Wealth almost always follows a certain environment conducive to it. This environment is not necessarily a geographical place or climate and it has little or nothing to do with the earth's physical features, but everything to do with our physical and mental abilities and more precisely, our mental attitude.
The ability to discover wealth does not depend on whether the government has made any improvement to the infrastructure or not. The fact that there's no infrastructure is itself a great opportunity for anyone who has a vision to see it. One prominent South American leader was asked how come that North America (U.S.A. and Canada) was so advanced technologically, scientifically and economically compared to her counterpart South America, which has lagged behind and yet both continents were discovered almost at the same time by Spanish explorer, Christopher Columbus. He replied that, when the Spaniards invaded South America to settle there and to exploit it, they went looking for gold, while the Pilgrim Fathers who went to North America to escape religious persecution and to settle there, went looking for God.
I hope you can see the two different points of view here. One point of view is physically motivated and materialistic, while the other point of view is spiritually motivated. And it is the spiritual view that always emerges the winner, for it sees far.
Jesus Christ told His disciples:“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”– The Bible, (Mat 6:33, KJV)
Some may disagree with this, but I urge you to take time and think about it. The right environment for wealth creation cannot come to you unless you have the right mental attitude. And the right mental attitude cannot come to you unless you have the right divine connection. This is the basic foundation.
Another story is told of two young, American friends who traveled to India in the early seventies to seek divine truth and to explore its diverse cultures. After traveling all over the expansive country, while marveling at its sheer beauty and its mystic landscape, they ended up in Calcutta, one of the poorest provinces in the country. One of them looked at the poverty, disease and hopelessness on humanity and remarked, “Look at the sickness and poverty! Why are these people suffering like this? Why can't somebody do something about it?”
The other man didn't say much, but when he saw the hopelessness, sympathy engulfed his very soul and he wondered what he could do to alleviate some of the suffering he was witnessing. Eventually, both men returned to America. The first young man didn't do anything and soon forgot about his experience in India, but the second young man went immediately into action. He had seen so many poor people suffering from avoidable diseases because they couldn't afford any shoes. He had an idea. Suppose he made a type of shoe that was so cheap that any poor, Indian peasant could afford to buy?Soon, he had a design for a very cheap, plastic shoe suitable for the low Indian market. He approached a few friends who were willing to lend him money. He established some contacts in India who told him to send a few samples. All the samples were snatched up immediately. His Indian contacts were so impressed that they asked him to send a whole container, which was also bought immediately. Soon, the orders were so huge that supply could not meet the demand. He went on to become one of America's millionaires.
Motivation guru, Dr. Myles Munroe, says that the wealthiest place on earth is not found in the goldmines of South Africa, or in the oilfields of Iraq, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia; nor is it to be found in the world's biggest economy, U.S.A., but the wealthiest place on earth is in the graveyard. What? Let me explain – you see, in the graveyard lies stories that were never told, ideas that were never accomplished, dreams that were never realized, visions that were never achieved, goals that were never attained, books that were never written, etc. Actually, Dr. Myles Munroe calls this kind of wealth, “potential”, and you can read more on this from his best-selling books, Realizing Your Potential and Maximizing Your Potential.Don't you find it rather strange that the continent of Africa is undoubtedly, the richest continent on earth in terms of minerals and natural resources, and yet some of poorest nations on earth are to be found in Africa? Indeed, in some of the poorest countries in Africa are to be found the world's largest deposits of gold, diamonds, oil, gemstones, copper, uranium, rubber, wild life, human resources etc. Some of these countries, such as Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan, Rwanda and Somalia, have been devastated by decades of endless civil wars that have left many of its people hopelessly poor. So, what went wrong?
Bad governance, corruption, greed and illiteracy are just some of the reasons constantly cited, but definitely not the root causes. The root causes of the problems in Africa and indeed, in many parts of the world is lack of attitude change. “Attitude is everything”, so I wrote in one of my earlier articles. It doesn't matter whether you're in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia or Tazmania. Regardless of who you are, where you come from, where you were born, what environment you find yourself in, what color of skin you have or how arid or cold your climate is, you can find wealth anywhere. You can change your environment by simply beginning to change your mental attitude. Nelson Mandela won the battle against the apartheid regime in South Africa, way back when he was still in prison.Nearly six decades ago, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia owned nothing but goats, sheep and camels and lived in tents. For centuries, Arab nomads and the Bedouins of Arabia wandered the Arabian Desert looking for an oasis so they can feed and water their animals. But then something happened that changed all that. Around the turn of World War II, in the late-forties, large deposits of oil were discovered in Saudi Arabia. At the time, the kingdom did not have any resources to drill the oil, but then, through clever thinking by the Saudi king, they entered into lucrative deals with British and American oil companies who had the drilling know-how and who agreed to do the actual drilling. They would then share the proceeds with the Saudi kingdom. Today, Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest nations in the world.
I sincerely believe that everything God created on earth, and indeed the universe, is good, and every place on earth is good whether agriculturally fertile or arid. There must always be something good waiting to be discovered somewhere. It just hasn't been discovered yet.As a matter of fact wealth is not something you find somewhere physically such as gold, diamonds, cars or money. In fact, money itself is not wealth – it is only a symbol that we use to attach economical value to physical things. The physical things themselves are only shadows of the real wealth. Do you find that controversial? I will explain shortly. Wealth is something within us that we carry around with us wherever we go. It is the internal value within us. It is the ability within us to realize any physical form of wealth such as money, cars and property. What about gold, diamonds and oil - are these not wealth? Yes they are. But unless we have the internal ability to realize how much value these things are worth, they are all worthless to us. Does this begin to make sense? Don't worry if it doesn't. Please read on…
Economists argue that until there's real demand for something, its economic value is always zero. For something to become valuable someone must be willing to attach an economic value on the item and another one must be willing to buy it. Therefore, there must always be a willing seller and a willing buyer. As more willing parties emerge, demand for the item rises, and so the value (or price) rises too. It is only when we express our internal value towards external things that the things begin to acquire economic value even as more people begin to gain interest in them. Imagine in an auction for example. Bidding for an item usually starts at a low price and gradually rises according to market demand until it reaches a price where there's only one bidder. By then the closing value (price) may appear ridiculous to the public, but to the highest bidder, the item is every bit worth the highest price. Remember the saying, “ beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ”? This also applies to economics. In fact, economists would say: "value is in the eyes of the bidder".The environment that attracts wealth is called wealth consciousness and it's a certain mental attitude – a certain mindset. To acquire this mindset is quite easy, but it takes time and effort. Start to exercise both your mind and body regularly. Meditation, physical exercise, good diet and rest are necessary. Read as widely as possible and read the right stuff. I will write more on this topic in a future article. Meanwhile, you can read more on the topics covered here from David Cameron's extraordinary books, A Happy Pocket Full of Money and Diet Liberation, which you can obtain from his website.
Alternatively, you can also obtain the Wealth Fundamentals Pack, which includes A Happy Pocket Full of Money and other great books by David Cameron. In the Wealth Pack, you will also get a bundle of timeless classics most of which have sold millions of copies around the world such as the classics: Think And Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill and The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace D. Wattles.
According to the law of attraction, if you possess an environment of wealth consciousness, you will attract anything you want, such as houses, cars and money the same way a magnet attracts metal or another magnet. Renowned hypnotic marketing writer and Internet marketing guru, Dr. Joe Vitale, has also written fantastic books on the topics covered here such as his best-selling book, The Attractor Factor, which you can obtain here. You can also obtain many of his now famous books online from his website.
