Money Force

Money issues span every part of human consciousness. There is no part of us that thinks, feels, or knows that is not intimately affected by money. That is why we need so very deeply to better understand money. In my book The Colors of Money, Finding Your MoneyForce I discussed how money works on four distinct but unified parts of human awareness. There is physical money that we touch, and the physical manifestations of that money. There is emotional money, our deep feelings about money and wealth. In the mental plane we think about money and form abstract but often seemingly concrete theories and philosophies of money. Finally money has a soul level where we harbor the deep intuitive knowing about money and its true meaning. Each interior level has a color, which not only symbolizes that area but also resonates with and defines the deepest qualities, attributes, and faculties of that aspect.

If we think of existence as a set of nested planes of consciousness, each one independent but integrated with the others, it would look like The Great Nest of Being diagram that follows. Each plane exists on a low and high level, with the low manifesting lower levels of consciousness and the corresponding, less desirable conditions that are often expressed through negative energy. The higher levels radiate the purer, positive manifestations of that particular consciousness plane. Thus on the low physical, we find conditions of basic survival and instinct, often manifested in violent forms. On the high physical, we find expressions of physical fulfillment and fecundity.

Specific colors corresponding to each level emanate the energy of that level. These color energies originate at the highest monadic levels and come from the unmanifest to the manifest. The physical elements of air, water, earth, and fire, as well as ether, are associated with a specific plane of consciousness. There are at least twelve evolutionary consciousness planes ranging from the densest (first) to the highest (twelfth).

This model of body to feelings to mind to spirit is at the foundation of the world’s religions and the basis for much of the higher spiritual teachings common to all religious beliefs. It is what Huston Smith calls The Great Chain of Being or The Great Nest of Being because each succeeding level of consciousness includes but transcends the preceding level.

Excerpts from The Colors Of Money.

Future Money

It is good to look to the past to understand the future of money. We have seen how money’s origins are related to the earliest human actions: the need to survive, to obtain shelter and food, and propagate the species. Money is, at heart, nourishment—physical, emotional, and spiritual. This history of money is represented vividly on the five-dollar bill, with Abraham Lincoln on one side framed in sprays of wheat and the magnificent Lincoln monument, built in the style of an ancient Greek temple with thirty-six Doric columns representing the thirty-six states of the Union, on the other. It is Lincoln who represents, more than any other president, the sense of unity and the melding of the ideals and values at the foundation of our nation.

We have seen how the word money came from Monetta, a name of the goddess Juno, whose temple served as the earliest mint. Monetta was also the name of the goddess Aequitas, who signified equity, or fair allotment, provided by the state to its citizens. Money is essential in the organization of community. If this is true, then perhaps the best definition we can provide for money is “money is grace.”

Without community and a sense of meaning found in relationships within a vibrant community, life loses its meaning and vitality. In a good community, the members love and respect each other not out of a sense of duty or obligation, but out of recognition of the inner abundance of spirit that is the basis for the community. A divine cosmic transcendence, yet manifest in the daily lives of the community, lies at the heart of this moral order. Money, so closely identified with the shared family meal and the survival of the community, is a symbol for this divine order working in our lives. When we become obsessed solely with the material aspects of money and allow it to appeal only to our lower emotions such as fear and greed, money falls short of its potential. William Desmonde said it well:

It is only by actualizing the higher potentialities symbolized by money that justice can be secured within large organizations and emotional fulfillment restored to our producing and consuming activities. To do so we must attain the insight and the courage to think of money in its true sense, as a symbol of grace. Man’s deepest happiness stems from his identification with the creative energies of nature, whereby the individual dedicates himself to the advancement of civilization. Grace may therefore be construed as the awakening within a person of this insight into his real nature. Grace is divine inspiration.[1]

Thus money has evolved from the satisfaction of the physical needs of the individual, family, and tribal unit to a representation of the divine within the fabric of society. Grace can be defined as elegance and beauty of form, manner, or action. It can denote special favor or mercy. In the context of money, I think the appropriate definition is the one Desmonde has chosen: the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God, the influence or spirit of God operating in man. It is from and through money that the divine manifests and works in the world and it is our grace as human beings with souls through which we can realize our true divine nature. Money is grace. Grace is consciousness. Our life’s work is to realize our highest purpose. If we are to succeed, we must be fully conscious. We must awaken our MoneyForce and find balance in our relationship with and to money.

The Colors Of Money is available on Amazon.