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July 2009 
Spiritual Economics
Posted on Feb 5th, 2006
by 
Scott Schwenk
Scott Schwenk
I finished my third read yesterday of a phenomenal book called Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth (can't recommend it enough...) and in it came across this quote near the end from the founder of the Unity church, Charles Fillmore....it really hit me that this one was worth remembering. And one of the best ways for me to remember anything is to share it with the people around me, then it keeps getting reflected back...it gets into the "field"...
So here it is:
In the new era now at its dawn, we shall have a spirit of prosperity. The principle of the Universal substance will be known and acted upon, and there will be no place for lack. Supply will be more equalized. There will not be millions of bushels of wheat stored in musty wherehouses while people go hungry. There will be no over-production or under-consumption or other inequities of supply, for God's substance will be recognized and used by all people. Men will not pile up fortunes one day and lose them the next, for they will not fear the integrity of their neighbors. Is this an impractical utopia? The answer depends on you. Just as soon as you individually do your part in quickening the consciousness of the whole economy. --Charles Fillmore
This for me, touches a large part of what's possible with *zaadz, and with each of us here, myself included.
For me, doing the work around being abundant is more about what's possible in this world than me just piling up stuff.
And when I say doing the "work", I'm not talking about the nuts and bolts of running a business (though that matters), I'm talking about me getting into the crevices of my psyche/beingness and excavating shadow aspects of the personality that live in any type of poverty consciousness, anything less than radical abundance.
So here it is:
In the new era now at its dawn, we shall have a spirit of prosperity. The principle of the Universal substance will be known and acted upon, and there will be no place for lack. Supply will be more equalized. There will not be millions of bushels of wheat stored in musty wherehouses while people go hungry. There will be no over-production or under-consumption or other inequities of supply, for God's substance will be recognized and used by all people. Men will not pile up fortunes one day and lose them the next, for they will not fear the integrity of their neighbors. Is this an impractical utopia? The answer depends on you. Just as soon as you individually do your part in quickening the consciousness of the whole economy. --Charles Fillmore
This for me, touches a large part of what's possible with *zaadz, and with each of us here, myself included.
For me, doing the work around being abundant is more about what's possible in this world than me just piling up stuff.
And when I say doing the "work", I'm not talking about the nuts and bolts of running a business (though that matters), I'm talking about me getting into the crevices of my psyche/beingness and excavating shadow aspects of the personality that live in any type of poverty consciousness, anything less than radical abundance.
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Okay, maybe that's a key for me, “excavating shadow aspects” that “live in any type of poverty conciousness…”, now to dig in and find them. Your blogs are very helpful, Scott! Thanks!
Thanks Eva! They’re helpful for me too ;)
Amen!!
just found this while googling “spiritual ecomomics” for a piece I'm writing.
Awesome quote.
You might dig the big ideas and quotes I've gathered from the book!
In prosperity and gratitude!
-bri
Nice quote Brian!!….i have asked my local book-seller to get a copy of the book for my this month reading…..i really marvel at your energy and pace in your multifarious activities besides hectic travelling schedules!!!…i am afraid that 'am slowly getting addicted to your writings :-))
We can create this abundant economy now. Whe have to first understand the fundamental reason why it is lacking. Our current economic system is doomed to fail due to usury (the real definition is ANY lending with interest). When you really consider money you come to the conclusion that it’s value is not exactly our faith in it that gives it value but the faith that it can be exchanged for a product. A product we as a society make. The banks do not make the products so why are they getting a percentage of every single product we make and every single service we provide.
If the usury was removed from banks we would all get that extra percentage for the work we do which instead of us always being short the interest causing someone to fail it would lead to increasing prosperity through manufacturing efficiencies. The bank does not produce these goods so why are we paying them what adds up to staggering amounts of money for something we make.
Another way to put this is that we produce 10 billion dollars worth of products and the bank buys it off us for 5% less than it is worth and this happens for everything we make. Then within that system we have 10 billion dollars worth of goods but only 9.5 million dollars worth of purchasing power to buy it back from the bank so we have to either borrow 500 million or lay people off because we are overproducing. The banks walk away with 5% of everything we make though.
All the imbalances inflation/deflation unemployment due to overproduction are due to usury and would all disappear if usury was removed. These imbalances are easily hidden when our overproduction is sold to another country which gives us the difference to pay for 500 million interest. But causes that country to suffer since they are paying our interest and going deeper into debt themselves until they live like all 3rd world citizens do.
This is also the reason why we have to continually work longer hours every year for the same quality of life.
There is a lot of resistance to this idea because it is hard to believe we are being used so badly but we are. There is also alot of circular logic to try and deny these facts because they are hard to accept. But it basically comes down to this:
Our planet is a closed system like an island. Now if I were on an island and lent someone a $100 and charged him %5 interest at the end of the year he would not have enough money to pay me back. Some people say but my property would be worth more but the banks usury is always above the average inflation rate. So say inflation was %2 I could refinance at $102 but I would still owe $105.
This is one of the most important problems on our entire planet this is not just a little bit of money it compounds upon itself forever. If you will take the time to understand what I am saying here you will realize how important this is and I implore you to let people know. The only way we will ever stop all the suffering that is caused by this is by spreading the word. This is also the no.1 cause of wars as we try to balance our deficit and pay the interest through forcefully taking another countries assets otherwise known as trade wars.