industry, stuck way back in the twentieth century, will resist this tooth-and-nail, and so will every rich person on the planet -- for decades, even though the theory might be completed and applicable within forty years. It's a total solution to both starvation and to poverty, as well as just about every other scientific and social challenge.

The creation of nanobots (molecule-size robots to be fed into the cell and/or bloodstream) will make many diseases treatable and reversible. Some great stuff!
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Embracing Material Simplicity

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Thanks so very much for your support, from the heart. That is, in some ways, even more important than the bucks. Many hypocrites and even evil people use money, and claim that this proves that they are "blessed" by God. Does that mean that, as they imply, Jesus, the Buddha, Brother St. Francis, and other saintmystics were disapproved because of their (sometimes voluntary) poverty? We surely both know that this was never the case. (Hitler, at his death, had millions.:)
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