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 Dzogchen, it is the union [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Enlightenment’
The Money Split
Chaos and The Economy
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 her website, Gifts of Guidance. [...]
Money and Inquiry
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, the economy, Bernie Madoff etc. [...]
The Future is Now
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 people who’ve imbibed spiritual literature [...]
Money and Fear
The Survival Instinct and Money
One of the opposing forces in addition to the usual resistances and psychodynamic issues we have to contend with on our journey of realization are the animal instincts. They are powerful drives underneath our consciousness that want to preserve life on an animal level and are not concerned as consciousness is [...]
Money and Enlightenment
How I See What Spiritual Teacher Jed McKenna Has To Say and the Economic Crisis Are Related
I have been reading Jed Mckenna’s Notebook which is the newest from Spiritual Teacher, although he would hate that title. I have read his other three books in what he calls his Enlightenment Trilogy: Spiritual Enlightenment The Damnedest Thing, Spiritually [...]