The gloomy financial news, famine and global violence on
television seems to contrast particularly strongly at the moment with commercial
breaks depicting happy families enjoying vast amounts of food, toys
and the latest expensive high-tech gadgets.
Yet the more we seek happiness in the
pursuit of money, goods and power the more unhappy and unbalanced
we make our world. Not that there's anything wrong with money, goods
or power - used well they can be fabulous resources - but when we
make them a goal in themselves, instead of using them in service to a true vision we risk our
integrity.
The Emperor's New Clothes
The essence which depicts this truth best is Pyrite, also known as Fool's Gold, so called because it
often tricked the unwary miner with an illusion of instant wealth, Pyrite essence asks us to step out
of mass delusion where we're frightened to be the only one to point out that the only suit the
Emperor is wearing is the one he was born in. Pyrite essence asks us to resist external pressures
and live our life according to our highest personal truth.
The Golden Lining
This, to me, is the upside of the economic downturn. We're having to take personal responsibility
for our livelihood, our own happiness and the social and planetary consequences of our actions. If
you're reading this then you'll be familiar with the concept that we create our reality ourselves, yet
some aspects of the media have turned this idea of using the Law of Attraction into the pursuit of having
more, when in fact the journey is always about being more - more of who we truly are. I recently
saw this excerpt in a friend's newsletter which expresses this very eloquently - over to Mark Silver
from 'Heart of Business'
Heart or Ego?
'There's a popular idea floating around that says: God/Divine/Source wants you to have it easy.
Just stay happy, stay focused on your dreams, and everything you need will come to you. This is a
misunderstanding of a profound spiritual teaching. The Sufis talk about it like this: You have been
promised ease around your sustenance.
The problem? This is a teaching of the heart, not the ego. For the ego, "ease" means easy, no
work, lying around on the beach while the cash flows in. For the heart, however, "ease" means
something entirely different. What brings ease to the heart is when your work (1) benefits others
and has meaning, (2) hurts no one and doesn't accumulate what is referred to as "sin" or "karma," and (3) is honest. If you earn a living while accomplishing those three, even if there is some hard
work involved, your heart will be at ease.' Business Heart article (c)2008 Mark Silver, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
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