Money is a matter of great concern to people during their long celestial
night.
They seek and spend it, study it and dream of it, as if it were a
substance as precious as their own blood. In darkness, people deny
the power within and put themselves below powers without. They will
not credit their innate power to create their reality, and leave themselves
to struggle for survival and gratification in the world around their
separated selves. Money to them is a power without that can remedy
the emptiness within. So money stands before a destitute people as
the towering temple of its self-abandonment.
Things in abundance are freely given, whereas things in scarcity are
hoarded, rationed and fought over. Any stable order of separation depends
greatly on accounting, since there can never be enough of things for
everyone to feel fulfilled, or indeed for anyone to feel fulfilled.
Each one must keep track of what he can claim from others, and what
he is obliged to provide others, in the struggle to get enough and
not be cold and hungry, or die... People become avid about wealth,
seeing God in it while refusing to see God in themselves...
But when celestial daylight returns to a darkened world, people nevertheless
remember the power within. Then they are freed to create and share
everything they need and desire... Whatever is needed and desired is
allowed by love of life to materialize, not thwarted by fear of life
in contempt for the self.
