Here’s an excerpt from a message received by one of my clients from someone on her email list…
“I don’t know who is coaching you on this, but for us its such a turnoff… You have been guided in your own life passion to re-discover some truths. Share them freely and abundantly. It is your gift back to Life Herself. Do not hoard them, then try to sell them. It goes against Universal law.”
You know what I advised her to reply? Tell the prospect: “Sorry, but we don’t believe in communism!”
Look at her email. That’s exactly what she is promoting. She says my client should share her information “freely and abundantly.” She goes on to say, “do not hoard them, then try to sell them.”
She wants a download link,
not a sales offer
Sounds like communism to me.
You’ll always receive email messages like these. The web is full of people who want everything for free.
No wonder. Look at the way our government is more and more spoon feeding society from the cradle to the grave. Even before the cradle! A healthy women can’t even have a baby without a medical doctor hovering over her. It is assumed nature will go wrong or the baby will be born diseased.
The last few generations have grown believing that society should take care of them and they are entitled to food, shelter, cable TV….
People who focus on business
(i.e. working hard)
to hoard (i.e. save) money
are evil
The above message holds a lot of twisted truths.
In the case of my client, she has spent thousands of dollars, traveled to many countries and 23 years of her life practicing in her clinic, to gain her specialized knowledge. It wasn’t given to her freely. Anybody who expects her to give it back freely probably still lives with mommy and daddy, on welfare or off the support of a spouse.
But, as Dan Kennedy says, if you haven’t offended someone by 12pm with your marketing, you are doing something wrong.
Tomorrow, I’ll write more about this complainers view about the “law of abundance.” I think it’s twisted to accommodate a lazy and self-centered way of living.
She’s welcome to her beliefs and opinions. If she wants to believe in a communistic sort of society, that’s fine by me. Maybe she’s right. But, I have my own opinion about the law of abundance and I’ll share it with you tomorrow.
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May 8th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
That response isn’t surprising given all of the issues our society has around money… and specifically, spirituality/health and money.
People are conditioned to believe that work and spirituality are separate. We’re taught that giving is separate from receiving.
I know because I’ve had to do a LOT of inner work to allow myself to sell a spiritual ebook online - I struggled with feeling like I “should” give it away.
But then I realized that if I always give away my creative endeavors, and only receive income for work that is not creative… then I’m setting myself up for unhappiness and disaster.
Money is just one form of energy exchange in this world. If I thought people would send me organic apples and bananas, I’d happily trade those for my ebook instead!
May 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
John,
This is a huge problem in chiropractic. Many docs will reduce their fees or give away “scholarships” away, just so more people can “experience the benefits of chiropractic”.
While this keeps the doctor busy, and makes the practice sound like it’s seeing a lot of visits, it really just leads to burnout. Or worse bankruptcy.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:11 am
John
Spirituality and work are not separate. Neither is giving separate from receiving. These are loops which are connected.
The truth is that we are too entrenched in this loop and are time bound , so it is best to follow the norms and keep moving. When receiving and giving entails a payment it behoves one to do so. There are no free lunches and everything in life is to be earned.
Having said that I can safely add that chiropracting is all about learning to live with your body and know that pain and suffering are the acid tests to know the strength and trials of endurance you can withstand. If you pass this litmus test there are no stoppages…
I am all for truth. No matter what it takes…