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Welcome to the Boards Gean!!! I have never heard of any of those people before but thought it was an interesting topic! I think this is a great place to post this topic so... Welcome and good luck!

Personally, I don't think "God" wants us to suffer in poverty and misery. The Unity Church teaches prosperity (I'm not a member but it's probably the only church I would consider joining at this stage in my life).

Wherever your spiritual path is taking you, I believe it's possible to have it all as long as you don't see the money and material things being an end in themselves. You can do lots of very good things for others with money. If you have no financial problems, you are also more free to create-perhaps write a book or volunteer.

Having financial freedom can be a very good thing for a person's spiritual path.

Besides, think how much negative energy comes from worrying about finances! If you want positive energy in your life, you have to feel safe and secure.

you know i was thinking about this topic last night. I think having it all would bring about complacency we would fail to grow and learn because if we had everything that we ever wanted then why learn and grow? if there was no more questions to find answers to then why be curious? if we knew everything then why learn? and if we where wealthy and had the house, car and things we wanted and all the money that we needed to love many many years after our own death then why work? and if everyone else had everything and we did not have to worry about them or help then why be charitble? why be friends with people who dont need you? I was just thinking that it is the hardships in life that bring out the best in real friends....

also if you we're the only one that had everything you ever wanted then you would feel suppior to others and think well I did it so can they Iam tired of helping or you would feel guilty because you had everything and no one else does.... I would hate that.

Having everything you want doesn't really mean there's nothing left to strive for. I think we develop new goals and set higher benchmarks for ourselves when we achieve one goal.

I didn't take "having it all" to mean only money or possessions. I'd say to me having it all is also about a happy family, being able to make a living the way I want to (whether I make a fortune at it or not), using what I have to help others and teaching my kids to do the same.

"why be friends with people who don't need you?" I don't think my friends really "need" me, I wouldn't want them to. We have a mutual relationship where we support each other but I woudn't want to be friends with someone based on need alone.

Part of having it all to me is feeling grateful and humble, not letting it make you feel superior to others. I'd like to help them make their lives more fulfilling too.

Stacy

cool I was just thinking out loud about what could go wrong with having it all. Would it change our personality and the way we see other or our selves? that kinda thing.... even if you take out the money factor the same would be true if you had the perfect health, body, weight ect...or the perfect family mom dad husband wife kids brother sisters ect.... if you reach your highest goals and everything is perfect then what else is there?

I think the way the human mind works, there would always be a new goal. Have you read any Abraham books by Ester Hicks? They say that each new desire causes the Universe to expand and each new desire creates another and another. It's the way people grow on their spiritual path.

Just having new desires doesn't mean financial or material ones but any desire we might have.

I have never heard or read of the books but they sound interesting!
so lets say that all the financial and material and mental and intelectual and emotional and spiritual and physical disires were met completely. What new disires would we create? (btw this could go on for ever with the questions... I just like to pick your brain!)

I think it's only possible to meet CURRENT desires. How can you know what your desire will be a month from now? How can you know that once you meet one desire, it won't spawn many more you haven't even thought of yet!

Great question!

You should really check out the Abraham books if you are at all into the law of attraction or the metaphysical. Ask and it is Given is another good one by them.

That is a great answer! you can plan ahead and puzzle over it but you can never expect the unexpected! I think it is interesting that we worry about what our needs will be if we dont meet our needs and wants of to day. we can clearly see what may go wrong but we never think about what may go wrong if we have all our needs met. (did that come out right?) If I want a husband and i dont get one I can see a life alone and no one to love... but if i do get a husband i dont think ahead about how this could change my life for the worst. the husband i find may not like my husband that i have! lol he may have bad habits or a mother in law that is evil or a sister in law that I would hate!!!

ok so its not the best exapmle in the world but... how about this one. I wanted a gameboy when they first came out they were $$$ so my mother would not let me have one. I saved the money to get one and i baught it! then I wanted games and the games were still $$$ and they were hard to find because well the gameboy that i had saved for and wanted so badly was now out of date so the only game i could get was supper mario brother... I was so misserible because i had wanted the game boy for this other game that i could not get anymore. I like any child... did not think ahead at this delema. all i saw was fun filled time waster and lots of good fun and me winning the record for beating the game with the highest score!!! and how my life would be boring and empty with out this game if i did not get it.

I think that is how we see life and most of our wants and disires. ok I am going to go now before i dig this whole any deeper.