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Saturday, 13 August 2016
MONEY FARM AND ITS NEW ANIMATION
This was such fun to create!
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
MONEY FARM - THE POWERFUL WHY
MONEY FARM – THE POWERFUL WHY
I had a suspicion that the financial industry concealed an
entirely different world within their financial fortresses. That world was
purposely inaccessible to the average person. That world seemed exclusive,
complex and purposely incomprehensible. I wondered how that hidden world
related to the persuasion to overspend and generate credit card debt as ‘normal’
through being bombarded by endless adverts perpetuating dissatisfaction. By
penetrating the financial walls Money Farm became a vision of the future.
Access to the ‘behind the financial scenes’ provided perfect insights into what
could happen if a financial power dominated the markets and took control of
governments.
This book was powerfully translated into audio by Helen
Lloyd, a remarkable audio producer. She was purposely selected as the voice of
Money Farm because of her passion and extraordinary ability to impart the story
so it resonated with the core of the readers’ being.
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Monday, 14 September 2015
The Money Farm Chapter 0-1
MONEY FARM
In celebration of The Money Farm being released on audio and in paperback I will be posting chapters on consecutive days during the working week with a link to hear the audio. I genuinely hope you enjoy what you read and hear and desire to share my writing with your friends:) I want to thank Helen Lloyd for doing such a fantastic job on the audio. I have worked with some phenomenal audio producers over the last year and will be sharing samples of the other books too over the next weeks.
The Money Farm
by
RUBY ALLURE
(on behalf of the author)
When did you buy into buying?
How did debt become a viable option?
CHAPTER 0
Truth: Everyone is connected through money.
What would happen if money ceased to exist overnight?
What would you do? How would you survive?
Three years from now: at one minute past midnight, on
the first day of the year, the financial plague would be activated.
The
M.O.N.E.Y. farm digitally sneezed and infected all accounts. Since trillions of
dollars-worth of financial digital money messages moved around the globe in a
day, within three years every account on the planet would be infected. That was
the plan. It was just a matter of time before the whole world would recognise the
viral symptoms, and at that point it would be too late.
With one
month until financial detonation, the M.O.N.E.Y. farm, simply known as money,
withdrew its bridges and sailed its financial platforms to a remote area close
to Iceland. All manner of simulated chaos had been anticipated. It was just a
matter of waiting for the world to be ready to listen to M.O.N.E.Y. and the new
Financial World Order. In the meantime, it continued to self-sufficiently do
business as usual, knowing that every financial pillar in the world would
collapse. At least, that was what it intended.
PART 1
CHAPTER 1
A BROKEN SYSTEM
Three sentences - the catalyst for complete change:-
If money was the root of all evil then what did that
make those partaking in the system?
Were we all unwittingly evil or was the money concept
evil?
What was the alternative?
The principal coughed and shattered
my churning thoughts. He turned from his archaic filing cabinet, trudged across
the brown leathered room and then plonked down on his worn seat. He studied me
for a short while and arranged some official looking papers. He carried the
aroma of ‘old man’s musty aftershave’ with a hint of lemon.
“Gillian I am going say this as best as I can… I’m sorry but the
government funding for your lecturing post has dried up. The paper you wrote on
Reactance, Resistance, Reflexivity and Reversal in times of financial and
social hardship didn’t go down well… at all… with anyone… on the board.” The
principal paused, stared at the papers and sucked his lip through his teeth. He
sounded like an emptying plughole. “So… we are going to have let you go.” He
shuffled paper, re-aligned silver pens, and peered over his black-rimmed
spectacles.
The sound of my clawing nails over leather filled the stagnant
atmosphere. The heat of the blush accompanied by stunned silence and gritted
teeth was enough. What could I say? He had always reminded me of an elephant
seal with glasses. I glared at the ceiling spotlights shining on his
heart-shaped bald patch. My fists clenched, my stomach folded and I scrutinized
the five stunted hairs traversing his scalp combed from left to right.
Thirty-two illuminated specks of dandruff sat in the curve of his pinstriped
lapel. Twenty-seven hairs poked from the top of his crisp white shirt. There
were two shaving accidents on the left side of his face, one half-healed. I
distracted myself with patterns when the reality was that the institution had
taken for granted all my years of hard work. The paper was a warning of what
was to come. Were they oblivious or were they caught in the mass persuasion
mania? Who actually wanted to face they were the product of their conditioning?
Who wanted their life-value equated to figures in a bank account? That paper
was not written for approval from a board of grey people who talked with
haughty taught accents! It was inspired by a vision and evidenced by research.
Obviously they did not know about the latter because one could never
rationalize inspiration or intuition. That was for mad people.
The sound of a diver’s ventilator filled the atmosphere. My deep
breaths were punctured by the aroma of dark wood and lacquer. I could hear my
heart pounding in my throat, yet I couldn’t say a thing.
He stared. Waiting.
Three sentences had ended an era. My silk-lined rut intended to eject
me into the unknown during a time of financial unrest. I stood silently to
leave. With my throat fully constricted, what was there to say? They would soon
find out that intuition combined with true analysis resulted in unpopular findings.
Unfortunately no-one wanted to hear or acknowledge what was inevitable. The
preservative imbued bread and elaborate digital circuses kept the mass
hypnotized, fascinated them with subliminal messaging and towing the indebted
line. Time was running out.
LINK TO HEAR ON AUDIO - SOUND CLOUD
Narration - Helen Lloyd - Kick A$$!
Really Great Narration - Brits and Aussies and Germans and more. Lovely voice to listen to and she even captured the rather robotic nature of the cult-like members of the Money Farm.
This is a really terrific book - and is it bad that for the majority of the book I was thinking "sign me up!" (or at least sign up one of my grand-kids and let me move into one of the retirement neighborhoods).
The Money's are all 'their best selves' due to the nutrition and fitness requirements along with a few other treatments along the way which are tailored to each individual and allow them to reach their full potential. All their needs are met, they have no debts, no worries, they are appreciated and they all live in really nice digs. (like I said...sign me up!)
It's a smartly written and thought provoking book of a Dystopian/Eutopian society where our heroine Jyllian finds her-self jobless with her savings running out. She ends up being selected to join the M.O.N.E.Y.'s as a "breaker" because of her intelligent & rebellious way of thinking. She is to challenge their systems and find ways to break them, all in the name of making them better.
The story follows her and a few other select characters through their introduction to Money, their training, their indoctrination and ultimately through their discovery of what Money's goals really are.
I can't really say much more without giving away too much, but I thought it was a really terrific book. It was hard for me to 'get into it' in the beginning, but I plan to listen to the start again.
It's smartly written and filled with intricate details about these two "worlds". Really an interesting book about the state of the worlds finances! Loved it! I'm actually stunned that I'm only the second review of this book on Goodreads. READ or LISTEN to it! It's a keeper!
I received a copy of this audiobook free of charge from Audiobookblast in exchange for an unbiased review.
Really Great Narration - Brits and Aussies and Germans and more. Lovely voice to listen to and she even captured the rather robotic nature of the cult-like members of the Money Farm.
This is a really terrific book - and is it bad that for the majority of the book I was thinking "sign me up!" (or at least sign up one of my grand-kids and let me move into one of the retirement neighborhoods).
The Money's are all 'their best selves' due to the nutrition and fitness requirements along with a few other treatments along the way which are tailored to each individual and allow them to reach their full potential. All their needs are met, they have no debts, no worries, they are appreciated and they all live in really nice digs. (like I said...sign me up!)
It's a smartly written and thought provoking book of a Dystopian/Eutopian society where our heroine Jyllian finds her-self jobless with her savings running out. She ends up being selected to join the M.O.N.E.Y.'s as a "breaker" because of her intelligent & rebellious way of thinking. She is to challenge their systems and find ways to break them, all in the name of making them better.
The story follows her and a few other select characters through their introduction to Money, their training, their indoctrination and ultimately through their discovery of what Money's goals really are.
I can't really say much more without giving away too much, but I thought it was a really terrific book. It was hard for me to 'get into it' in the beginning, but I plan to listen to the start again.
It's smartly written and filled with intricate details about these two "worlds". Really an interesting book about the state of the worlds finances! Loved it! I'm actually stunned that I'm only the second review of this book on Goodreads. READ or LISTEN to it! It's a keeper!
I received a copy of this audiobook free of charge from Audiobookblast in exchange for an unbiased review.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
"M.O.N.E.Y. is bad? This book is not!"
So Money Farm by Ruby Allure was a surprise! When i REALLY did not read things about this book i review for Audiobook Blast, i sometimes get books i don't know something about. BTW: I read 99% about the books i want to review, but this book i can't remember i did that for. Anyways: This was a nice surprise, and i think it is one of those books that is better the second time you read it. No joke! I listen to this twice before i made this! Money Farm makes you thin, and who does not like to hear a book that makes you think? It is a awesome book, that i will recommend to all that likes audiobooks, and really to people that does not!
Helen Lloyd english accent f its the topic like a glow and a hand! Her "lady like" voice is so cold, and clair i feel that the author made this book thinking that Helen Lloyd would read it out loud! That is how i feel those two fits together! The 2 times 14 hrs and 6 mins i spend with her never feels boring or uninteresting! I would love to spend it again, and i will because this book i will hear again, and again, even when it is 14 hrs and 6 mins long! That is saying something!
I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com
Helen Lloyd english accent f its the topic like a glow and a hand! Her "lady like" voice is so cold, and clair i feel that the author made this book thinking that Helen Lloyd would read it out loud! That is how i feel those two fits together! The 2 times 14 hrs and 6 mins i spend with her never feels boring or uninteresting! I would love to spend it again, and i will because this book i will hear again, and again, even when it is 14 hrs and 6 mins long! That is saying something!
I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
"Incredibly thought provoking..."
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes I would, the author has written an extremely interesting book, with a good story, and the narrator Helen Lloyd brings it to life brilliantly.
What did you like best about this story?
I like the way it made you think about the way normal everyday life is here and now, and the future...
Have you listened to any of Helen Lloyd’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have never listened to Helen Lloyd narrating before. However, she narrated this fairly long audiobook brilliantly. Although a story, the content was very intense and thought provoking, however, her lovely smooth voice was very easy to listen to and I thought it was just perfect, a fascinating book wonderfully narrated.
Any additional comments?
This was a fascinating book, deep and very thought provoking, it made you wonder…
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Money and Your Value as a Human Being...
What inanimate object can determine your life decisions, your attitude to yourself and how you relate to others? What object can evoke, fear, worry and a sense of feeling controlled?
With the above in mind: If money is how you value yourself then how can you value yourself more without money as the gauge? How can you demonstrate your true value to yourself? What makes you feel rich inside? Well these are some questions that have crossed my mind since writing Money Farm and having it turned into an audio book by the brilliant Helen Lloyd. The thing that I have realised is that so many people often feel that their intrinsic value is directly proportionate to how much money is sitting in their bank account. Those that are in debt often experience a sense of financial shame. They feel worthless because they are stuck in financial ruts that they can see no way out of. When I was researching the debt figures related to Money Farm I heard the expression 'Nillionaire' - someone who has little or no money. That expression, albeit amusing, made me think of how many Nillionaires there are in the world. Can you imagine someone saying that person over there is a Nillionaire? How many would be proud of that title instead the tar of shame would be coated upon them.
Whilst writing Money Farm I looked at other systems of exchange and it dawned on me, in times gone past, when we had to eat we went out to hunt. We caught food and ate it - we cut out the 'money' as a middle man. When we needed other forms of food we traded. Values were applied to grain, cloth and other goods. I wondered how the world would exist without actual money and looked at alternative spheres of exchange and how values were applied. It was all so fascinating yet the truth is culture and civilisation need an exchange mechanism. We can't all take to the forests and hunt or forage. The truth is we need that exchange concept, although that exchange mechanism does not need to be intrinsic to the person. Money is not the extension of self, instead, it is simply a tool that can be invested, accumulated or spent. Once emotion and attachment is removed from the financial equation then there is a sense of liberation. Once you stop being your money and your money stops being you then that is where the fun begins. I am not saying stop earning money, what I am saying is that you are more than your money. You are a phenomenal person existing in time and space. I am sure that if you asked your soul what you were worth then it would not determine it in terms of money.
With that in mind, I will ask the question: how you can you value yourself without having money as a device for your self value? How can you demonstrate your own vast value to yourself without applying the concept of money? Finally how can you feel rich inside so that is shines into the world?
Enjoy:)
Answer: Money.
If you think about it most of our life's decisions are based on the Money concept. Can we do this or that because we have the money? Do we have a enough money to buy the house, the clothes, pay the bills or the buy the car? The unfortunate truth is the money concept carries a value and that value merges with your 'self.' Money correlates to freedom and experience. Consider this - what if money were shells. Would you care how many shells were sitting in a pile? Would you work yourself to the extreme to accumulate a shell? Would you desperately need to show off your shells to others? When you shift the object of value then you realise how ridiculous the illusion is that we have been persuaded with. Yes money makes the world go round but that is because we believe that is so.Whilst writing Money Farm I looked at other systems of exchange and it dawned on me, in times gone past, when we had to eat we went out to hunt. We caught food and ate it - we cut out the 'money' as a middle man. When we needed other forms of food we traded. Values were applied to grain, cloth and other goods. I wondered how the world would exist without actual money and looked at alternative spheres of exchange and how values were applied. It was all so fascinating yet the truth is culture and civilisation need an exchange mechanism. We can't all take to the forests and hunt or forage. The truth is we need that exchange concept, although that exchange mechanism does not need to be intrinsic to the person. Money is not the extension of self, instead, it is simply a tool that can be invested, accumulated or spent. Once emotion and attachment is removed from the financial equation then there is a sense of liberation. Once you stop being your money and your money stops being you then that is where the fun begins. I am not saying stop earning money, what I am saying is that you are more than your money. You are a phenomenal person existing in time and space. I am sure that if you asked your soul what you were worth then it would not determine it in terms of money.
With that in mind, I will ask the question: how you can you value yourself without having money as a device for your self value? How can you demonstrate your own vast value to yourself without applying the concept of money? Finally how can you feel rich inside so that is shines into the world?
Enjoy:)
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Money and its Power
Money really is a curious entity in itself. We spend our
lives earning money to enable us to do things and have things. To do this we
exchange the hours of our life, quite often doing things that we don’t love, to
do what we do love. My other favourite is that we exchange our time to have
things to make us feel good yet often feel guilty for spending money on a
luxury. Consider this – we earn money to buy a house so we can go to work to
earn money to pay for the house. We work to pay for a holiday to rest from the work we do to enable us to pay for that holiday. I know… In the next few weeks I intend to
write a series of blogs that explore the money concepts and hopefully shift some
perspectives.
You may wonder where this has come from – well since Money
Farm was released on audio last week, I have received a few ‘testing’ questions
on money, belief systems and persuasion. With this in mind, maybe it is time I ‘blogaciously’
explored money as a symbol in hope to inspire and provide thought-provoking
questions. In the meantime – is there anything you would like me to consider in
the next Money-centric blogs? A couple of the themes I have been asked to look at is money
and emotion, attachment to money and money beliefs.
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Money Farm - Opening chapters
The Money Farm
by
RUBY ALLURE
Copyright RUBY ALLURE
(on behalf of the author.)
When did you buy into buying?
How did debt become a viable option?
CHAPTER - 0
Truth: everyone
is connected through money.
What would
happen if money ceased to exist overnight?
What would you
do?
How would you
survive?
Three years from now: at one minute past midnight, on
the first day of the year, the financial plague would be activated.
The M.O.N.E.Y. farm digitally sneezed and infected all
accounts. Since trillions of dollars-worth of financial digital money messages
move around the globe in a day, within three years every account on the planet
would be infected. That was the plan. It was just a matter of time before the
whole world would recognise the viral symptoms and at that point it would be
too late.
With one month until financial detonation, the M.O.N.E.Y. farm withdrew
its bridges, sailed its financial platforms to a remote area close to Iceland
and waited. All manner of simulated chaos had been anticipated. It was just a
matter of waiting for the world to be ready to listen to M.O.N.E.Y. and the new
Financial World Order. In the meantime, it continued to self-sufficiently do
business as usual, knowing that every financial pillar in the world would
collapse. At least, that was what it intended.
CHAPTER 1
A BROKEN SYSTEM
Three sentences - the catalyst for complete change.
If money was the root of all evil then what did that
make those partaking in the system? Were we all unwittingly evil or was the
money concept evil? What was the alternative? Where was the choice?
The principal coughed and shattered my churning
thoughts. He turned from his archaic filing cabinet, trudged across the brown
leathered room and then plonked down on his worn seat. He studied me for a short
while and arranged some official looking papers. He carried the aroma of ‘old
man’s musty aftershave’ and lemon.
“Gillian I am going say this as best as I can… I’m
sorry but the government funding for your lecturing post has dried up. The
paper you wrote on Reactance, Resistance, Reflexivity and Reversal in times of
financial and social hardship didn’t go down well… at all… with anyone… on the
board.” The principal paused, stared at the papers and sucked his lip through
his teeth. He sounded like an emptying plughole. “So… we are going to have let
you go.” He shuffled paper, re-aligned silver pens, and peered over his black-rimmed
spectacles.
The sound of my clawing nails over leather filled the
stagnant atmosphere. The heat of the blush accompanied by stunned silence and
gritted teeth was enough. What could I say? He had always reminded me of an
elephant seal with glasses. I glared at the ceiling spotlights shining on his heart-shaped
bald patch. My fists clenched, my stomach folded and I scrutinized the five
stunted hairs traversing his scalp combed from left to right. Thirty-two illuminated
specks of dandruff sat in the curve of his pinstriped lapel. Twenty-seven hairs
poked from the top of his crisp white shirt. There were two shaving accidents
on the left side of his face, one half-healed. I distracted myself with patterns
when the reality was that the institution had taken for-granted all my years of
hard work. The paper was a warning of what was to come. Were they oblivious or
were they caught in the mass persuasion mania? Who actually wanted to face they
were the product of their conditioning? Who wanted their life value equated to
figures in a bank account? That paper was not written for approval from a board
of grey people who talked with haughty taught accents! It was inspired by a vision
and evidenced by research. Obviously they did not know about the latter because
one could never rationalized inspiration or intuition. That was for mad people.
The sound of a diver’s ventilator filled the
atmosphere. My deep breaths were punctured by the aroma of dark wood and
lacquer. I could hear my heart pounding in my throat yet I couldn’t say a
thing.
He stared. Waiting.
Three sentences had ended an era. My silk-lined rut
intended to eject me into the unknown during a time of financial unrest. I
stood silently to leave. My throat was fully constricted. What was there to
say? They would soon find out that intuition combined with true analysis
resulted in unpopular findings. Unfortunately no one wanted to hear or
acknowledge what was inevitable. The preservative imbued bread and elaborate
digital circuses kept the mass hypnotized, fascinated them with subliminal
messaging and towing the indebted line. Time was running out.
Why I wrote Money Farm
Why I wrote Money Farm.
Life often has plans for us that we are unaware of. That is
certainly something it taught me. Had I had my way I would have continued being
a travel adventurer and photographer for my whole life. However, being on a
ship that almost sunk in Antarctica makes a person consider a more ‘safe’ life.
When you look death in the face it forces re-evaluation.
When I completed that contract I returned to England to
study a Masters Degree in Media with a specialism in psycho-analysis and character.
My timing was immaculate: I arrived just when the media industry was in
depression and the digitisation of photography was gaining momentum. With a
highly competitive photographic market, and no easy way into media, I took a
job temping in finance. I had been an expedition leader and now I was sitting
amongst sludgy office types who feared remote places. They talked about dieting
whilst eating chocolate. These people were the ‘ants’ in the financial system. They
were the stable workers who made everything work. They were not these greedy
million dollar bonus types, instead they were lucky to get five hundred pounds
bonus and that bonus was their incentive to remain in the most monotonous jobs
you could ever imagine. The kind of job that would make most people go mad. Licking
a wall five thousand times a day would have been more satisfying!
I was lucky, I was a temp. I could jump around and learn new
systems and new roles in a variety of financial establishment. So I took my opportunity.
Many times I was bought in for data clean ups, or system defect analysis. Over
time I developed quite an insight into systems and since I was creative, I
could see systems, patterns and linkages within most things. In the meantime,
my huge aspiration was to make films, become famous (to feel egotistically
special) and write children’s books. Strangely no opportunity arrived. While I
was at University my tutor suggested that I wrote books, so I wrote on a daily
basis. I had learned forming habits and persistence would lead to success.
Well my working life was boring and I needed a literary
escape so wrote all manner of ‘fun’ stuff for enjoyment. I realised I needed a
proper job to support my hobby and I needed stability so I could apply concentrated
focus to writing. I then took a role supporting bullion trading pre-Lehman Brothers.
There were aspects that were exciting like the physical settlement of gold. I
had the opportunity to look at trending and analysis and pay attention to how
the gold market followed patterns. It was during this time that the Money Farm
title popped into my head. As much as I was enjoying my learning, I resented
the fact that I was ‘stuck’ in a financial institution. I had always been an adventurous butterfly and
now I was in a metaphorical jar. My escape resulted in writing out my
frustrations. My ridiculous dreams of being a film director had fallen by the wayside
and there I was watching the world shifting lumps of metal around for a huge
price. It was at the end of 2007 when things started to become interesting. I
began to see sudden surges in price and people urgently buying gold. There were
tremors and rumour in the market. I raised my concerns to my manager and they
were dismissed. The surge in the movement of gold volumes was assumed to be
down to an Indian holiday, Diwali. I knew that wasn’t the reason so sought out
more evidence. It was then that I realised it was time to leave finance. The fluctuations
in the market were pointing at something huge.
Two months later I literally jumped on a cruise ship full of
millionaires and billionaires. My rational thinking was that millionaires and
billionaires on a ship would remain safe. I was wrong. The richest people on
the ship had their money invested in Lehman. I watched the world’s wealthy be
rich one day and fly home with nothing the next. It was quite a phenomenon. It
was during this time I met a little German billionaire-ess who shared her
passion for trading with me. She was unassuming and looked like a granny. She
sat me down and taught me her investment system. I realised then, that since I
was amongst the worlds’ wealthy, I could learn from them. Strangely this ship
went to Antarctica and we were hit by a huge wave which annihilated the front
of the ship. This was my sign that once my contract was up I had to return
home. All the time I wrote. Even when I was exhausted. I was compelled and what
these rich people taught me was belief, circumstance, persistence and attitude
led them to where they were. They worked, they suffered but they continued
against the odds. It was not an easy road for any of them, other than those who
inherited, or the wives who had hunted their men. However, the sacrifice many of
the women made of themselves to be with a rich man was an interesting
observation in itself.
Once my contract was complete, I returned to England just as
the jobs market dried up. I had a year working as a freelance photographer, not
knowing where my next payment was coming from. To say I felt unsettled was an
understatement. At that time I lived in an area close to Boscombe. This is an
area in Bournemouth Dorset, renown for poverty, drug addiction and alcoholism.
Boscombe itself is beautiful and I actually love it there; however, I was
provided with the time to be amongst those whose life had dealt them very
different cards. There was a particular café in Roumelia lane, which has the
best coffee and the best lasagne. I would go there and listen to how the
recovered addicts returned to wellness. So many of them had been born into
absolute poverty and almost had no chance of survival. The stories bemused me.
How did some people land in lives that took them to greatness where others took
them to self-destruction? A few months before I had heard about wealth,
progression and success and now I was listening to people whose parents had
locked them in sheds and starved them. Their sense of self-worth was so devoid
that it made me so angry. How was life fair?
During that year I returned to a stable job, I worked, wrote
and absorbed all I could about society, systems, psychology and psychoanalysis.
I mentally hovered up because I had to understand ‘why’. Obviously there was no
answer. At the end of that year I had a personal crisis whereby, my
relationship combusted, I was made redundant, my grandfather died, I had
extreme food poisoning and my back went. It is during these times, when we are
forced to stop, that we realise we are chasing our tales. While in my bed, I
kept writing as a distraction and an escape. The truth was I needed a stable
job, there was no one to support me other than me and all the patterns I was
experiencing were coming from me. So in that state I resolved to find the best
way to heal myself, would return to finance and I would write a book on money
because I had seen all aspects of it. Extreme wealth, extreme poverty and the
institutionalised version. So within two weeks I was back working in finance
and resolved that I would not leave the financial institutions until I had
completed the money book. Also while I was writing this book I ‘had to’ learn
everything I could on economics, behavioural finance, persuasion techniques, the
psychology of wealth and at the same time I intended to find the best way to
physically heal ‘stress symptoms’ so that I could cope without physical
collapse. In addition, I taught creative writing evening classes, so that I
could be amongst fellow creatives and kept the creative side of me alive. I
know that is nuts – but I love watching people learn and grow.
Seven years later – I have worked again in numerous financial
companies, I am now a business analyst – a job that I love. I work on the
analysis of financial incidents and how we rebuild the system and fix them. It
is like being a healer – I look at the illness within the system, the symptoms
and find ways to adapt, adjust and stabilise. This provides me with beautiful
sense of purpose and contribution.
All the while, I tried to figure out alternatives for the
Money Farm. A few years ago, when there were demonstrations against capitalism,
I ended up having a chat with some of the leaders of the ‘sit in’ and asked
them about alternatives. When they said they did not have an alternative, I wondered
how you demonstrate against the system you reside within without moving to
something new. That thought haunted me and kept rearing its ghostly head. The
strange thing was that to create the book, everything that I learned for
self-healing contributed to how I approached the finance. What I learned is
that wealth really is a mind-set and a sense of feeling. To feel rich one has
to feel it inside. The richest people can feel poor even when they have
everything. The focus on the physical healing enabled me insights into the biological
system, which I applied to the writings in the book and how I ‘heal’ and track
the system. Also, and since I am saying it how it is, originally I had this
heady idea of being ‘rich, being successful and world literary domination,’ –
this is me being an egotistical dick, however, none of that matters. I have
loved the writing and the journey. When I completed Money Farm I was in a state
of shock. I had figured out how I was going to solve things and had figured
myself out. In truth, I was not going to release it because I felt that I was
at a point in my life whereby I write because I love the space and time to
digest my thoughts. Why put Money Farm out into the world when you are already
content and enjoyed its creation? Well – it was one of those discussions with
friends where you get a ‘kick-in’ and they tell you that it is selfish not to
share it. Imagine. So Money Farm has been born to digital consumer machine and
I genuinely hope it inspires people to see beyond the financial illusions and
take the journey into self. That is all I can wish for you – that one can grow,
and become the best you and that in itself will be the key to your happinessJ
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