Last post I told you that there is nothing spiritual about poverty. There are millions of mind viruses circulating around the planet implying that it is somehow noble or virtuous to be poor. If you have such a belief even remotely on the fringes of your consciousness, you need to eviscerate it immediately. Let’s be completely certain about this…
“Poverty is a sin.” Charles Fillmore shocked the religious community when he made that statement decades ago. And people are still shocked, or sometimes even angry, when I affirm this still today. I think these reactions happen because people don’t understand the actual meaning of the word sin. So let’s explore that a little…
The title above references self-imposed poverty, but it could also read self-imposed sickness, failure, or misery. Because preventing yourself from becoming wealthy, healthy, successful, or happy all arise from the same root cause.
And can we please lose the 'poverty is virtuous' bullshit? Poverty causes people to lie, cheat, steal and even kill. There is nothing spiritual about it.