Principles of economic restoration

A series of articles written by John Eagles.

When you look up definitions for the word 'economy,' you'll find rather different ones.

For example, Dictionary.com defines 'economic' as:

... pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.

Merriam-Webster gives as one of several definitions about 'economy':

... the management of household or private affairs and especially expenses.

Here, 'economy' will be understood in a similar way, putting emphasis on the 'fair distribution' of things, in a family, tribe, nation or the world. Often the word 'business' will appear. It's used in the meaning of 'a creative enterprise producing and distributing things.'

In the following articles we shall search for the original meaning of 'economy' and 'business.' In that original sense, there must be considered the meaning in relation to our own restoration. We all have bodies and we all need food and things around us. How can we create or produce, sell or distribute these things in an original way? How do these matters relate to our own course of becoming a better and more mature person?

Articles

Title		First lines of article	Date written
The meaning of business		In the English language, business originally would mean: to be busy. Because fallen people are all the time busy with doing only one thing, to make money, business came to mean: to acquire money. Money represents God’s creation. Therefore, business concerns man’s relationship to creation.	February 2, 1986
10 Guidelines for business		1. DON’T BECOME INDEBTED TO ANYONE 2. BUILDING UP BUSINESS IS RESTORATION. RESTORATION IS RE-CREATION. THEREFORE, BUILDING UP BUSINESS IS A CREATIVE PROCESS	January 26, 1987
The growth of a foundation and the element of time		How much time does it take to build a foundation in the world? What stages are there when you want to build a foundation? Suppose you want to build up a business. How is this done in accordance with original principles and how much time does this take?	August 7, 1999
The purification of money		There exist principles for how money can be purified. Much of the money in the present world is dirty money. Much money has been stained because it was acquired through immoral methods. Such money needs to be purified in order to give it back its original value.	October 2, 2008
The things and man and God		When we speak about economy, we speak about things. Things are available in the form of natural resources and in man-produced products. We cannot speak about economy without considering the meaning of things in relation to God and man.	March 5, 2009
The creation of things as an employee	File:Rolls Royce factory -Merlin engines and female workers-1942.jpg	For this situation there are to be considered: You as the producer or creator of things - Your relationship to God and how to offer that what you do to God - The employer for whom you are working and his relationship to God - The things that you make and the resources from which they were made.	March 5, 2009
Creative through your own production		The original situation for each person is that he or she creates something while standing in a direct object relationship to God, unhindered by any person who might want to stand in-between. In this situation, you can express God's love fully and you can entirely explore and develop your own talents.	March 6, 2009
Offerings and selling things		Human life well understood is life in relationship to God. All that we do should be connected to God. All that we are should be under God. This is no different for the the activity of selling a product.	March 9, 2009
Material blessing proof for God's love?		There is a widespread belief among many who call themselves faithful that the wealth they gathered is proof of God's love for them. I don't recall the exact quotations from which they derive such belief, but it goes more or less in the line that God blesses the ones who are faithful, or blesses those who follow God's laws.	February 1, 2011
World of harmony		All of us people of the world have lost the balance and harmony between different elements of our lives. In my life i have made it a goal to try to discover how to live in an original, that is harmonious way.	February 27, 2011
The purpose of a house full of chairs		All of us want to become happy and there is nothing wrong about that. What we need to understand is that nobody can be happy by being alone, by just taking care of yourself. You cannot make yourself happy. You are happy when you are being loved.	March 5, 2011

External links

• From the darkness into the light John Eagles' blog. Several of the articles above, and more, are posted here.