What is Money?

What is Money?
Money is an agreement
The agreement may be voluntary or coerced, conscious or unconscious, and may fluctuate with time or remain fixed.
within a community
All kinds of communities--large and small; local, national, international, or virtual; cooperative or competitive--may create such an agreement.
to use something as amedium of exchange.
From: http://www.transaction.net/money/index.html Taken from the site of Bernard A. Lietaer who has most kindly agreed to be interviewed for Truemanity.
Since 1972 there is no material backing for currencies of the world. Money fulfills two functions being a standard of measure and a medium of exchange. People used to barter their services or goods before there was money.
Value is denominated in money units. Self-worth is often measured by how we are able maintain our families and life style. Financial security means having enough money not to be dependent on good luck or good will. We objectify the world and everything in it and we want to personally own what could be for many in our community to share (in order to be a caring community.) Our money system affects our emotions; relationships and can promote either greed and scarcity or generosity and abundance. Money is simply the agreed upon medium of exchange acceptable to all community members. Truemanitarians will measure their worth by the good that they spread around them; by their guts to wear their hearts on their sleeve and show their love; respect and caring to community members young and old.
Money is the instrument with which we run our lives. We want to use this instrument to enhance our community and nature; promote peace and justice as well as developing solutions to needs in the community. Our goal is to inspire you to take control of your life and participate with your community and imbue you with ambition and optimism to partake of the unlimited possibilities to create wealth.

In the past the belief was that hard work makes money. Today one sees that not necessarily so. Those that know how to arrange their life and work systematically according to certain universal laws can achieve all that they set out to achieve.
This is where the thought process – money connection comes into action.
Thought is the only power that can produce tangible riches by putting into creation creative energies. A person’s ability to think enables him to make and do anything his mind can conceive but he can take it a step further and connect and work with the powers of the universe. Many people in “The Secret” and in much of the religious doctrine have spoken about trust and faith.
Thinking is a difficult activity to sustain for a prolonged period. In order to progress we have to expand our consciousness and mind the desire to be and do more. The desire for riches is simply the capacity for a better life seeking expression.
We need to cultivate the habit of gratitude as acknowledgement for the life we live and for our capability to give of ourselves and draw our community together for our common good.
Wally Wattles Who wrote “The Science of getting Rich” said that “you must know what you want and be specific and definite.” Once you have formed your vision (set your goal) you must have faith that you will receive it.
By us achieving our vision it enables us to reach out and cooperate with other to bring about better conditions for all instead of competing against one another.
One must act with integrity; steadfastly believe and changes will start occurring from unexpected sources. By giving value to others they will want to work with you and the cooperation will improve the situation for you both.