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Michael Berg

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“Tell you the logical reason why I needed to spend the next five minutes, but I knew that there was a greater plan and that it was only for my benefit, that anything that happens and comes into my life is only for only for my benefit consciousness, right? So I could have been an angry person sitting there five and a half hours in a situation I couldn't change anyway. Being angry at this woman who spilled her coffee, or I can be a happy person sitting there in my sticky clothes saying, I know this is for my benefit. Consciousness is everything.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It is not the physical occurrences that usually make us happier and happy. It is how we receive them, what our consciousness is about them. And if I can end with a silly story, and I often like repeating it because it goes really to this point. So a number of years ago, we were flying from LA to New York before morning the plane. I put my stuff in the overhead apartment. I'm sitting down. And people are filing by, going to their seats. a woman had a very large thing called Venti cup of Starbucks, one of the sweet ones. And she's trying to put her stuff in the overparty and she spills her coffee all over me. And my first thought is, oh my God, for the next six hours of this fight, I'm going to have to five hours of this sticky clothes. The second thought I had was, well, this is coming from the creator. This must be for your benefit. I don't understand exactly how, but it's definitely for your benefit. And I became instantly happy in that moment.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Absolutely. And again, it's a very important fundamental teaching, which I think what I like about it, it's also logical. We know that what makes us happier or unhappy is not what is happening around us. You have two people in the same situation. I always use the example. There was a certain very wealthy billionaire. I remember reading the article maybe 20 years ago. He had lost almost all of his money. He was left with only $80 million. And the article is, I don't know if it was jokingly or not said, how is he going to live only on $80 million? But of course, that man was terribly depressed. Well, you have somebody else who would have $80 million. They'd be the happiest person in the world, at least for that moment. Clearly, our situation does not make us happy or unhappy. It is how we view it, what our consciousness is. And therefore, as my father would always remind, is consciousness is everything. If your consciousness is right, what is happening around you is less important. If consciousness is wrong, what is happening around you is less important. As we said, two people in the same exact situation, one of them elated, one of them depends.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We've touched upon some of those points, but to really understand that that's life as it is meant to be, that tomorrow I am happier today.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I would say, I mean, I think we've covered so much of this. I would say that one of the most important teachings that I give is to that I always, I don't know if the word is repeat, but one is that every single one of us is so much greater than we currently are and that often that we currently give ourselves credit for. I think that's one of the biggest mistakes that every single one, you know, talk to myself even today, as I sit there now. And I would say I would accomplish certain things. I can make a list. But my potential is endlessly greater than what it is currently now. And that drives me and it excites me and inspires me every single day. Number one. And the second one is that truly embracing the knowledge that the singular purpose for which I'm in this world is to have greater happiness, wealth, abundance every day, one day to the next. How you achieve that? That's a whole other conversation.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Absolutely. And I'm sure we've all had countless moments like that, but we don't often remember them when the next childish comes.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Not to make you comfortable, but to make you grow. And I've both experienced that and used those experiences as the way I take in any new challenge that comes. Yes, not exactly what I would have planned for it, not exactly what I would have wanted, but I've seen throughout life that these challenges often lead me to a better place. Sometimes they make me uncomfortable, but ultimately lead me to a better place. And that allows me to go through the challenges with a greater sense of peace, with a greater sense of acceptance.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Syndrome is a member as your son and a member of your family. Absolutely yes, the blessings that we receive immeasurable. Myself, my wife, our kids, our community. So how silly is it that I would get upset when things don't go my way, when I've experienced time and time again in life. I've had my plans and I've had what I wanted to happen. Sometimes they follow through and sometimes they don't. And when they don't often, I've seen them come to a better place. If you see life as the purpose of life isn't just to stay above, it's sort of still waters and just get along, but to grow. Sometimes growth comes from challenges and sometimes it comes from we ourselves pushing. But that mindset of change and growth, which is my desire, then the things that happen that you don't want to happen, you see them, you accept them as part of that greater plan.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So much of our anxiety and upset comes to the fact that what I wanted to happen didn't happen. My view always, it happens to all of us. We all have plans, ideas, big ones, small ones that don't work out that go in the other direction. My first thought is a greater force involved in here, and I have certainty that it's going to lead me to a better place. That better place, the examples you've mentioned, whether it's the struggles with my parents and their health and their living this world or with our son Josh and thousands of others that you and I've all had. My first thought is there's a greater force at work here, a benevolent force. I've seen it lead me to better places, even though like I often use the example, and this is true, I think, of so many parents. If you ask me before Joshua was born, do you want to have a son with Down syndrome? Of course my answer would be absolutely not. If you ask me now 21 years later, are you appreciative? Are you thankful that you had Josh with down?”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We've also all experienced that sometimes when they don't work out, like you gave a few examples, they actually wind up for the betterment. I'm happy that that didn't happen. So it's really all about gaining that view of life. I am not in total control. I never was, never will be. There is a benevolent force, call it again, whatever force you want to call it, call it demon, that is leading me in a positive direction.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Think it stems from really for me, the foundational element is the fact that I know that I am not directing my life, and that's a good thing. I think what happens too often is we think we are in total control. And when things don't go as we had wanted them, then everything's a problem. But when we understand that we're basically a co-pilot in this journey of life, call it God, call it the Creator, call it the universe. But clearly, clearly, our plans, you know, my mother would often quote this, man planned and God laughs, right? That sort of quote that she would often use. And that's true. I think every person who's lived more than a day knows that, I don't know what the percentages are, 50% of our plans work out and 50% of them don't.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That blessings and light and abundance only rest on a person who's happy. And maybe some people are more inclined to it than others. Well, you definitely try to use your time and your energies in how do I create for myself more happiness? Because that's what draws the next blessing. That's what draws the next level of abundance.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That kindness needs to be at the number one. Everything else can only flow from that. And second, as it relates to happiness, there's a section in Tsar that says that, and it says it's about King David, the biblical king, instead of that whenever he would want to feel connected and he was sad, he would have somebody come in and play the harp or play a musical instrument and the music would bring him joy because he knew that would recall the light to the creator, that energy that brings abundance only rests on a person who's happy. That's what it says, that the light to the creator only rests on an individual who's happy. So if you want to have abundance, you have to be happy. If you want to have blessings in your life, you have to be happy. And happiness, as we said before, flows from appreciation. But if you understand, you know, my father would often use this phrase in different ways, but he would say, it's dangerous not to be happy. Now, that might be overwhelming for some people, but the reality is, again, if you realize that.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So I'll talk about both kindness and happiness. So, kindness, it's interesting. I'm always in this, Monica, they have often observed this. You'll have parents, high achieving parents who want their children to be successful. But I am often shocked at how kindness is not at the top of that list. The reality is, the reason why it's important to be kind is because, as I said before, that energy that sustains the world, recall the light of the creator, is a kind, a benevolent energy. If you're not in tune with that energy, you're never going to be happy because that's from where we receive all of our blessings and all of our abundance. So being kind, which simply means to be aligned with the force that sustains the world, sustains the universe, is something that needs to be ingrained certainly within our children. And I'm often shocked at good parents who are giving their children all the possibilities in life to be successful, but don't realize or don't remember or certainly don't ingrain within their children.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Beautiful, exactly. Because if you want the most abundance, you have to have the most resistance. And we know that in simple terms, if you're with its bow and arrow, whether it's a catapult, the further back you pull, the further it will go. And that's the foundational spiritual teaching.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Know that you need to give into a business and take from a business, but most people don't necessarily understand that you need restriction in a business, and that delayed ratification or that ability to say, I won't take now so that I can take later. That is foundational fundamental for any system. Again, system can last for a day, for a week, for a month, if for five years, but for something to have an eternal ability to be self-sustaining, there has to be that element of restriction. It's true both in large businesses, but it's also true in our own lives. And again, there's many examples of this, but when we have, again, whether it's in our relationship, if we're taking all the time and we're not giving, that's not going to work. If we're taking and also giving, but never restricting in our relationship, it also is not sustainable. Those three elements, sharing, receiving, and restriction, are foundational to anything, having the ability to be sustainable.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Restricts energy and the one that allows the light to shine. And in order for any system to work, there has to be a receiving, there has to be giving, and there has to be restriction. And when you understand that, that is foundational and fundamental to anything, certainly to our experience of life, but even to the creation of our world, it gives you an understanding that in order for anything to prosper, it has to have this element. It goes a little bit back when you think about it to any business that we create a person creates he or she received from it. Hopefully he or she gives into it and hopefully within that system there's also a process of restriction or in your words a delayed gratification. Only those three elements create a perfect system and only those three elements can create a sustained system. And therefore it's not coincidental in the cases that you've shared where when you have, I think most”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Right, interesting. So there's a foundational teaching in Kabbalah, which is that the way the world came into being is a process called the ancient word which translated as restriction, which means that in order for this world to come into being, the first had to be a restriction of the light, what we call the light of the creator, and then there was space for this world to come into being. Whereas before everything was only light, There was no space for humanity, there was no place for our work. That had to be created this empty blank canvas where we can create what we can be born into and so on. So it is seen that restriction is the foundational element in creation, certainly creation of anything important. And therefore, my father would often use the example of the light bulb, where you need what we call three columns, right? The one that receives the energy, the one that”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I have to make sure I do not create a cycle of bread of shame because that almost never leads to pleasure, almost never leads to fulfillment.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But you can cause reasons for it to be diminished is desire. Lack, Bill's desire. If there's no lack, and lack doesn't have to be the fact they don't have foodin, right? But it can be that there's a desire within them to do, to accomplish, to create. Unfortunately too often, when you give bread of shame, which means when you give too much unearned, then the desire becomes diminished. And then even if 30 years from now, they would want to do something because the desire was not allowed to flourish in the younger years, it can lead to them accomplishing, achieving not just what they're meant to achieve in this world, but create in this world. More importantly, enjoy this world. So it's a very, I think, I think rather than, which I think many parents look at, okay, I have all of this. Of course, I'm going to give it to my kids because I love them. The first has to be, I want my kids to be the happiest kids or have the happiest lives for the rest of their lives.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Amount that I give to my children, or by the way, to anybody else that it doesn't, by the way, I was having a conversation with somebody who has a partnership with his brother, and he's doing most of the work the brother is doing, almost none of the work in there, splitting the profits 50-50. And I said, that's fine for now. And he's probably happy for now. But in the long term, that energy doesn't work. So back to children, the thought always has to be, I want my child to be the happiest child for the rest of their lives, not in the moment that they know they have their trust on them. And I know, and we've all seen, and it's a spiritual and physical rule, that unearned and uncreative life is one that cannot and will not possibly bring fulfillment in the long term. So how do you set up a system, again, whatever the amount of money is, whatever the amount of time is, where you allow your child to have desire? And I think this is the key point. The one thing that you cannot give”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Created by others, it's not that it's wrong because we don't have moral views on this. It's just that for your child, it won't allow them to have the most fulfilling life that they're meant to have. And interestingly, I know many people that trust fun babies as they're called. I know some of them who've gone deeply into the spiritual world and are actually satisfied not because of the money that they have, but because in addition to that, they've created their own world and life for themselves. I know many people whose cause has caused a tremendous amount of pain. And I'm sure we all know stories like this. And I think the second group is larger than the first group. And if you truly understand that it is a foundational rule of life, that nobody will ever be satisfied in life unless they have earned, unless they have created. Then the question has to be not how much you give, in what ways you give, but how do I make sure in whatever way that I give, in whatever...”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Created anything that we have not earned. And therefore, when we think about ourselves in certain things, Truman and we think about our children, it's more importantly true. And this is true, again, whether it's about wealth or anything else in life. You have to know. And therefore, it always comes back to you want the best for your children. You have to make sure that they are able, that they are given the ability to create their own life, their own wealth, their own success. What does that mean? It looked different for every single person. What it doesn't look like, and this is for sure, like you said, when somebody is given a large sum of money for which they never work and did not earn, and therefore they do not have to work the rest of their lives, that is most likely not going to give them the pleasure of life if they never have created and simply live the rest of their lives off money.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Because ultimately our soul would never be satisfied with anything that was created for us that we did not create. So it's a very important foundational theological, philosophical reason for the creation of our world, for being in it. But it's a truth that continues to flow through life. And I'm sure most of us have had these moments. The greatest pleasures that we've had is when there was a challenge that we overcame, where there was something that we needed to create wasn't given to us. Imagine we all know this, right? A person who doesn't write their book, somebody gives them their book and they put their name on it. They don't enjoy it. They can't enjoy it. And they're deep in their heart. As a matter of fact, I'm sure it starts eating away at them because it's not theirs. They get all the accolades. Everybody loves your book, but they know inside they didn't create it. So by nature, our innate nature is a nature that will never enjoy in the long term anything that we have not created.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Absolutely. So, like you said, it's a foundational teaching of Kabbalah that the question, the philosophical theological question is asked, why are we in this? And the answer is because if everything was created in its perfected state, we would never have earned it. And we would be experiencing what is called bread of shame, being bread or what is given to us without having earned it causes us to feel unhappy with it because our root, where we come from, is that light of the creator we are all made of that light, of that energy, that energy that is of sharing, that is of creating, if we came into a world created in its perfection, we wouldn't enjoy it for a while, maybe a long while, but eventually we would come to the point where we would understand I didn't create this, I didn't earn this, my energy, where we come from is the force that creates things that makes things better and therefore eventually we would be unhappy with it. And therefore, the answer to the question, why is this world as it is? Why do we have to work so hard to make it better is because we need to earn it.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I hope all of us is something we are involved in actions of sharing that we make sure to the degree that we can and where we can receive the greatest benefit from them. And the way to receive the greatest benefit from actions of sharing is to make sure that I am coming from the purest place, not of ego, but of a desire to share more importantly because it connects me to the source of where all of my blessings come from.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Coming from that part of me that I fall in my soul that is connected to that forest of sharing, the more powerful it will be for me, the more benefit that I will receive in return from that action. So any action of sharing is worthwhile. But if we talk about the ultimate way that we can benefit, and that's the reason we give, we do not give because simply we want to be a good person, which is nice. I give and I share because I know that I need for my growth those actions of sharing, that that gives me abundance, that that gives me blessings, the pure that action can be, the more powerful it will be for me. The receiver might be just as happy with the $10, the $1,000 that I give them that is all for my ego and the thousand dollars that I give them is truly from the place of my soul that is simply an action of share, but I will not receive the same benefit. And therefore, I think it's very important for those of us who are”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The reason why I want to share is because it what connects me to what I call that flow of the universe or the energy of the light to the creator, that it has to be true, meaning when I give and whether it's a big check to a hospital or whether it's a loan to my cousin, what feelings is that awakening within me? Any feelings that become attached to the ego, oh, I'm the big man, I'm the person who can do it It diminishes the energy of that given and therefore diminishes the benefit that I will receive from that given. Of course, it's always good to let people who need money. Of course it's always good to give charity to those in institutions that are in need. But I always bring it back to me. What will bring me the greatest benefit from this action? And the reality is that the more selfless, the more true, the more it is...”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Be clear, I think, and this happens all the time, a person who's a significant amount of money to it, it's through a hospital to museum, always do that, regardless. I mean, it obviously brings benefit both to the individual to some degree and to the institution, of course. So I would always, I would never recommend against that. But as we look internally, each one of us, I would ask the question.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Strongly believe that we will find that those actions, those small steps for those of us who need small steps of tithing of our time or any actions of sharing that we will do, we will see the benefits of it.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Call the light of the Creator. It's an energy that is always giving, never, never receiving for itself. And if I want more abundance, if I want more blessings, then I have to be more in line with that energy. So when my actions of sharing, what it does, aside from any benefit it has to the person with which I am sharing, it puts me in contact closer to the flow of energy of the universe. We call the lights of the Creator and therefore more abundance can come. And by the way, what I would say to those who are concerned about giving, let's say, one-tenth of their money, why not do you give one tenth of your time? We all have something that we have a little bit more of that we can give. So I would maybe a person starts with one-tenth of their time that they dedicate toward sharing because tithing again should be of everything, should be of our wisdom, should be of our money, should be of our time, should be of our love, should be every aspect that we have. And again, I”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Verse says, try it, try it, give once 10%, see what happens. As we said in the beginning, it has to be tried and true. Now, in your book, and I'm sure we've all heard stories of Phil have been very successful using this method. So I would always say, well, if so many successful people have used it and it's brought them success, that's some indication, aside from the fact that there's also so much ancient wisdom written around this, I would say try as the creator says, try me and see if you do not experience greater abundance by sharing. Maybe you don't start with 1 tenth. Maybe you start with 1 fifth or something. And to your point, which you said again before, and this is both anecdotally and also proven by studies, that there's a reason why for the most part we enjoy sharing more than receiving. That relates to the fact that the energy from which we come, what we”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Nice idea. So I would put those in two different categories. I would definitely say if a person is concerned about literally paying their bills, I would not be rushing to tie the though. But I think the second group is a much bigger group, right? When we're not really concerned about paying the mortgage or the electricity bills, but we still think that by giving I lose some of it. In the first group, meaning people, somebody truly, truly concerned that they're not able to pay their monthly bills, I wouldn't be pushing too much towards siding, but it's the rest of the group, which is most of the time, most of the people, there is that extra. But the fear is if I give this maybe next month, there's a quote in the Zora that says, a person who has enough money for now and worries about tomorrow has no connection to the light of the Creator, right? But most people are in the category of, yes, I have now, but what about tomorrow, the next day, next year? And therefore I have to hoard it only for myself. To that group, I would say, again, I would say the”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“In mind, I'm going to take one tenth of it, give it away, and that keeps my money attached to the branch to the tree, enabling it to bear more and more fruit, enabling it to bring more and more wealth. And therefore, there's actually a verse in the Bible that says the Creator says, test me on this, test me. I promise you that if you tithe, you will find abundance without end, without limit.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Connects the money remaining with you to its source, and then that money can continue to grow and to flourish. So imagine what a person is doing by tithing. If you have a branch on a tree that you wanted to grow fruit, by keeping it attached to the tree, they'll continue to give you fruits in abundance. When you don't give tithing or when you keep the money only to yourself, you cut it off from the source, you cut down the branch from the tree. Of course, it will not continue to bear fruit for you. The whole purpose, the capitalistic view often, you know, my father would often use the phrase the reason I give all the time is because I'm the most selfish person in the world. And I know that the only way that I can continue receiving endlessly is if I give endlessly. And that's the idea of tithing, that by tithing, and more importantly, the thought behind it, which is not my money. I need to make sure that whatever money stays with me remains connected to its source, and therefore I take this as a token, as an action that says, I know that all of this is.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Doing a favor to the poor man to whom I'm sharing. More importantly, more importantly, and therefore, for instance, the Zohar, the basic capitalistic text, refers to a poor man as a gift given to us by the Creator. Because when I have the ability to take one-tenth of my money and give it to a poor man, it gives life to the $9 remaining. And when $9 are alive, they can grow and they can give pleasure and they can give me more abundance. When those $10, if I did not give it, are cut off on their source, then they begin to die. So tithing and therefore the capitalists use the phrase tithe, because in Hebrew it's a wordplay, but the word tie is the same, comes from the same root as the word wealth. So the words that they say iser bishmil shetit asher, which means tithe so that you become wealthy. Again, that tithing, what it does is it actively...”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Or she says, followed. I know all these $10 are not mine. None of it's mine. I guess I worked for it. Yes, I put in the hours, but I know that this is not mine. This is coming to me from what I would call the light of the creator, that energy. And therefore, to indicate, to clarify, to make very clear that this is not my money. I'm taking a part of it. I would take all of it, but I'll just take one tenth of it and give it towards sharing. So again, charity in whatever way a person chooses to use that money. What the person does then is he actually connects the remaining $9 to their source. And therefore, that money is alive, that money is flown with energy. That is not connected to its source, that is dead money. So the purpose of tithing or the importance of giving money away isn't so much because”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Let's just say that it's possible to have all that pleasure and also be giving back hopefully, but let's talk to the spiritual concept of tithing. And this is, of course, a biblical concept. This is historically always been around. And it relates back to what we were saying before, that what keeps our gifts, be it money, be it our relationships alive, right? Because unfortunately we know people can have money, it could be dead money, it could be in a relationship, it could be a dead relationship, still maintaining the facade of it. What keeps anything alive is that flow of energy, what we call the light to the creator. And we need to be actively, and that's what we said before, humility, appreciation connects, keeps connecting our blessings, our wealth to its source. When a person takes $10 that he or she made and consciously, and this is what needs to be the consciousness of time,”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The only problem is that we're not able, we're not currently able to extract the endless energy from our money, the endless energy from our relationship, the endless energy from anything that we have. I remember there was a book that I read many, many years ago that spoke about the fact that this truly spiritual person could spend hours meditating and gaining pleasure from the rose. And that's true, right? If everything is connected to the endless energy and an endless light, that means that everything has the potential, at least the potential, to give me endlessly endless pleasure and appreciation, the humility, all that are stepping stones toward being able to extract the endless energy from all the things that are ours.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That I have, and I understand that it is not finite, that it actually has the ability to supply me with an endless abundance. So my relationship can give me an endless amount of pleasure. My money, no matter how much it is, in its current state, can supply me with an endless amount of pleasure. When you really, and again, this is not a simple concept nor one that is easy to actually live with, but it gives you a completely different view on all things. And it gives you certainly a different view on life and on wealth. That every single one of us has right now in our life anything and everything that we need in abundance to be able to live a life.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“There's two deeps. So go ahead, Michael. So, the understanding is that the energy that we speak of, which we call the light of the creator, that energy that created this world, the phrase that the capitalists refer to, that energy is the endless, the endless, meaning it has no end. So what that means is that if everything that exists, the shirt that I'm wearing, the microphone to which you were speaking, to which we're speaking, is a part of that energy. It means that everything has the potential to be endless. Everything is part of the endless. Everything came from the endless. And therefore, everything has limitless energy within it. I'll use even a practical example. We know that the splitting of an atom, which exists in abundance all around us within us all the time, creates so much energy. But it must mean that internally there is much more energy in everything than we are currently extracting. So when I look at my wife, when I look at my wisdom, when I look at any...”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Right, because as we said before, being happy is correlated to how much pleasure we are able to extract from that which we have. And if I go a little bit deeper, there's a spiritual concept here. And it's one of my favorite ones, but it might be too deep in William's, I mean, it was too deep for it. I won't be able to.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Won't be successful. So if it's clearly, right, objectively, not the physical attributes or even work of one person that makes them more successful than the other, then the question becomes then, what is it? But at the most basic level, it would be, it's not me. It's not my ego. And maintaining that humility gains hopefully gives us the ability to maintain appreciation. And spiritually, I believe that when we are able to maintain that humility and appreciation, we're able to grow with our wealth. I've met many, many people who are very, we'll call them successful in the physical sense, but are very unsuccessful in the happiness sense. And I don't know if you would say this often, a negative correlation, but there certainly is not a positive correlation. And I think it boils down to what I would call the ego, what we would refer to as the ability to maintain humility and the ability to maintain a lack of own.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Absolutely. And everything that we said even before, right? The ego that comes from lack of humility, the ego that comes from the thought that I have done. I've mentioned this in one of my lectures. I think it was Bill Gates who said, you know, to be who Bill Gates became, he needed millions and millions of people. There's no one person in the world who will ever be successful on their own, whether it's the university, all the teachers in the university. Then he went to all that statement that takes a village. takes the world to make any one person successful, which should help us both gain humility, but also realize how silly it would be to take ownership, again, whether it's on our intelligence or whether it's on our wealth. Yes, of course, you know, it takes certain attributes to be able to grow, but you'll have, I'm sure we know this, right? Two people with the same level of intelligence, one will be successful, one will not be. Two people with the same level of desire. One will be one.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“The vessel for my next money, the vessel for my next blessing is my appreciation for the blessings that I have. So much so that if I, to the degree that I lack in appreciation, it overwhelming appreciation for the blessings that I currently have, the abundance that I currently have, it becomes almost impossible for me to receive the next gift, the next wealth that I am meant to achieve.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I'm talking about how often in a week do I sense an overwhelming appreciation for what I have, like that verse that you said, then I could never have done the work, whatever that is, to deserve all this abundance of gifts that I have. And it's kind of a crazy thing that every single one of us is wealthy. Every single one of us has abundance, but we've lost appreciation for that which we have abundance for. And I'd like to tie that into one other important teaching, which maybe gives a greater impetus, although I think being the happiest person in the world is probably the most important impetus. But Ravashlug says, the great capitalist and founder of the center says that the vessel, we know that in order to have more, more money, more wisdom, more joy, you have to have what we call a vessel, desire. But he says the vessel for my next...”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Wife or their spouse, how would you feel right now? Sure, by yourself. And you'll see that you meditate on these areas of life with which you have abundance already, but have lost appreciation over time, you will see how much happier you are. And one test that I test myself is how often in a week do I feel overwhelmed with appreciation, not for something new. We all can awaken appreciation for the new money that comes in, the new gift that comes in, the new relationship that comes in, of course.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But the one thing that is always constant that I try to wake up with every single morning, and therefore there's a kabbistic meditation that we do every single morning, that we awaken appreciation for being alive. And if any one of us truly appreciated life, the second of life that we have now, the second of life that we have next, we'd be the happiest person in the world. Unfortunately, the flow of life causes us to lose appreciation for all things, for all things. And we spoke about that a little bit before. If I can really, really underscore this for the listeners, that one of the most important things that you can do is find a way to awaken greater appreciation every single day. And you have to meditate on it, by the way. And often you meditate on, well, how would I feel if this didn't exist? You know, I don't appreciate a person doesn't appreciate their health. I think for a minute, for five minutes, how would you feel if you had to be in the hospital right now? A person doesn't appreciate their”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“More wealth, and you'd be sadder that you wouldn't want that wealth. The only reason we want to achieve greater wealth is because we hope and believe that greater wealth brings us greater happiness. But I'm telling you that the most important thing that you can do to attain real happiness in life is to grow your ability to appreciate. And like you said, with that verse, so it's a verse that was said by Jacob and literally, as you said, taking that time, and by the way, the science around this as well, which you probably know that It's a site they've done studies on this, that people who spend their Sundays creating a list of gratitude or what they are appreciative of live a more successful and happier life. That is a fact because the space on the spiritual rule that the indicator or what causes our pleasure is our appreciation for it. So what in fact I know for myself the most I work on many aspects hopefully of myself and things that I want to change.”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“He had the tests, and the test didn't look so good. So the doctor said, You have to do this further testing. And he gets that call. And the doctor says everything is okay. You don't have this disease. In that second, and we can all imagine that second, certainly those of us who are a little bit older, in that second, there's nothing that can bother you, right? But what changed? Literally, absolutely nothing. You were healthy before the phone call. You are healthy after the phone call. The joy that you're experiencing now such great joy that literally if you worst at him, you became slapped you in the face, it wouldn't bother you because you're so happy right now is you gained appreciation for the life that you had as it was a second ago. And appreciation, therefore, is probably the most important trait that we need to develop, both for happiness but then also for wealth. But happiness, of course, is the most important thing because if you had”
2023-08-20 · We Study Billionaires · RWH031: Abundance w/ Michael Berg · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT