Phoenix Journal 208 - Four Winds 10

Our main concern in this regard is that we see many of you just sitting around and worrying over
the upcoming Earth changes and economic collapse. We see that you are either too frightened,
or too easily distracted by the daily matters of living, to take serious actions in preparation.
Many ones have great excuses, such as: “I have a family to take care of and not enough extra
money for such things.” Or another good one: “My family thinks I am crazy and they resist my
reasoning with them on the subject of survival preparation.” And then there’s the perennial fallback
position: “I only have to take care of myself and I can survive on very little; therefore why
should I prepare?”
I think you ones get the idea here. There are many other colorful, yet sad, excuses that are
given. Many of you who have not yet prepared, will not prepare, and such is YOUR choice.
If money be your excuse in any way, then I would suggest you look carefully at that upon which
you spend your money—that is, what has value to you. What is it that you buy that is truly
necessary? What are the not-so-necessary items that are more for your immediate pleasures?
It is wise to have balance in all things. When you can prioritize, with responsibility, you will find
that you can have the best of both worlds.
When you can learn to prepare not only for self and your immediate family, but perhaps ALSO
for your neighbor, then you will find that you will draw into your experience the creative energies
necessary to manifest all of the things that you truly desire. The basic Law of Giving and Regiving
operates quite well here.
A large bag of beans or rice is truly inexpensive, as is a large container of peanut butter. If you
make the effort to shop around, you can stretch a dollar QUITE far when you focus your energy
upon doing so.
Going to fast-food restaurants will deplete your funds faster than you may realize. When you
pay a dollar or more for a single cup of carbonated, flavored sugar-water, you would be wise to
reflect upon your health, as well as upon what you COULD buy with the money that you spend,
on a regular basis, on such nutritionally empty items.
The point here is NOT to tell you how to live your lives or how to spend your money. The point
here is to get you to take a look at the day-to-day robotic actions (actions taken with little or no
thought) that you ones seem to not notice.
The mind-control experts have done their jobs very well through the media machinery of advertising
campaigns. Do you really NEED that cup of sugar water or that cigarette or that beer?
How about the fourth one of the day? Do you really NEED a new car every few years? Do you
really NEED those expensive vacations?
When the Earth changes or the economic collapse impact your lives, you will then know what you
truly NEED versus that which you “think” you need. You WILL figure it out, one way or an-
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