respecting copyright & being pono
Aloha ‘Uhane,
I awoke this morning with a very clear message to address an issue which is very prevalent in modern society, even amongst the ‘New Age’ & ‘Spiritual’ circles. Copyright & Intellectual Property or as I like to often refer to is ‘ Information from Spirit’, are matters that many disrespect & have dis-regard for. How many of you have ever copied a CD, DVD, photocopied a book, taken an image from the internet or used someone else’s material, such as training manuals, without their permission? How would you feel if for a month all your clients came in and then said they weren’t going to pay for your services? How would finances be after such a month? It’s exactly the same thing. Have you taken the time, effort & money to invest in your skills and business, rent etc? Well, so have the people who have created these other things.
I remember hearing of someone in 1 of Serge’s trainings who challenged him about charging money for what she saw as Universal information. Yep, it is Universal information, so access it yourself though your meditations and connecting to Spirit. Hmmmmm, too busy, can’t be bothered, haven’t made the appropriate connection with Spirit to access the info. I could be blunt and say access it yourself then. Spend the hours to commit to listening and writing, re-writing, investing the time & money in getting the information printed, published, pressed to CD or DVD. Have you ever considered how much time, research and effort is required to write a book or even an article or training manual, a piece of music or film work? These things are all there as gifts from Source because beings take the time to do the work and invest in getting it to the public domain so you can access it and benefit from it. Most of you know I will never copy a CD ( except ones I’ve purchased & and have copied for myself ‘cos I don’t want to get the original oily) - there are many I have purchased for ‘just 1 song’. Where would we all be if people like Serge didn’t take the time and investment in getting this Universal information published. All my published work, including my training manuals and meditation CD’s have been done with verbal & written permission & blessings from Serge, as much of it has come from information from his trainings and research I have done through his teachings & those of Aloha International.
Breaching Copyright, Intellectual Property etc is actually going against the Principles of Huna & many Universal principles. Money is an energy & valuing the information enough to pay for it is an exchange of energy. Not having this exchange ie taking it for nothing comes from a fear base and a place of lack. Observe what happens when you or others come from such a place - do you find then that you create a situation where you ‘lose’ money or something else important to you. Are things not working in your life, your world as you want? Perhaps this energy of the New Year might be an appropriate time to reflect on your beliefs & behaviours and make some changes. Be PONO & do the right thing with Aloha & Ho’ihi (respect). You might just be surprised how well the energy starts to flow for you in positive ways in your life.
