“The tricky part, and this goes for money, sex, power, seriously, anything… once the attachment is truly broken – and you can dis-identify with it… then you can inhabit it with radiance – as a vehicle to use. And under those circumstances, particularly in this culture – where money for example is a means of accomplishing goals, it’s a means of getting something done, then not to inhabit money with a great deal of intelligence is pretty silly.” – Ken Wilber
Dear Friends,
One area in which spiritual wisdom and life coaching often clash – and needlessly in my view – is around money.
So what’s the psychologically healthy, authentic, spiritual wisdom based approach to money?
Well, here’s a story, presented by philosopher, Ken Wilber, which I think makes perfect sense and also covers all bases.
It’s also completely in line with our notion of wisdom generally, as the wisdoms for each of the subject areas of life are merely applications of that same principle of freedom and non-attachment from identification with things, complemented with a full helping of common sense and whatever practical applications happen to be relevant.
Wilber relates the account of a student of the teacher, Suzuki Roshi, who was about to get married into a very wealthy family, and was concerned as to how that wealth might affect, or even counter, his spiritual truth.
“To be attached to wealth is a terrible thing”, begins Roshi, and the student exclaims his agreement and understanding.
“And to be attached to poverty is also a terrible thing”, Roshi continues.
“Ah! Okay, I understand”, replied the student.
Roshi finished with the conclusion;
“Good. Now that you understand that, it’s better to be wealthy than poor.”
So the question I believe this prompts one to ask oneself is; are you attached to poverty?, and/or are you attached to wealth?
You can click here to read the rest of the page on this subject.
London ILP Group May All Day Practice, 22nd May 2010
We also have another London date for you, Saturday the 22nd of May.
Gary and our London Integral Life Practice Group are having an all day Practice Day in May. This combines the four ILP elements of Mind, Body, Spirit and Shadow in one outstanding medley approach.
The day is a closed group, which means there’s only room for 12 places, and I believe six of them have already gone, so if you would like to go you might want to shout now…
You can find out more via the current main feature on the Whole Life homepage;
> http://wholelifewholeworld.com/
Or via this link on the London ILP site, which also includes an audio of Gary, and a presentation video related to integral practice and theory;
http://ilp-london.wholelifewholeworld.com/2010/03/25/may-all-day-practice-2010/
Best wishes and much success to you,
James Blacker,
Founder, Papillon Human Potential and
Whole Life Whole World Integral Wisdom Movement
enquiries@papillongroup.org
http://wholelifewholeworld.com/
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