Dont bite the hand that feeds you

 This time last year I was on a roll promoting my new online Buddha beds mattress business. 

I was still living in my old rotted cabin and I needed to make a large sum of money fast to get myself out of there. 

Now I have my new cabin I've been taking a bit of a back seat again. I still have my little viewing by appointment mattress showroom in Belfast which I've had for over 10 years now. 

This keeps me ticking away nicely, all built on word of mouth with a very down to earth sales approach. Its only me and wee betty running the show and always will be.

I had around 15 people work for me in the past and what a head melt that is! You have no idea what energies you are allowing to come into your life. 

I've bought a lot of wisdom over the years.

I always remember an old friend of mine who had a kitchen business years ago. He went all over the world sourcing good wood for his kitchen doors. He used to always tell me of the story when he dealt with the Amish.

He said they made the best oak panels he had ever seen. He started to buy from them for a few months then he went to place another big order with them and one of the Amish said to him - We've taken all we need from nature this year and they wont be selling anymore wooden panels until next year.

My old mate couldn't believe this and I couldn't believe it at the time either. When he told me this I thought to myself that these people must be lunatics or something turning away the cash like that!

Back then though money was my God. I was a product of the monopoly board. I let myself become a slave to money, its so easy to do though as that game of numbers just never ends. Its all just ego polishing really. 

What do we do with so much more money than we really need. We can only fill our bellies once and we can only sleep in one bed at a time. 

You may get a better seat on the plane, but you'll get stuck with a load of constipated bummers and blowers. ( my wee mum used to call people this who used to talk like they were the best thing ever).

She got to see them all in our house with my dad being one of the biggest underworld wheeler dealers in Belfast. That game is riddled with people that like to talk themselves up - bumming and blowing! 

The thing that happened to me though when I was rich, I didnt like the people I ended up with, some may do, but not me. 

You really have no true friends in business or the underworld. Its all dog eat dog. When the money is not there, the so called friends aren't there either.

Anyhow, 

I like how the Amish do it, all this greed in the world is at the expense of mother nature. We may think we are getting away with it, but even our bodies are just on loan from nature. We have come out of natures elements and one day we are going back. Debts must be settled.

I dont like being a programmed parasite anymore. Our purpose is to live in service to the creation and way too many of us are biting the hand that feeds them.

Its one of the reasons I dont ask for money anymore for my projects, I use my own.

When I do need I'll let you know. 

For now though I have enough paper and digits to keep me going.

Yes I could do all sorts more good with loads of money with my wheeling and dealing expertise. But I know I would loose my balance in other ways. My own personal relationship with nature and my own spiritual journey are whats most important to me right now.

Your own enlightenment and liberation is not something you can buy. 

None of us are getting out of here alive guys, keep your Karma right.

I challenge you to phantom plant a tree 

Peace and love 

The Phantom Planter 

Ps

Thanks to my lovely girlfriend for helping me create this pic.