Monday, 6 August 2018
In our world, people seem to be obsessed about money and that obsession can take many forms, both positive and negative. Some good spiritual people often just want to ignore it and that, in its own way, represents a negative obsession to me. In and of itself money is neither good nor bad but rather a neutral instrument for measuring exchange based on a community agreement. It has the values we give to it through our attitudes and our use of it.
While not in and of itself spiritual, material possessions may provide some with a spiritual experience, teaching them what they have been tasked to learn in this lifetime, just as not having money may be a great teacher for others. Some people gain great freedom and growth from having money; some people become shackled by it. Some people gain freedom and growth from not having money; some people suffer despair, misery and depression from its lack.
How much money people need is an individual matter; so please don’ t fall prey to the trap of judging others for what they have or do not have. Some people may be amassing or may have already amassed fortunes that will later be used for the good of humanity, even if at present they don’ t plan on using their money this way and aren’ t on a spiritual path. The point here is that we can’ t know the larger purpose of anyone’ s path.
I feel strongly( and I hope you would agree) that success- both ours and others- should be measured not by the size of one’ s bank account, the square footage of their house, the neighborhood they live in, whether the car they drive is a Ford or a Ferrari, whether the luggage they travel with is Louis Vuitton or Samsonite, whether the watch they wear is a Rolex or a Timex, but rather by the degree to which they are fulfilling their mission in life, are happy and joyful about their lives, are living their lives with passion and purpose and the degree to which they are contributing to the betterment of humanity and the world we live in.
On a deeper, spiritual level, money is in all actuality tangible energy. If Spirit is matter at its highest vibrational frequency( as many
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