http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com The Role of Money in the Evolution of Consciousness Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:24:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over-Consumption and the Bloating of America My husband and I just took a road trip from here is the San Francisco Bay area up through Oregon, Washington, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and camped on the way home down the coast. What was remarkable was the amount of obesity we encountered.  Some of ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/money-and-obesity/ The Spiritual Opportunity Of Our Money Pain I really like this guy , Matt Taibbi, who writes for the Rolling Stone magazine.  He again has a great article this month on the continued  betrayal of the American people.  The article is called "Wall Street Strikes Back" and the table of ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/the-rubber-is-meeting-the-road/ We Are Not Out of the Falling Bubble Woods Yet. I heard a joke the other day, that might have been funny if it weren't so close to the truth. "The last will and testament of the Icelandic financial sector requested their ashes be spread over Europe". I loved what my husband's ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/concentric-circles-of-recession/ The Spiritualization of Money At the core of all great spiritual teachings is the recognition that as human beings we have two natures. In Hindu, this is talked about in terms of Shiva and Shakti. In Buddhsit Mahamudra, it is the union of luminous clarity and emptiness (Shiva) and Phenomenon. In ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/the-money-split/ Opting Out of the Big Bank Fiasco and Moving Toward Self Sufficiency The Rolling Stone March 2009 issue had an article by Matt Taibbi called Wall Street's Bailout Hustle in which he likens the financial crisis bailout to a street con and makes a very good case of it, taking us ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/the-wall-street-hustle/ A Spiritual View of the Economic Crises I was at a mediation and guidance session the other night that was led by my friend, Pratima Freeman, who has been receiving guidance higher consciousness during meditation for many years. Not any particular being, but a transmission from a source of wisdom. See ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/chaos-and-the-economy/ The Great Turning Laast Sunday, January 3rd, in Mill Valley, CA I spent the afternoon at  Awakening The Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium which was created by  The Pachamam Alliance. Apparently this symposium has 2000 trainers that share it around the world in more than 40 countries on six continents. This alliance was ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/sustainable-world/ Applying the Spiritual Method of Inquiry to Money One of the themes that I have continued to talk about is taking responsibility? It seems like an easy concept, but it is actually something very difficult to do. Mostly we like to blame- our mates, our parents, our investment advisor, the government, ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/conscious-money/money-and-inquiry/ Are  Being Spiritual and Not Debting for the Future Contradictory? I received this email last week: "In an excellent post last April on credit card debt, you stated bluntly, 'Debt steals from the future.' I'm in full agreement, but I fear this line of reasoning falls on deaf ears to many debt-laden ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/uncategorized/the-future-is-now/ The Challenge to the Old Masculine Mentality The masculine is what turns the soul  outward to affect the world. But in order for it to help us through the global crisis, which is really a wake-up all to humanity, it must escape the defining cultural influences to which it has been ... http://www.moneyasspiritualpractice.com/conscious-money/money-and-the-patriarchy/