According to O'Neill, many people are never satisfied with the amount of money they have, even when they've accumulated millions of dollars. Yet, more money rarely equates to more happiness. You have to get there to really know that. Money doesn't buy happiness and neither does honors or position and awards or trophies. According to O'Neill, whenever anyone is in any kind of psychological or physical imbalance, they are in a state of fear.
Fear is an emotion that constricts, resulting in people holding on.
If money is one of the things in the person's life that they have a lot of, and have looked to for their security, they will, in their psychic pain, hold on to the money. Conversely, as the person becomes more balanced around their use of wealth, and as they broaden their definition of wealth to include their spirituality, their children and relationships, this healing process results in a letting go. And for the financially wealthy, this can include letting go of their hold on money and allowing it to recirculate, often in the form of philanthropy. But surrender is the first step toward freedom from our addictions and compulsions. It is also the beginning of the road to recovery from affluenza and all its destructive implications.