Hard to help the poor, broke, sick, depressed and ignorant when you are ONE OF THEM!

Get yourself educated (with the RIGHT knowledge) and work hard and smart and GET RICH and then go save the world!

Whether you want to SAVE the World or SEE the World it takes $$$!

Some people will say you got LUCKY (that’s how they justify why thet are still ’stuck’ in a life of mediocrity and feel better about themsleves) , and well you know what, they will be absolutely right, it was all L.U.C.K (Labor Under Correct Knowledge)

Great posts here Barry G and Heather, I remember a few years ago when you and I Barry, would discuss the words and wisdom of Randy G, as you made your way down the Virginia Beach Promenade and the wind blew into and whistled through your cell phone.

Ahh those were the days bro, LOOK how far we have come!

Hey we need to talk soon, my bro Jeff and I (a burnt out atty and MBA who is ready for a Leveraged Lifestyle and a LWL) have partnered up and we just got going TODAY at the BREAKTHROUGH level with LPU, and are ready to rock, maybe we collaborate!?

You speak with Patrick? Interested to hear the outcome mate?

Cheers to you and Heather, your soulmate, you guys are too damn cute on that video!

Jared

“Cures for disease, solutions to starvation, and better technologies to solve famines will come from money. Lots of it. Composers can compose, artists can sculpt and paint, and dancers can dance, because their organizations receive grants from rich people.”

I love the indignant, strong, and convincing voice that produced such a strong statement. It’s as powerful and resonant as it is wrong, though.

As a composer, entrepreneur, and civil servant, I can say that you are completely wrong when you say that “composers can compose because of rich people.” I mean, that’s totally not my business model.

Possibly more importantly: The cures for disease along with the solutions to starvation are already at hand…yet they are withheld from the masses…and by whom? And why? Not because they are expensive, not because they require grand technologies, but because they are dirt cheap and require very little money.

http://www.rglohjahwwans.com/
http://www.music-composition-studio.com/

Cheers!
Dainis

PS — “Let’s let the military find their own money. Let them manifest it.” What a great idea! No more government handouts to the military. It’s just an incredibly expensive social welfare project gone wrong.

PPS — Here’s quite a nasty little quip that might just ruffle a feather or two (reader discretion advised). Randy, why are you doling out money to those charities then…you enjoy being the pimp instead of the government?

It was interesting today as I was watching some television. There was a woman being interviewed. She had been asked the question, ‘Does money make people happy?’ Her answer amazed me! She said that studies show that when people start to earn a higher income, they simply adjust to that higher income in just 3 months, spending more. And then want more money! And so on and so on…and still are not totally happy. Her basic answer to the question was, ‘No…having loads of money does not guarantee happiness.’ She added that it is a state of mind that brings true happiness. At the moment, I am an artist with financial ‘issues’. (I’m learning not to say things like ‘I’m broke’, etc.) But despite my financial ‘issues’ I am basically very happy! I’m living in a wonderful city, don’t have to go to a dreadful 9-5 job, and have the opportunity to paint all day if I want! I just want to add that many many people DO love a 9-5 job. And we need and appreciate those people! It just amazes me and I think it’s brilliant, how everyone has different jobs that they enjoy. One of my dreams is that EVERYONE on this planet will one day be doing what they enjoy and earning an income for it!

Heather…I think you should commission me to do a Pop Icon portrait of you! Sorry if I’m ‘advertising’ here. I’m just so excited to be doing what I truly enjoy! Thanks to everyone who shares their thoughts on this blog. Every day we should think of something new we are grateful for!

Whew!

The whole point of this post is that rich people have the money to save the world… AND the love to want to do it.

Obviously they don’t ALL want to share, or “give back”… but if you were to ask 100 rich people what they do with their money, I’d dare say a VAST majority (or close to all) of them use a portion to help others.

And they do it because they have a good heart… not just because it’s a tax write-off.

cheers
Heather

P.S. And I remember on a live call that Barry and I did, he shared a little tongue-in-cheek saying (with a lot of truth in it, like all good sayings have) that goes like this: “Sure, love makes the world go round, but money pays for the trip!”

However I can’t seem to manifest those really big Desires yet..and need plenty of new info and encouragement..so Thanks for doing what you do..I add you to my list of manifesting guru teachers..you 2 are very good at what you do.
I also really like my new manifesting guru klauss Joel..have you listened to him as well.. he’s fantastic!!
and sounds just like woody allen to me…ha!!!
I think that You are both on my same list as him..with an”A”+ for the real encouragement to give us..
It would be easy to give up on this game of manifesting our desires the right way.. if we didn’t have some good teachers.

God Bless you both
..and I hope he Blesses me too!!…LOL

I have a small blog site called “synchronicity and soup” if you have any spare time you might like to look at my short stories about my own experiences with manifesting ..though I haven’t updated my blog lately ..there are many more stories I have to add since I posted there last.
also have a peek at my original paintings there..you have to scroll down a bit and slow..OK

I enjoy your free videos and your practical methods in the art of manifesting..I have a long way to go..but even the small manifestations totally amaze me..It’s like magic !!..and never fails to continue to make me wonder just what a strange and mysterious and great planet we live on..and God sure has some surprises in store for us..once we reach a certain level of vibration.
I can’t wait..
so I wonder why I do…?

regards catherine walker

When we share and help each other discover, some of the most important breakthroughs result.

cheers
Heather

The message that you read was actually the second part of a two-part discussion. I am going to copy part one below, so you have a better context of my remarks. Later when I have time, I will try and clear up some other things that I believe people did not understand about the issue. Thanks, RG

The Power of Prosperity

So what’s the secret of creating prosperity? And just what does prosperity really encompass?

It’s a subject that has been studied and taught for ages. Yet there is so much misinformation about the topic it’s staggering. Here are a few things we can say for sure:

The cliché that money doesn’t buy happiness is true for the most part. But it is also a safe bet to say poverty puts a large down payment on unhappiness.

Granted if you are a tribal member in the Brazilian rain forest and have no use for currency, the traditional standards of wealth may not apply. But how many of us are really in that situation?

We can say that money alone does not make someone prosperous. However, we don’t ever want to make statements like, “It’s just money,” or “just things.” We know at their core level, money and all things are actually energy vibrations. And positive or neutral energy can be repelled by negative energy.

So what makes up real prosperity?

I believe it is a multi-faceted state. Health certainly plays a large factor. Having a body that can’t keep pace with your mind can be a very distressing situation. Healthy relationship would be another big factor. We all need people to share things with, challenge us, and keep us vital. It’s important that some of those people call us on “our stuff,” and protect against the very human tendency toward delusion and narrow mindedness.

Another big part is a strong spiritual connection – being grounded and in touch with the force greater than us all. I don’t subscribe to the judgmental beliefs of some in organized region that only a devotion to a specific deity provides peace and harmony. I know people of many faiths, and others who have a powerful connection to nature or universal law that have attained wonderful states of spiritual bliss.

I am sure many would find it shocking that I suggest both selfishness and selflessness play a part as well. And those two things are not as exclusive as they may seem on the surface. To reach real prosperity, you must take care of your own needs first. Contrary to what many believe, if more people were selfish, the world would be a much kinder place. Taking care of other people’s needs before your own leads to co-dependency and enablement, and very unhealthy mental health for all involved.

Yet part of being selfish can be the joy you get from helping others. Helping those less fortunate than yourself makes you feel good. And it can provide you with a greater appreciation for the blessings you have in your own life. That feeling of gratitude is a powerful prosperity element.

We must also develop certain traits and skills to manifest abundant prosperity into our lives. We need self-discipline, the power of concentration, a thirst for knowledge, and an active imagination. These things keep us moving forward on personal growth, give us determination to overcome temporary obstacles, and seeking greater good – but without losing the balance necessary to enjoy that greater good. Which takes us back to the most intriguing question…

Just how important are money and material things to living a life of prosperity?

I think they are less important than many poor people believe – yet a lot more necessary than many mystical and religious leaders suggest. Like a lot of poor people, when I was broke, I thought money would solve all of my problems. Rich people had a lot of things I wanted and I thought having them would bring me happiness. That turned out not to be the case. I went from being a very unhappy poor guy to a very cynical guy with money.

I bounced from one dysfunctional relationship after another. And once I started to get money, I tried to fix these with that money. So every time a relationship reached a stress point, I thought a new dinette set, an expensive piece of jewelry, or a European vacation would solve it.

Of course, that just prolonged the inevitable. The core issue was my worthiness issues. Because I had low self-esteem, subconsciously I didn’t believe I deserved to be happy. This prevented me from accepting love, and thus unable to open up and give it. When you love yourself, you can love another, and find great happiness with each other, even in the absence of material wealth. If you don’t like yourself, you’ll do nothing but find fault in everyone and everything around you.

We like to believe that money and things can solve all of our problems, but usually they can just assuage our feelings or distract us from the core causes. If you make bad choices when you are poor, there is no reason to believe that you won’t make the same bad choices if you were to win the lottery or inherit a sizable fortune. In fact, research has shown conclusively that poor people who come into a windfall almost invariably face disaster because of it.

Had I come into the money I have today at a younger age, there is no doubt in my mind I would have never lived to see 25. I would have overdosed on drugs, drove a Ferrari into a wall, or been killed in a drug deal gone South.

I have had a lot of health challenges and there is no doubt that money can allow us to seek better treatments. But it is also true that most of my issues arose from making bad personal choices with alcohol and other drugs.

To achieve happiness, I had to do a whole lot of work on myself. And that’s when prosperity started to manifest itself more and more for me. But that takes us back to that intriguing question again…

There are a lot of people who claim that money and material things have no bearing on prosperity. And there are even those that claim that they will actually take you away from prosperity. Some Yogi’s, monks, and other spiritual sages teach that the secret of prosperity is not to manifest greater wealth, but to condition yourself to want less. I’m not buying into that, no pun intended…

Lately I’ve been studying some advanced courses from Paramahansa Yogananda. In them he maintains a couple things I find quite harmful.

First he suggests that we should only concentrate on needs and throw off all wants. He says that if you simply meet your needs such as shelter and food, you will find happiness – while if you seek after wants, you will start a vicious cycle of desire that can never be satiated.

He also states that your prosperity is mostly influenced by your past lives, and what you do this time around will have negligible effect on this life; that most of the good you build for won’t get delivered until your next reincarnation.

This just proves that the Vatican hasn’t cornered the market on lack programming. It’s hard to imagine two beliefs more detrimental to your prosperity consciousness than those.

Now that doesn’t mean there is not some truth in this. Acquiring material possessions can become a slippery slope, always seeking for the next thing. And money can have the same effect. I think one of the most lack expressions ever spoken is, “how much is enough, anyway?” But that doesn’t mean that some people never stop seeking more money at the expense of true prosperity.

I don’t think, “having your needs met” can really qualify for prosperity and abundance. You have no need to see a rainbow, hear Patti LaBelle sing, or play with a puppy. Yet these things are wonderful demonstrations of prosperity. And if you reduce your wants to only the things you need such as shelter and food, you would miss some extraordinary things that can add much texture, joy and beauty to your life.

I’m writing you from a $4,800-a-night suite in the Grand Wailea Resort and Spa in Maui, Hawaii. If you haven’t been here before, take a look at this place: http://www.grandwailea.com/ It is as wondrous a demonstration of prosperity consciousness as you will find anywhere.

Now I’m not stupid enough to think that you need to spend five grand a night to get a decent hotel room. And perhaps Swami Yogananda would say that once you turn off the light to go to sleep, all accommodations are the same. However, I appreciate having a room overlooking the ocean, with a dining room, parlor, three balconies, a hot tub, and enough space to stretch out and enjoy my stay in paradise. I certainly don’t NEED to stay here. I’m sure the Motel 6 costs a lot less. But can you really compare the prosperity experience each creates for you?

The interesting thing is all of the “free” things I get here prosperity-wise. I can fall asleep listening to the waves crash on the shore. I can watch the whales swim by without leaving my room. I can see the rainbows over the water, and the people frolicking on the beach. But I wouldn’t get any of these “free” demonstrations of prosperity were I staying at a budget hotel, in a room with a dumpster view.

Yesterday at lunch, we watched in wide-eyed wonder as two killer whales off shore swam past. For a five-minute period they surfaced, rolled over and completely leapt out of the water, putting on a show of Nature’s Greatest Hits. The entire café was oohing and aahing in unison, every time one of the whales jumped out of the water. The show was free, but we wouldn’t have seen it if we were eating at Denny’s.

The skeptic mired in lack, makes statements like, “a car just takes you from point A to point B.” What nonsense. I once drove a 25-year-old Rambler with a three-speed manual transmission on the dash, over the mountain road from Bogota to Mesitas del Collegio. It was much like an Indiana Jones movie, as I would pull around a corner and find a cow blocking the road, or a broken down bus. The car bucked and heaved and I can still remember the sweat pouring down my back as I drove around bends with no guardrail, where a mistake would have meant tumbling to our death. I was petrified that I would shift wrong and the car would kill, rolling back to our death. Only a complete fool would think that were I to do that trip today in my Bentley it would be the same experience.

If you see me these days, you’ll notice I’m a lot cuter than I usually look. (As hard as that is to believe!) That’s because I recently got braces. This is actually the second time around for me, because I inherited a misaligned bite that made chewing difficult and painful. In a couple weeks from now, I’m having surgery to reset my jaw. This is all costing thousands of dollars. How many people need the same thing, but don’t have the financial means to do this?

A couple issues ago I spoke about the powerful health benefits I have received from the Rolfing therapy. How many of my readers could get similar benefits, but lack the money to pay for it?

Have you ever seen a child in a third world country born with a cleft palette? They are often ostracized, or even demonized. They face a life of misery and isolation. Yet a $250 donation to The Smile Train can transform their life forever.

Money can do a lot for your prosperity. And so can material things.

I recently went on a horseback ride through a mountain pass in Utah. It was a spiritual experience. I felt an even more profound spiritual connection when I was SCUBA diving off Hawaii, and communing with giant turtles. Truth is, I can recreate those feelings when I’m driving one of my Vipers late at night, with the pedal to the floor, and the haunting sounds of Axel Rose’s gravely voice screaming “November Rain.” And if it’s actually November and raining, you can transcend this world and enter a place mortals seldom experience.

This is not to diminish the ever-present prosperity that surrounds us at all times. Eating a three-dollar frozen pizza while watching a thunderstorm can be as wonderful as a $500 dinner at D’Vito’s in South Beach. Watching the YouTube video of Paul Potts win the talent competition was as joyful to me as seeing Jose Carreras live in concert. Spending a four-hour dinner engrossed in thought-provoking conversation with good friends can give you a greater high than buying a $20,000 watch.

But you don’t have to choose…

Nature presents us with opportunities to experience abundance all the time. And as sentient beings with inquisitive minds, we have all kinds of chances to develop even greater prosperity. Why not celebrate it all?

Contrarian thinker and good friend Larry Winget has a new book out that can help you in this area. It’s titled, “You’re Broke Because You Want to Be.” (Obviously he doesn’t know how to create warm, loving, fuzzy book titles that don’t threaten people like I do!) It’s a great book, because it’s about how you handle money. It’s a road map for how you stop just getting by, and really get ahead.

Larry is the star of the A&E network series “Big Spender,” where he helps people in financial crisis. Like the show, he uses blunt tactics and straight talk to cut through the noise and get to the essence.

The book is not one of those silly parable books about moving cheese. It isn’t a primer on investing. And it’s not a delusion half-baked approach like “The Secret,” promising you that if you just keep dreaming about your Mercedes it’s going to drive itself into your driveway. It’s a workbook about how you spend less and make more.

The book will take you through the process of discovering what your actual financial position is, how to budget, how to escape debt, and start to actually get positive traction. Finally in the last section he has some case studies to help serve as proof that you can really do it. And more importantly, explores the universal principles that created prosperity for them. I’m proud to tell you I’m one of the stories he shares.

Now understand that Larry’s book is not like my prosperity workshops and books. It’s not about living the lifestyle of your dreams and manifesting great wealth. He understands that many people are not ready for that yet. They need to first get out of debt and create a game plan for getting ahead. That’s what his book does. I wish everyone that bought my “Midas Mentality” 31-day prosperity program read Larry’s book before they started it.

By the way, a number of you are already past the point of Larry’s book. But I bet you would find it helpful to read anyway. I did. So I encourage you to get it. And get a couple extra and share them with the people you care about who would benefit from some straight talk on money. It’s a good chance for you to contribute, as we talked about earlier.

I’m buying 100 and going to donate some to the library and circulate the rest around the universe. (By the way, if you write me and say that you are so broke you can’t afford to get the book, I can guarantee I won’t send you one. Prosperity comes when you stop spending your money on foolish things and starting to spend it on smart things. And now is the time to start. You can afford the small price of Larry’s book. And you can’t afford not to get it.)

By the way, Larry is offering $100 worth of free stuff when you buy the book on the launch dates of January 9 and 10. Get all the details and the book at his site: http://www.yourebroke.com/

I’m heading back to Frisco for a program, then one in Denver, and then back to Florida, where I have a tournament next week. I started a new team, and this is our first time playing together. It’s going to be fun. Have a great week, and I’ll talk to you on the other side.

-RG

P.S. Once again, the link for Larry’s book is at http://www.yourebroke.com/. Get it now; I know you’ll be glad you did.