Money and Spirituality

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There are a lot of people who are walking a spiritual path that have a perspective that money and spirituality do not fit together. As a matter of fact there seems to be a gap between the spiritual world ~ and consequently metaphysics ~ and the material word in which money has its place, that it is still hard to bridge that gap in such a manner that it makes sense. That it starts fitting together.

From my perspective not just us humans, but also the world around us consists of ‘Mind, Body & Spirit’. And while that is something that most people who are on a spiritual path readily agree upon where it concerns mankind ~ looking at the world we live in it is not always seen as quite as obvious...
Thinking of the world, or even the earth in terms of a system of ‘Mind, Body & Spirit’ pretty quickly gives the impression that those factors aren’t parts of a balanced whole ~ but rather they are at odds with each other.

‘Body’, or the physical, material world in which money has its place may also be seen as a place with different values that may even be considered ‘lower’ values. Like greed. A world where a lot of things can be morally right, yet are ethically wrong...
‘Spirit’, or that part of our world that deals with the spiritual aspects of life is expected to have not only a higher energy frequency, but also higher standards.

As I said, for many of us the two don’t mix.

However, that is a perspective based on a value judgement.
When we value one aspect of our world ~ one aspect of life ~ over another, it gets easier for the two aspects to drift apart. This value judgement then is part of ‘Mind’. It is how we think about or perceive the world, and yes, the people around us, that may put ‘spirituality’ over ‘material’ or vice versa.

And yet, no matter how spiritual a person you are, no matter how strong a spiritual path you are walking ~ you still have to pay the rent and do your grocery shopping. Living in the world of today, you have to deal with the material, or even monetary aspects of life.

Perhaps then, the question isn’t about ‘Money or Spirituality’, but rather about ‘Money and Spirituality’. Bringing these two aspects of life to a more balanced perspective, where the higher spiritual standards are applied to the material world; where a ‘spiritual person‘ can be paid for their services with money.

People tend to function best when their ‘Mind, Body & Spirit’ are in balance ~ I dare say the same is true for the world we live in!
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