Money & Spirituality

For many, many years I refused to receive money from anyone. I wouldn’t even physically touch it if someone wanted to give me money. It wasn’t until I was totally broke and unable to pay for food and rent that I realized something was seriously wrong and needed changing! It doesn’t feel good to be without food and on the verge of being kicked out of your home. This video aims to show the ‘middle path’. Enjoy.

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The Story Behind this video
I received this message on facebook and was inspired to record this video:

“I have a couple of acquaintances attached with your Superhero training program that seem to get a lot out of the experience; however, I am curious regarding the moral conundrum of selling Dharma, idealism, and “The Way”. Aren’t these things free in nature. Who, in this universe, do you believe you are to exert ownership over bliss, Love, and freedom? I am no nay saying “tool”. I am genuinely curious, as I have seen some of the positive affect of your program. Why involve money or line your own pockets to proliferate Truth? Please tell me your thoughts. I have, on many occasions, pondered beginning a free of charge program similar, though not identical, to yours, and I am feeling out where people come from. I appreciate your time and consideration.

Here is what someone who just watched this video had to say about it:

I just watched this video that you sent to my hotmail. First of all, I adore your style. Between the title and the opener, I had a good chuckle.

Your integrity is self evident and in my opinion you are cut from the same cloth as Ron Paul. You answered a question that often comes from people who are truly unclear about the question they asked. Your reply provided an incredible level of clarity on the issue and your integrity shined forth.

Progress report: Thanks to your I Am Wealth meditation alone I have completely changed my life situation. That meditation is as simple as a recipe for baking a cake. It completely works! I am 60-years old. I no longer have to deliver pizzas for a living, something that at my age and in my physical condition was a hard labor job with all the dish washing and food prep involving long hours of standing on my feet. I no longer have to supplement that work with online transcription that pays $0.08/line which works out to $5 an hour while building enormous stress trying to figure out what people with various speech defects are saying.

I am currently facilitating the happiness of a New Age friend who is also plugged into growing peace through sowing love. My background was one of being washed up as a whistle blower who refused to commit white collar felonies in exchange for a fat paycheck. I was legal support staff: sometimes secretary, sometimes paralegal and that last job was in a Fortune 500 legal department.

This New Age friend is a senior paralegal who has arranged a sweet deal for herself over the last 5 years working from home at top dollar. She has the sense to realize that lots of money is not necessarily as valuable as having the time to pursue that which in her view is worthwhile in life. So over the years she hired college students for 1/3 of her pay to crank out the majority of the work which she spent only half the time supervising.

A couple of months ago, she offered me the job at 1/2 her pay because of my proven abilities so that, after training, she can turn the work 100% over to me except for when she must have contact with the firm or clients. This way, we share her paycheck, she is totally free to pursue spiritual and political pursuits and I am finally making enough money to have abundance and freedom once I stabilize financially in a couple of months. She is even monitoring my money to provide advances to make sure I’m not behind on my bills until my income stabilizes.

In the process, by advancing me the required deposit, she helped me to move from the northwest San Fernando Valley to just west of Marina Del Rey only 5 miles from the ocean as opposed to 22 miles in fulfillment of my lifelong desire to live by the ocean. The room I rent is twice the size of my last one in an incredibly magnificent house for an amazingly low price and I even have a private balcony. It is so fine, I have to keep pinching myself in disbelief.

I am telling you this because this remarkable change is a direct and proximate result of my visualizations during my I Am Wealth meditations. This is the fruit of your spiritual gift to me. Yes, you do indeed offer your finest products for free. By enabling me to know abundance and prosperity, by relieving me of physical pain, emotional anxiety, and mental stress, I will eventually be able to take that wonderful vacation to Hawaii I dreamed of all my life, not to just lie around on the beach and shop, but to also make it a spiritually productive vacation by enrolling in your Super Hero training. I’ve lost sight over the decades of what I can commit to in order to make a worthwhile contribution to this world in this lifetime. It was lost through decades of focus on survival; always wondering where my next meal is coming from and if I will have a roof over my head. I no longer need to focus on that. I can now focus on making a worthwhile contribution to our collective consciousness.

You made all this possible for me, Michael, and you did it for free. You did it out of love and I love you for being the person you are. If I were your mother I would be very proud of you.

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Comments & Love

b

everything has a price, instruction is definitely one of them. it is very humble of You to address this but people need to understand that You need to make a living too, if You were to sacrifice time and energy into making a seperate living You may not have the space in your life to help so many people and put so much energy into it. Alot of people dont understand an offering of respect. these folks obviously need instruction or they wouldnt be seeking it. you need to eat well and self preserve so that your healthy and can keep doin what your doing. its a trade off, at this day in age You need cash to pay your bills, value for value. dont let this distract you, but thank you for addressing it. if i cold afford to come hang with you guys in Hawaii id come soak it up, but since i cant i learn at my own pace for free. maybe if people checked out the free stuff first and realize how much they benifit from it, they may appriciate the more intensive personal Superhero Training. Thanks for being! and know You are appriciated!!!
Jill W

Michael,
I have personally spoke with you a few months ago. I know you are a very caring person. I do not believe that any one should expect you to do everything for free. How would you live? Eat? Honestly, it would be wonderful if you were able to help people for free, I just don’t see how you can do all of it with out charging a fee. With that said keep doing what you do- you are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help. With love, Jill
leigh

Dear Michael,
I love you too! The interesting thing about this video and the essence of the training you offer is that it is at-one, meaning that the shift in the current paradigm involves shifting our ideas around “value”, “equal exchange” and the “reciprocal nature of giving and receving”. The societal norm has become jaded in both dualities, toward greed and toward poverty (that spiritualism and those who teach it should take some sort of poverty vow, etc). It is difficicult for those of us who give the spiritual teachings to heal our own issues with the age old notion that being paid for it is somehow wrong–so your video is spot on. And to the idea that it is selling Dharma etc, it is not the selling of “Truth” it is the “teaching and instruction and coachingz” that is what is being exchanged for equal value, as you so beautifully stated. You are on the mark, your content is highly relevant, and I appreciate your heart. When I can heal my own issues with money so that I can commmand equal compensation for the holistic coaching that I offer as a practitioner, I will be looking forward to passing on that value toward your superhero training–It is in my future. xxoo Leigh
Ashley

Great video, Michael! Anastasia from The Ringing Cedars books lives without need of money or material exchange. But I know of only one of her. In the present world, no, I don’t have an idea for how *most people* desiring to *impact the mainstream* could live without dollars-and-cents income.
Fiona

Dear Brother Michael,
Over the last year I have got to know you through superhero training and the other trainings you offer. During this time I can honestly share that the value you offer in these training’s and the benefit’s I receive in connecting with you and the superhero community are priceless!
I happily exchange money for these experiences as this is the currency our world recognises at this time…maybe in future this will not be the case but for now it-is.
Through your example I continue to be inspired to step-up myself in service to other’s,which is very different to other courses I have taken where the focus even under a title of being “conscious” or “spiritual” is really focused towards generating income for the people teaching the courses and for those attending the training. What I truly appreciate about superhero training is the focus is not on generating income but of being on a mission, fulfilling your purpose in the world. This concept in itself is more valuable than “money” but what you do in the training is lead us into action so we are not living in a conceptual state of mind but in one of being in-action. (That is after all what superheroes do they take action! often in disguise and are not ego driven in the process)
For me money is not a taboo subject I like to be open about it especially as I have learned a lot about how to manage money and allow it to flow and not having had a secure foundation with money as a child I want my children to have a good relationship with money whilst it is the currency of choice in our world. In order to have a good relationship that requires communication so thankyou for bringing up this topic with us all.
Some ideas for you towards being able to do this work in the world without charging for services could be..seeking a grant or sponsorship or be supported by someone who believes in the value of your work and has the resources to support you doing this important work.
When I am financially free I will happily support any of your programs and until that day is reality if I can support you in seeking any funding by sharing in testimonial please don’t hesitate to ask.
Thanks for all you do for us all…
Much Love & Blessings
Fiona