Francis G. Bitterly CFP®
Author, student of comparative religions, Christian mystic and contemplative.
Francis G. Bitterly, CFP®, leads a wealth management team based in Red Bank, New Jersey as a Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, Sr. Portfolio Management Director, and Certified Financial Planner®.
Since graduating from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1985 with a B.S. in Business Management, Fran has spent the past 38 years helping his clients make wise and informed decisions about their money to enable them to achieve what is most important to them.
He has been recognized ten times by Barron’s Magazine as one of the nation’s top financial advisors and listed as America’s Best-in-State Wealth Advisors by Forbes Magazine.
2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State-by-State (formerly referred to as Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors: State-by-State)
Source: Barrons.com (Awarded 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). Data compiled by Barron’s based on 12-month period concluding in Sept of the year prior to the issuance of the award.
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Forbes Best-In- State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
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“As the drop relinquishes its mortal sense of self and yields to its intrinsic nature— that of the ocean itself—the very nature of the ocean is revealed. Tremendous relief comes flooding in as we admit to ourselves that the ego, with all of its opinionated positionality based on an inherited sense of separateness, is actually not only the cause of our stress and woe, but also the root of all obsessive thinking and desire.”
-The Yoga Of True Wealth, Francis Bitterly
Yoga of True Wealth
Wisdom from a Heart on Wall St
Presented With sincerity, honesty and heart, this is a touching true story replete with the deepest wisdom and most poignant truths. The fact that these golden threads are interwoven in the tapestry of human life unfolding makes it all the more medicine for the soul.
Sharing Wisdom
Recall in John 8:58, Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
On March 13, 1936, a devotee from Bombay asked Ramana Maharshi a question while attending his Ashram: “Do I keep my mind blank without thoughts arising so that God might show himself in his true being?” Maharshi answered: “The essence of mind is only awareness or...
Realization of Your own consciousness- The Yoga Of True Wealth
Excerpt From: Joel Goldsmith “Consciousness Unfolding” Wilder Publications, Inc. This is a tremendous teaching from one of the great master's of the twentieth century. Many of today's most celebrated authors on spirituality credit Joel Goldsmith for showing them...
That which is being sought is the seeker himself-St Francis of Assisi
Wisdom - The Yoga of True Wealth “Know the Truth, and the truth shall set you free.” These words of Jesus are not referring to some foreign concept of faith. They are referring to the truth of what you are beyond your titles, accomplishments, sorrows, personal story,...
Into the Mysticism of Silence
We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic –Van Morrison “Into the Mystic’ This beautiful song by Van Morrison always makes me think of the mystery of faith and love found in silence and what it...
Everything else can wait but the search for God
"Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings. Contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in...
What Is the Real Truth? Taking That Inner Journey
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has conceived the things that God has prepared for those who love Him." —1 Corinthians 2:9 The truth is in the knowing that there’s nothing that we perceive outside of ourselves—our wealth, material possessions, status,...