Money And Happiness

Can money buy happiness?

They say that money and happiness don’t go together, and that money can’t buy happiness.

I certainly agree that there is some truth in the statement that money can’t buy happiness (lasting happiness, that is). However, the lack of money sure can attract a lot of UNhappiness.

Often we tend to take a statement that does make sense, and then we erroneously turn it around and assume something else quite different from what was meant by the original statement.

Just because money can’t buy happiness doesn’t mean it cannot bring happiness when we spend it. And it also doesn’t mean that we should shun money because we believe it is anti-happiness.

The truth is, money represents energy: the energy it took to earn it, and the energy used in spending it. And having what money can buy us can indeed bring waves of joy and happiness -- also forms of energy - good, happy energy.

Lack of money can certainly bring UNhappiness

The corollary is equally true: insufficient money for our needs or desires can be a stumbling block in the flow of happiness.

So money and happiness definitely do go together, just as money and spirituality can go together – something many people on a spiritual path have difficulty coming to terms with.

Can we avoid money unhapiness?

On this website I will soon be addressing ways in which an individual can improve his or her financial situation. This will be particularly useful for those people who feel that there is a lack of enough money in their life, and that this is affecting their happiness.

In the meantime, until those pages have been written, if this topic interests you feel free to hop across to my personal website (which is also in the process of being developed and revamped) and check out some of the options I mention there.

On the Web page that will open in a separate window, go to the items under the heading Extra Income Streams towards the end of the list in he left-hand menu bar, and browse around to see what rings a bell for you.

Money and affluence - when they are created morally and ethically - are a sign that one is working with the flow of life. There is nothing sinful or evil about money per sé. If one has the notion that ‘money is the root of all evil’, then it's high time to dump such a false notion.

Consciousness is what it's all about

It is not money that is the problem. The problem arises when we believe that money alone will solve our problems; when we are attached to riches for riches’ sake.

So, it is our state of consciousness that is the real problem when it comes to the relationship between money and happiness. My course on Conscious Mental Rest assists in improving and expanding one's state of consciousness, and it brings all kinds of resultant benefits too.

What are YOUR views about money and happiness?

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