USF The Money Cycle
Chapter Two - The Money Cycle
"Teacher, I hear what you say about the gift each of us brings - but there is not enough money for every one to have what they need."
"So you think that what people need is money?"
"No teacher, but it takes money to get what people need."
"Why does it take money, my student? Why can't we just make what we need?"
"I do not understand teacher."
"Remember this my student; the goal of life is life itself. If we think the goal is money, then life will suffer. Making money is taking nature's resources and making it into something else. We call these financial resources - and these financial resources often have no where to go except to make more of themselves. The natural balance requires that these financial resources be cycled back into nature's resources."
and the teacher continued, "A business is an organization for the purpose of converting resources into financial resources. A family is an organization for the purpose of converting financial resources back into living resources. But, we are out of balance. Families cannot compete with corporations to fully complete the cycle. We need more powerful organizations in our communities to help convert financial resources back into resources to produce the things that people need."
"But teacher, will that not take money?"
"No my student. It will take more bridges - and the money will follow."
"Now we are back to bridges?, said the student."
"Of course, always one thing is related to another - and everything is related to everything else. Tell me, what is it that people need?"
And the student said, "Well, people need food, they need to stay warm."
And the teacher said, "Yes, and they need clean water, and basic health care. Those are things we need to survive. What do people need to express their gift?"
"I see teacher. People need information about the world so they can find out where they fit?"
"That is good insight my student. But information is not enough - when you can use information to accomplish some task we will call that knowledge - when you can understand the flow of gifts across all the bridges we will call that wisdom, because, then you will be able to see the gifts that are not being realized and know where we need more bridges."
See also Resources are not Scarce
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