We’re always asking, why are things getting tougher financially?

But I thought today I’d turn that question around and ask who is benefiting from things being the way they are?

Oil companies – Exxon made $40,610 million in 2007 ($40.61 billion, or nearly $78,000 per minute). Its previous record was $39.5 billion in 2006. Shell, Chevron and other oil companies weren’t far behind. They dominated the list of the top 10 earning companies in the world. Not too surprising though ... since oil prices jumped about 100 dollars over the past few years, where do you think the money would be going to?

Banks and insurance companies are also very, very prominent and come high up on the Fortune 500 list. They make their money out of interest fees and charges. And business has been very good for them for some time now. What does that mean for you?

So ...

If you drive a car or travel in one...
If you have a bank account or loan...
If you have insurance ....

You might want to know why these are the most profitable companies in the world, while your premiums and your interest rates just keep going up.

They may be massive corporations with company jets and glittering high rise head offices, but in the end of the day there is a correlation between your costs and their profits. Don’t let all that financial jargon intimidate you. It’s simpler than you think. Your costs ARE their profits.

Just something for you to think about.

And remember, it is not possible for the consciousness that created a problem to solve it.

The system cannot and will not heal itself. Why would it, when the profits are so good?

So if you are part of the system – by which I mean, if you are not challenging and questioning it, and finding the real, simple, solutions that can set you free, then you are a slave of the system.

The Formula for Riches is a simple solution to wealth creation and everything else you want to address.

The solutions to all problems are much simpler than we have been led to believe. Because the system that depends on us to feed it is hardly going to voluntarily change things, is it?

But you can change yourself. Starting with your mind. That is the way of freedom. Financial freedom and every other kind.