Changing Cultures

I woke up thinking about how many of us are trapped in a lifestyle that is not conducive to our wellbeing, or our soul's desire. When I look at it, I see that one of the reasons is "business." As I mention in my book, IGNITING CHANGE, we have followed a course that was dictated by the industrial revolution. Granted, we needed jobs and industry provided that. But do we need 60 hours of work a week?

The question is, how do we change course? How do we turn this ship around now that we are fully caught up in the trappings? Surprisingly, this current economic "crisis" is providing some guidance. I work in retail and what I'm hearing many people say they're cutting back. By reducing our dependence on "things", we begin a process of having more options. As the opportunity to incur debt diminishes, and the need to live within our means increases, we begin to come back into alignment with reality. This is the first step toward change - come into the NOW. Get in touch with what's real!

THIS is why these are exciting times. A tremendous opportunity is presenting itself on a collective level. If we choose, we can change.

New Wealth

It’s happened. The shift from the fifth night to the sixth day of the Mayan Calendar has happened. I awoke this morning with a sense of possibility I haven’t felt in ages.

I started thinking about money. My friend, Heather, lent me a copy of a broadcast from Coast to Coast radio with guest Cathryn Fitts in which she talked about the tapeworm economy. (see link: www.solari.com) Essentially, it’s about large sums of money being filtered out of the U.S. economy, laundered and brought back in or moved to other countries. So much money is being moved that it has depleted the resources of the middle class, causing them to become “poor.”

This morning I woke up with an image of money having been circling the drain in one direction. Now that is changing. Money was trained to follow fear. It will now follow love.

If you’ve been wondering why you’re a nice person and you don’t have as much money as not-so-nice people, this is why. Following fear, there was never enough. Greed is simply lack – can’t get enough.

Love and money will not look anything like money and fear. It is not about egregious wealth. It is about enough. Gratitude – being grateful for what you have and compassion - being sure that everyone has enough. Sharing the wealth.

Think about what enough looks like for you. Then imagine enough for everyone. Meditate on this often. It’s time to re-envision our new reality. If you can, hold a kind thought for those who have amassed the majority of the wealth so they may assimilate into this new dynamic quickly and easily.