Last week I wrote to you regarding the lifelong tug-of-war between our money interests and the calling of our soul. This disconnect is a deep division in our way of being, behavior, and in our sense of our own character and integrity. This dichotomy, this break in our truth, not only confuses us around the issue of money, it also keeps us from integrating our inner and outer worlds to experience wholeness in our lives, the exquisite moment when we feel at peace in the moment, a part of and one with life. This quieter experience of wholeness has been largely lost in our culture, overtaken by the noise and scramble around money. The gap exists for all of us — myself included — and is at the very heart of the toughest struggles in life for all of us.

Money itself isn’t the problem. Money itself isn’t bad or good. Money itself doesn’t have power or not have power. It is our interpretation of money, our interaction with it, where the real mischief is and where we find the real opportunity for self-discovery and personal transformation.

Through reflection, prayer and meditation, you can look closely to find the money thread in your own story, it is there and it has meaning. You can begin the process of examination, and transform the mystery of money, and the field of play that money represents, into a different kind of place. Your relationship with money can be a place where you bring your strengths and skills, your highest aspirations, and your deepest and most profound qualities and spiritual gifts. Whether we are millionaires or “dollar heirs”, we can actually be great with our money and be great in our relationship with it.

Om Shanti, Peace, Namaste,

Dorothy