Money
"It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty"
- Juvenal.
It's undeniable that money plays an important role in our lives, but what exactly is that role? Is money a harmful distraction, or can it actually help us live more consciously? Is it better to give or to receive? is poverty more enlightened than wealth?
Even among highly conscious individuals, money can be a contentious, polarizing topic. Social conditioning overloads us with so many conflicting views on the subject that it's no wonder people are confused. Confusion about money causes us to compartmentalize the financial part of our lives. Money becomes a thing unto itself with its own rules and formulas. We literally treat it as something that must be cordoned off and sealed in a vault, isolated from other parts of our lives lest it somehow infect us with its inhuman properties.
Social conditioning about money affects how we relate to each other as well. What prejudgements do you make about people based on their financial status? What assumptions would you make about a millionaire? About someone who's totally broke? How would you feel dating someone who earned ten times as much as you do? How about one-tenth as much as you earn?
These mixed associations lead many conscious people to conclude that money itself is the problem. Perhaps it's better to live without it altogether or at least to minimize its role in our lives. If money is truly a distraction from conscous living, wouldn't the most conscious choice be to shun money altogether? Should you give up all your worldly possessions and go live in a cave somewhere?
Despite what you may have been conditioned to believe, the simple truth is that there are no special rules for money. It obeys the principles of truth, love, and power the same as any other part of your life, and it's a mistake to try to isolate yourself from the world's financial realities.
In our coaching sessions, I'll offer a holistic way of thinking about money, one that should satisfy your intuitive feelings as well as your logical mind.
If you want to earn money without lowering your consciousness, you must align your income with truth, love, and power. If you're making a valuable social contribution, then by any reasonable standard of fairness, you should be paid for it. This won't happen automatically though. you must consciously cultivate such conditions while doing your best to follow the heart-centered path.
Do your best to create and share your value with others, and you'll help create a richer and more abundant world for all of us.
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