Theos-Talk Archives (October 1997 Message tt00008)

Hi Bart,

> Why is money different than anything else, in that it does not
> translate into higher worlds? Money is a symbol, like many
> others.  While it can symbolize what appears to be the difference
> between people, it can also be a balancing force.

Perhaps the answer to this lies in the fact that (unlike this
Physical world at times) things are what they are in the higher
worlds, apparent and obviously so.  In real terms and in inner
terms it is the essence and nature of something which relates
back to its parent existence.  In the higher worlds all things
have individual signatures that livingly correspond with an
apparent truth.  The point of money in this world is that
commerce is designed for the exact opposite to this.  The
exchange rates in commerce are relative to their own laws and
standards as made by men - and further to this the entire wealth
of one country can dominate and dictate to a poorer country and
thereby affect their rates, currencies and exchange in the long
term, artificially.

If a soul views currency after death (say for example they are to
look at it in review - holding it in the palm of their hand) they
will see only paper and metal.  The paper's reality will speak to
them of the plant pulp and the signature of that forest from
which it came; the metal will hold influence in regards to the
men who mined it and the planet to which it is parented - but the
soul itself will not perceive 'worth' other than what is
intrisically within it.  Does this make sense to you?

> In terms of a rich man being a servant in the next lifetime, I
> like to believe that one has a choice of the general kind of
> lifetime one will have, and one chooses based on dharmic
> necessity.  A wealthy person has as much opportunity for learning
> as a servant; they just learn different things.  And a wealthy
> person is just as likely to learn those lessons as a servant,
> too.

I belong to a wealthy country and so I must put myself in the
category that I have spoken of.  And yes, it will be a privilege
to have the opportunity to give back all that I have
inadvertently taken in this life.  I understand that our duty can
dictate many things - we can become useful in our service in many
ways other than by physical labour - but I am not sure that we
all would not choose (in temptation) the pleasures of a
comfortable material life before that of the aesthetic existence?
I cannot answer that truly for myself or for others, however, I
do not believe we need qualify the spiritual existence with means
and measures that belong to this time necessarily.

nice to hear from you,

gabrielle.