Comments on: Spirituality and Money http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/ Teachings on Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:16:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Davidya http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Davidya Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:09:05 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-385 Great post, Tom I agree - it is the attachment that is the root. I like to think of money as energy - the ability to do work. Lynne Twist has a great book "The Soul of Money" I have her main points back on the deep. http://in2deep.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/sufficiency/ I was also inspired by another article that illustrates how oblivious we often are to the power of our money in the choices we make when we spend it. Its surprising how unconscious we can be with that energy. Great post, Tom
I agree – it is the attachment that is the root. I like to think of money as energy – the ability to do work. Lynne Twist has a great book “The Soul of Money” I have her main points back on the deep.
http://in2deep.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/sufficiency/

I was also inspired by another article that illustrates how oblivious we often are to the power of our money in the choices we make when we spend it. Its surprising how unconscious we can be with that energy.

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Tom Stine Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:23:33 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-201 @Mike You got it. Money is a huge concern for most people. Money, relationships, health, what I like to think of as the Big 3 of spirituality and personal growth. I hope David's seminar goes well this weekend. Let me know how the Sedona Method is working for you afterwards. @Mike You got it. Money is a huge concern for most people. Money, relationships, health, what I like to think of as the Big 3 of spirituality and personal growth. I hope David’s seminar goes well this weekend. Let me know how the Sedona Method is working for you afterwards.

]]> By: Mike http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Mike Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:33:15 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-198 Hi Tom, very interesting video blog. I think this is probably the number 1 concern for many people today and how to achieve wealth and be happy at the same time. I was the one who was emailing you about going to David's seminar this weekend. Take care, Mike Hi Tom, very interesting video blog. I think this is probably the number 1 concern for many people today and how to achieve wealth and be happy at the same time. I was the one who was emailing you about going to David’s seminar this weekend. Take care, Mike

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Tom Stine Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:28:50 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-192 You know, someone directed me to a site that allows you to do closed captioning. It was very cool, but required a <em>lot</em> of time. As for transcript from voice, I actually use speech recognition software at times. It would be possible to capture the audio for a podcast or video and let the software capture the text. I would have to go through to edit/correct mistakes, which at current accuracy levels, would be about 5-15% of the transcript. In 5 years, I think the speech recognition software will <em>finally</em> be highly accurate. And, I know of a company that will do transcription for $2.50 per typed page. I'm guessing $5-10 for a 5 minute video. I might consider it when the revenue from this blog gets high enough. Until then.... :-) You know, someone directed me to a site that allows you to do closed captioning. It was very cool, but required a lot of time. As for transcript from voice, I actually use speech recognition software at times. It would be possible to capture the audio for a podcast or video and let the software capture the text. I would have to go through to edit/correct mistakes, which at current accuracy levels, would be about 5-15% of the transcript. In 5 years, I think the speech recognition software will finally be highly accurate. And, I know of a company that will do transcription for $2.50 per typed page. I’m guessing $5-10 for a 5 minute video. I might consider it when the revenue from this blog gets high enough. Until then…. :-)

]]> By: Evan http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Evan Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:08:45 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-191 Hi Tom. re video. I think providing different formats for content is a good idea. Different people prefer different media. There are things you can buy that will make a transcript from your voice. (Probably horribly expensive though). When my blog (ie. me) is a bit more settled I hope to do podcasts too. <em>Evan's last blog post..<a href='http://wellbeingandhealth.net/relationships/your-neighbour-and-your-self-which-first/' rel="nofollow">Your Neighbour and Your Self: Which First?</a></em> Hi Tom.

re video. I think providing different formats for content is a good idea. Different people prefer different media.

There are things you can buy that will make a transcript from your voice. (Probably horribly expensive though). When my blog (ie. me) is a bit more settled I hope to do podcasts too.

Evan’s last blog post..Your Neighbour and Your Self: Which First?

]]> By: Mark Krusen http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Mark Krusen Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:28:03 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-190 I don't think that money has any thing to do with being spiritual.A broke person could be just as spiritual as a rich person. In fact when Jesus said "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God". He is letting you know that with great wealth will come harder times. We are all called to be good stewards of our money. A rich man will have many, many more temptations than a poor man potentially.Let me know if you have a different take on it. <em>Mark Krusen's last blog post..<a href='http://justakrusen.blogspot.com/2008/04/justa-wondering-what-happened-frank.html' rel="nofollow">Justa wondering what happened Frank!</a></em> I don’t think that money has any thing to do with being spiritual.A broke person could be just as spiritual as a rich person. In fact when Jesus said “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God”. He is letting you know that with great wealth will come harder times. We are all called to be good stewards of our money. A rich man will have many, many more temptations than a poor man potentially.Let me know if you have a different take on it.

Mark Krusen’s last blog post..Justa wondering what happened Frank!

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Tom Stine Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:43:30 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-189 @Shilpan If I understand you correctly, you are saying that a chaste life helps to go beyond the usually negative aspects of money, ie, greed, etc. Now, a chaste life? If by chaste you mean a life that seeks a "higher" purpose, a spiritual end above all, then I agree. If you mean chaste in a very mundane sense, ie, pleasureless (no sex in many cases), then I probably will disagree. But I'm pretty certain you mean something more than that. @Shilpan If I understand you correctly, you are saying that a chaste life helps to go beyond the usually negative aspects of money, ie, greed, etc. Now, a chaste life? If by chaste you mean a life that seeks a “higher” purpose, a spiritual end above all, then I agree. If you mean chaste in a very mundane sense, ie, pleasureless (no sex in many cases), then I probably will disagree. But I’m pretty certain you mean something more than that.

]]> By: Shilpan | successsoul.com http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Shilpan | successsoul.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:21:16 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-184 Tom, Money has nexus with spirituality. I believe that chaste life leads to thoughts of creation rather than competition. A creative mind transcends all the malign associations normally related to money and thus becomes a driving force for a pure and spiritual journey. Shilpan Tom,

Money has nexus with spirituality. I believe that chaste life leads to thoughts of creation rather than competition. A creative mind transcends all the malign associations normally related to money and thus becomes a driving force for a pure and spiritual journey.

Shilpan

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Tom Stine Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:37:35 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-183 @Mark: Hey, nice suggestion. One thing I don't think I mentioned in my response to Evan is that I'm having an absolute blast making these videos. Since I'm having fun, and they could potentially reach people who don't want to read, I'm inclined to keep doing them for now. It really is a great way for me to tap into my thoughts and ideas without having to stare at the computer screen. In a couple of months, I'm hoping to do a podcast or two. I want to do a live class and record it. I used to be a classroom teacher, and I've never lost my love of talking to people live. And, Mark, thanks for thinking my written content is all I need. :-) @Mark: Hey, nice suggestion. One thing I don’t think I mentioned in my response to Evan is that I’m having an absolute blast making these videos. Since I’m having fun, and they could potentially reach people who don’t want to read, I’m inclined to keep doing them for now. It really is a great way for me to tap into my thoughts and ideas without having to stare at the computer screen. In a couple of months, I’m hoping to do a podcast or two. I want to do a live class and record it. I used to be a classroom teacher, and I’ve never lost my love of talking to people live. And, Mark, thanks for thinking my written content is all I need. :-)

]]> By: mark http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-182 mark Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:43:12 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-182 Tom.Video isn't necessarily the medium you need to use to reach your audience. Just a suggestion, why not put up a two week survey asking if your readers would like you to use video or not. For myself, your content in the written word supports itself. Tom.Video isn’t necessarily the medium you need to use to reach your audience. Just a suggestion, why not put up a two week survey asking if your readers would like you to use video or not. For myself, your content in the written word supports itself.

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Tom Stine Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:50:06 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-181 Evan, I just final "got" the tip you may or may not have intended to give me. I was only focused on the transcript suggestion. But the tip was "shorter videos are probably better." Got it. I think you are right. Unless I'm doing a "how to" video or a product review, short and sweet is probably better. Next video: 5 minutes max. I can do it. :-) Evan, I just final “got” the tip you may or may not have intended to give me. I was only focused on the transcript suggestion. But the tip was “shorter videos are probably better.” Got it. I think you are right. Unless I’m doing a “how to” video or a product review, short and sweet is probably better. Next video: 5 minutes max. I can do it. :-)

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Tom Stine Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:50 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-180 @Evan: Your points about money are good. What I meant to point out is that there has been a decidedly anti-money bias with regard to spiritual people in western religious traditions. The poor monk, the priests vows of poverty, etc. A religious, or spiritual man, must be detached from worldly things has been an almost universal mantra in spirituality until the past 100 years. And with the Secret, I might even suggest it has swung a touch too far the other direction? Maybe. As for video transcript, if I had the time I would do them. I know that you and possibly others would like to read what I say, but a part of the reason I'm doing videos is to reach an audience that would prefer to watch or listen over reading. And, I find the challenge of talking into the camera or microphone fun. It activates a whole different part of me. So, for the time being, I'm sorry but I probably won't be able to do a transcript. But I'm only going to do videos once every week or two. @Evan: Your points about money are good. What I meant to point out is that there has been a decidedly anti-money bias with regard to spiritual people in western religious traditions. The poor monk, the priests vows of poverty, etc. A religious, or spiritual man, must be detached from worldly things has been an almost universal mantra in spirituality until the past 100 years. And with the Secret, I might even suggest it has swung a touch too far the other direction? Maybe.

As for video transcript, if I had the time I would do them. I know that you and possibly others would like to read what I say, but a part of the reason I’m doing videos is to reach an audience that would prefer to watch or listen over reading. And, I find the challenge of talking into the camera or microphone fun. It activates a whole different part of me. So, for the time being, I’m sorry but I probably won’t be able to do a transcript. But I’m only going to do videos once every week or two.

]]> By: mark http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-179 mark Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:03:06 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-179 Oh no!! I agree with Evan. :) Oh no!! I agree with Evan. :)

]]> By: Evan http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Evan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:38:15 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-177 P.S. Something weird happens in the interaction between the video and the comments. If you do want to do videos please provide a transcript if they are more than a few minutes long. Most videos are time wasters for me. It is much easier for me to scan text to get the guts of the information and it is much easier to go back and find particular parts too. This would be very helpful to me (and perhaps others who are as text-centric as me). P.S. Something weird happens in the interaction between the video and the comments.

If you do want to do videos please provide a transcript if they are more than a few minutes long. Most videos are time wasters for me. It is much easier for me to scan text to get the guts of the information and it is much easier to go back and find particular parts too. This would be very helpful to me (and perhaps others who are as text-centric as me).

]]> By: Evan http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Evan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:36:01 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-176 Hi Tom, Some comments. 2. Money is not only a medium of exchange. It is also a store of value. And this leads to the questions of compassion and how these resources are used. 1. Equating money with spirituality is not new. This is part of the story or Job. And Jesus said that those who follow God will be rewarded a hundred-fold in this world. This is quite different to some of the Hindu and Buddhist tradition. Even the most devout christian monks are allowed to touch money. Hi Tom,

Some comments.
2. Money is not only a medium of exchange. It is also a store of value. And this leads to the questions of compassion and how these resources are used.

1. Equating money with spirituality is not new. This is part of the story or Job. And Jesus said that those who follow God will be rewarded a hundred-fold in this world. This is quite different to some of the Hindu and Buddhist tradition. Even the most devout christian monks are allowed to touch money.

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Tom Stine Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:32:15 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-175 Mark, you are preaching to the choir. While making money always gets all the attention, spending money is where it's at. It was almost a revelation to me when I realized that over the years my issue wasn't making money, it was spending money. I've been amazingly blessed that money always seems to come to me, maybe not in huge quantities, but still, it comes. But spending, well, that used to be the bane of my existence. I'm still on the lookout for ways to be frugal. Not cheap, but frugal. What do I really need? What do I really enjoy? What simply clutters and confuses my life? I think I know a post for this series of videos: spending money. Thanks! Mark, you are preaching to the choir. While making money always gets all the attention, spending money is where it’s at. It was almost a revelation to me when I realized that over the years my issue wasn’t making money, it was spending money. I’ve been amazingly blessed that money always seems to come to me, maybe not in huge quantities, but still, it comes. But spending, well, that used to be the bane of my existence. I’m still on the lookout for ways to be frugal. Not cheap, but frugal. What do I really need? What do I really enjoy? What simply clutters and confuses my life? I think I know a post for this series of videos: spending money. Thanks!

]]> By: mark http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-174 mark Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:19:59 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-174 Tom this is an interesting discussion. I am posting on Thursday about the amount of money I lost in the last year because of my knee injury. Your right money is just a tool to get what you want. In MHO you don't have to have money to be happy. As you can see if you go to my post we can live on far less than we make if we really think about what we're spending the money on. Tom this is an interesting discussion. I am posting on Thursday about the amount of money I lost in the last year because of my knee injury. Your right money is just a tool to get what you want. In MHO you don’t have to have money to be happy. As you can see if you go to my post we can live on far less than we make if we really think about what we’re spending the money on.

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Tom Stine Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:49:44 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-173 @Alex: Welcome! Always nice to have a new reader, or viewer in this case. Glad you enjoyed what you've seen so far. You said something interesting: getting in touch with yourself. You know, really and truly, if spirituality is anything, it is exploring the nature of your SELF. Too often it is perceived as a journey toward "the divine" or "God" or whatever, some higher mystical power outside of ourselves. But funny how whenever we seriously endeavor to go within, we end up finding something "divine" inside. Again, welcome, and glad to have you joining in the fun! @Alex: Welcome! Always nice to have a new reader, or viewer in this case. Glad you enjoyed what you’ve seen so far. You said something interesting: getting in touch with yourself. You know, really and truly, if spirituality is anything, it is exploring the nature of your SELF. Too often it is perceived as a journey toward “the divine” or “God” or whatever, some higher mystical power outside of ourselves. But funny how whenever we seriously endeavor to go within, we end up finding something “divine” inside.

Again, welcome, and glad to have you joining in the fun!

]]> By: Alex | Livingwish http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Alex | Livingwish Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:09:56 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-172 Tom, I'm a new guy here, and like the content a lot - lots of interesting perspectives I have not thought about before. On topic, it's very sad that most schools do not teach people anything about spirituality of finance, but rather teach them how to be good employees. I believe getting in touch with yourself and learning money are the major things that will turn you into an employer, and get you out of the rat race. I'm looking forward to more content, and will subscribe via a feed when I get home. Alex Tom, I’m a new guy here, and like the content a lot – lots of interesting perspectives I have not thought about before. On topic, it’s very sad that most schools do not teach people anything about spirituality of finance, but rather teach them how to be good employees. I believe getting in touch with yourself and learning money are the major things that will turn you into an employer, and get you out of the rat race.

I’m looking forward to more content, and will subscribe via a feed when I get home.

Alex

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Tom Stine Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:21:21 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-171 @Clay, thanks for the compliment! I agree: spirituality too often avoids the problem of "the world we see and touch and feel." Even the great sages had to eat and drink and take care of life. To my mind, things work better the more limitless we become, and the focus of life quits being obtaining more. But to put our head in the sand? I know a lot of spiritual folks, myself included, probably got into spirituality as a way to <i>avoid</i> dealing with real world issues. God bless us! Again, thanks for the comment! @Clay, thanks for the compliment! I agree: spirituality too often avoids the problem of “the world we see and touch and feel.” Even the great sages had to eat and drink and take care of life. To my mind, things work better the more limitless we become, and the focus of life quits being obtaining more. But to put our head in the sand? I know a lot of spiritual folks, myself included, probably got into spirituality as a way to avoid dealing with real world issues. God bless us!

Again, thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Clay Collins | The Growing Life http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Clay Collins | The Growing Life Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:04:03 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-170 Thanks for this interesting topic. I think that any solid spiritual approach, if it is truly robust, should not ignore money (or how we deal with resources). To the extent possible, I would hope that a spiritual approach to life would be a "theory of everything." Great food for thought, Tom. Thanks for this interesting topic. I think that any solid spiritual approach, if it is truly robust, should not ignore money (or how we deal with resources). To the extent possible, I would hope that a spiritual approach to life would be a “theory of everything.”

Great food for thought, Tom.

]]> By: Tom Stine http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Tom Stine Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:34:24 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-169 Hey Mark, take care of yourself! Check back when you can. No need to watch the video until you are able. I'm glad to have a very faithful reader. Hey Mark, take care of yourself! Check back when you can. No need to watch the video until you are able. I’m glad to have a very faithful reader.

]]> By: mark http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-167 mark Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:24:49 +0000 http://tomstine.com/spirituality-and-money/#comment-167 Tom, just wanted to say high! That's what I am right now. I might have to up the dose on what I'm taking, to soon to know for sure. I tried to watch your tape I just can't sit still or concentrate long enough to stay in my seat. Sorry. :) Tom, just wanted to say high! That’s what I am right now. I might have to up the dose on what I’m taking, to soon to know for sure. I tried to watch your tape I just can’t sit still or concentrate long enough to stay in my seat. Sorry. :)

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