You,
Money, and the Land of Oz
by Molly Gordon, MCC
Your success in building wealth is a function
of the relationship between money and you
and the roles you play with respect to the money that enters
your life.
Mommy, Where Does Money Come From?
Ask any five friends where money comes from, and the answers you get may
be about as enlightening as a four-year-old's explanation of conception.
And if you ask folks in the financial services industry, their answers
are about as helpful as the fascinating paper I did on meiosis and mitosis
in sophomore biology.
In other words, a lot of your information about how money enters your
life is very likely incorrect or complicated past the point of usefulness.
How Money Enters Your Life
Let's look at four channels through which money might flow into your life.
- Gift. Money is given to you by in keeping with the
intention of another party without requiring or expecting anything from
you in return.
- Accident. Similar to a gift, but without the specific
intent of another party.
- Exchange. Money you receive in exchange for actual
or expected goods or services.
- Investment. Money generated as earnings from an investment.
(There's a fifth channel by which money may enter your life that
is covered in The Authentic Wealth Tele-retreat: Theft. It's
got some surprising implications, even for a nice person like you.)
None of those channels is especially mysterious. So
why is it that some people are so successful in
building wealth and some people experience chronic lack of money?
There are conventional reasons, such as being born into
poverty, abjuring the material realm for the realm of spirit, and garden-variety
ignorance and mismanagement.
But do those really explain anything? After all, some
men and women born to poverty become extremely sussessful in building
wealth. Mother Theresa lived simply, yet she raised millions and millions
of dollars for her work. And ignorance and mismanagement are eminently
curable, especially for those of you who are reading this newsletter and
want to explore the "money and you" issue.
Your success in building authentic
wealth is a function of the relationship between
money and you and the roles you play with respect to the money
that enters your life. When you relate to money in a creative,
free, authentic manner, Authentic Wealth is a natural result.
You may very well have spent a lifetime in the sincere pursuit
of authenticity, creativity, and freedom. Why isn't it showing
up in the relationship between money and you?
For the answer, let's visit The Land of Oz.
Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
 Do you know the scene in the Wizard of Oz where
Dorothy and friends face the Great and Terrible Oz? When a breeze disturbs
the curtain concealing the all-too-human being behind the myth, the impostor
cries out, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"
You are the man behind the curtain, in your relationship with
money, orchestrating every aspect of the drama (and quite possibly terrifying
yourself in the process.)
Spend some time looking at the roles you play in your financial
life. Here's just one example of what you might find.
When money enters your life as a gift, how do you receive it?
Are you an open, grateful, and un-conflicted recipient? Are you
a partner who has made an unambiguous request? Or do you respond to gifts
as if you are now a debtor or as if receiving the gift establishes you
as needy or weak?
Whenever you impose on money a story of lack or injustice or
hardship, you are moving away from conscious relationship and
into the territory of the man behind the curtain: twisting dials and stomping
on pedals to terrorize yourself.
That's why the amount you have has nothing to do with whether
or not you are at peace about money. Just as the Lion's courage,
the Scarecrow's brains, and the Tin man's heart were established by means
of a medal, a diploma, and a ticking clock, your ability to experience
and build authentic wealth is all about how
you see yourself.
Just for fun: The name
of the fictional salesman who was carried to Oz in a great cyclone where
he was made Wizard was Oscar Zoraster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel
Ambroise Diggs.
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When it feels like you can't live with money
and you can't live without it, it might be time to step back and take
another look.
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A number of places are spoken for, and several more may be gone
by the time you read this. Pause. Think back over the past year.
Have you felt hopeful, free, and creative about building wealth? If not,
please give this tele-retreat serious consideration. If I can heal my
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