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NOTE:
This
answer was given on October 27, 2007, during the Shangra-la conference
in England.
Answer from Jesus:
The greatest potential for change in the business community is the realization
of what I talked about in
my discourse—of shifting away from the consciousness of lack
to the consciousness of abundance, where business begins to realize
that the more it actually serves the people and serves society, well
the greater will be its return in terms of profits. But, this must also
mean that the business seeks to serve the All, meaning that it does
not function exclusively to produce the greatest possible profit for
a small elite of its own shareholders—but that it actually seeks
to spread that abundance among all of its employees.
And thus, you could say, my beloved, that in the Golden Age you will
not have a stock market like you have it today. For the shareholders
will not be rich people who can afford to buy stock, the shareholders
will be all of the employees of the company. So that they have a vested
interest in the company and so that they share in the abundance produced
by the company.
Thus, I can assure you that the stock market you have today will not
survive in the Golden Age. It simply will not survive, because it is
based on greed, and greed springs from the consciousness of lack. And
in the consciousness of lack you cannot produce a golden age. It cannot
be built on the foundation of lack. For the foundation of lack is no
foundation. It would be, my beloved, attempting to build a stone castle
in a swamp. And the more stones you pile on top of each other, the more
they will sink into the mud.
And this is indeed what the stock market is today, where you pile more
and more stones on top of each other in order to build these huge multinational
business empires. But my beloved, they are sinking into the mud even
as we speak. And there will come a point where they will be swallowed
up by the emotional sea of greed, anger and fear.
So my beloved, what you see in the business world is a typical process
where a company starts out with an innovation, but then, after the company
grows to a certain size, and becomes established, perhaps even dominant,
then now the company becomes focused on defending its position rather
than growing further. And now the company shifts, so instead of bringing
forth new innovations, it is actually focused on stopping innovations
that could threaten its position in the market.
And this, my beloved, is where you have seen many companies who for
a time were in the consciousness of abundance, in the consciousness
of growth, but then gradually a shift started to occur and suddenly
the shift was complete. And now the company had shifted into the consciousness
of lack. And for a time a company can maintain a dominant position,
as you have seen Microsoft do in the software world, but inevitably,
my beloved, that company will begin to stagnate and eventually it will
go down, unless it can shift back to the consciousness of innovation.
So, the true change that needs to happen in business is [to spread the
realization] that no business will survive unless it is transcending
itself. And the only way to transcend itself is to be devoted to bringing
forth new innovation that better serves the people, that gives more
abundance to the people. Now, my beloved, if you want to look at an
industry where you see this outpictured more clearly than anywhere else,
well look at the energy business of how you have the oil companies who
for so long have had almost a monopoly on the energy supply, and they
are so concerned about maintaining that position, even though it is
becoming increasingly obvious to the people that the days of oil are
numbered—and that the numbers are running low.
So you see, my beloved, in the Golden Age you will not have fossil fuel
as the main energy supply. So the question is, can the oil companies
shift away from the consciousness of lack where they seek to hold back
alternative technologies. Can they shift into the consciousness of innovation
and abundance? For if they will not shift, I can assure you that even
the huge multinational energy companies of today will disappear within
a decade or two. And they will become obsolete.
Now my beloved, I must tell you that Saint Germain's vision for releasing
new technology in the energy field will not come to pass unless and
until the business community shifts away from lack and into abundance,
so that you do not see a consciousness where one company seeks to monopolize
the new technology. For I can assure you that we will not allow this
new technology to be monopolized by any company. For we know full well
that this will take abundance away from the people.
So the new technology can be released only when the critical mass of
business people have shifted into that growth consciousness and therefore
will no longer approach business from that state of lack but approach
it from the state of abundance, where they realize that the more they
give to the people, the more they will receive in return. For when you
have a company that is truly focused on serving the people, well do
you not think that we of the Ascended Host will use that company as
a vehicle to bring forth new inventions—that will then give the
company even greater abundance?
So you see, my beloved, it is again the concept of multiplying your
talents instead of burying them in the ground. Look how many companies
have received an innovation and yet by seeking to attain market dominance
and defend their position, they have buried their talents in the ground.
Whereas if instead they have attempted to serve the people and increase
the general state of abundance in society, they surely would have multiplied
their talents and would have received a return current with new innovation.
You see, my beloved, the company that seeks to hold back innovation
by destroying the competition obviously cuts itself off from this flow.
Whereas the company that does not care about the competition –
because it knows that if it is devoted to innovation – it can
keep outpacing the competition, always staying ahead of the competition,
well that is the company that will be successful in the Golden Age.
Now, much more could be said about this, and I can assure you that in
the new book, The Art of
Non-war, we bring forth the teachings that could be used by
the business community, as the business community have used the original,
The Art of War. But this would enable the business community
to rise to a much higher level, where they would no longer see themselves
as being at war with other companies, but be engaged in a universal
process to raising the state of abundance in the world, thereby bringing
the abundant life to all people.
Added 12-07-2007: Look at a very simple equation. What is it
that allows a company to make a profit? It is that the company sells
it products or services. Yet what is the foundation for this sale? It
is that there must be customers who have the money to buy what the company
offers.
Thus, is it now obvious that the more customers with money that are
found in the world, the greater the potential for profit for the entire
business world? And thus, the enlightened, long-term interest of the
business world would be to do away with all poverty so that all people
around the world have the abundant life and thus become potential customers.
What I am saying here is that the interest of the Ascended Host is exactly
the same as the interest of the business world—when the business
world is enlightened. For did I not say that I am come that all might
have life and that more abundantly? So you see that what Christ wants
for all people is actually what is best for the business world as a
whole.
And so what is preventing this from happening? It is the consciousness
of lack that generates fear, fear that causes some large companies –
and some governments – to seek to hold back innovation and growth
out of fear that they will lose their positions. And this is precisely
the consciousness we address in The Art of Non-war. If enough
people in the business world could be helped to see the fallacy of this
consciousness, a dramatic shift could occur—a shift that would
open the way for taking the world to a much higher level of abundance
than what you see today.
Obviously, this is the greatest potential for the business world leading
society into a new era and setting the foundation for a Golden Age—for
both businesses, their employees and their customers. yet for this to
happen, there must be a challenge to the consciousness of duality—that
creates an artificial conflict between a business and its employees
and customers. It must be seen that all human beings are part of the
same whole and that what is truly best for a business is what is best
for its employees and customers.
An enlightened business is based on the philosophy expressed in my statement,
“What ye have done unto the least of these my brethren, ye have
done unto me.” Thus, the ultimate way to “beat” the
competition is NOT to destroy all other companies but to rise above
the consciousness of lack, thereby taking a business into a sphere where
it has no competition—for the competitors have been turned into
strategic allies.
Yet for such a shift in consciousness to occur, there must be some very
courageous people who dare to raise the question, "Why are we in
business?" Is it to make a small elite rich and powerful –
by exploiting both leaders, employees and customers and making them
all unhappy in the process – or is it to give the abundant life
to as many people as the business touches?
The people who can raise this question are obviously the business leaders
who have devoted their lives to the business world. They need to consider
what kind of legacy they want to leave this world? Is it that they made
a greater profit for a few board members who already had more money
than they could spend—or is it that they did something to eradicate
poverty and give all people a reasonably abundant life?
One could also ask whether these leaders want to see their business
become successful only in a traditional sense of whether they are willing
to take their business to an entirely new level of success—an
entirely new definition of success, one based on love instead of fear.
Do they want to live the rest of their lives in the fear of failure,
or do they want to shift into an approach to business based on love—thus
being able to truly feel fulfilled in doing their work by feeling they
are part of something greater than the quest for ever-higher dividends
and stock prices?
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