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May 10th, 2010
Looking Up
Good morning,
Over the last couple of years, I have seen many of my dear friends (artists, musicians, healers, spiritualists, etc) go bankrupt while trying to give the world their beautiful gifts. It has been a tough economy for everyone and the media does not talk about the spiritual types, the New Agers that have also been hit hard by this recent recession. Many of my friends have given up and quit trying to earn a living by spreading love, beauty, and joy around the world.
I wrote today's article back before the big economic downturn. Now as we are all climbing back out of the financial mess, I find myself wondering if my friends and colleagues will be coming back to work in this industry that is filled with so much love and compassion. Heaven knows there are still plenty of quacks and charlatans in our industry, but will the gentle loving souls who were really trying to give something special to the world find their way back to this kind of work? Will they give it another shot?
Today, I said a prayer for all of us in hopes that they do come back and that they are treated better this time, appreciated for their sacrifices and their gifts.
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Quote of the Week:
Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make
us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving. -
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It
was here first. -
There will be a time when loud-
Feature Article of the Week:
Paying for Enlightenment
You cannot put a price tag on spirituality. Jesus, Buddha, and the others did not charge people for their words of wisdom. Truly spiritual and enlightened folks give their gift away for free to those in need. It is not about the money; it is about helping others. It is the greed and hypocrisy of the mainstream churches that turns us away from them. You cannot buy your way into heaven. If we in the New Age Movement are to learn from the mistakes of the churches, then we must learn to give our spiritual gifts from the heart and not for any monetary reasons.
In going out of our way to make sure that we are not repeating the mistakes of the
corporate churches, we have set ourselves up for failure. We have told ourselves
that in order to be spiritual, we must live in poverty. Yet, we also tell ourselves
that we can manifest prosperity and abundance if we are good and pure of thought.
We dream of leaving the rat race and making a living doing something in balance
with our spiritual and loving belief systems. We tell ourselves that karma dictates
that if we do good works then good things will happen to us. We believe that if
we work long and hard passionately helping others through our art, our music, our
writings, our healings, and our many other gifts and talents that we will be taken
care of by the universe. However, the minute we begin to make an honest living at
doing something spiritual, loving, and peace-
"How dare you charge me for that book that you wrote? How dare you charge me for psychic readings? How dare you charge me for the CD of meditation music that you wrote and performed? How dare you pass a collection plate around after your religious services? How dare you charge me money to hear your lectures and speeches? How dare you charge me money to camp out on your land during our spiritual retreat? How dare you charge me money for your artwork? How dare you charge me money for anything and call yourself spiritual?"
To those of you who keep asking such questions, I ask you this... How dare you demand
that we give you everything for free? You who live in America and have money for
Starbucks, iPods, and Regal Cinemas, but no money for your brothers and sisters who
are trying to earn a living giving you something other than materialism and politics-
No, this is not about me nor is it about my colleagues who are up against the same negative attitudes. It is about you in the New Age Movement who do not realize that you are treating me and my fellow healers, musicians, artists, writers, activist, and others as if we are evil for needing to earn a living. Do you realize that if each of us listens to you, then we have to quit giving our gifts at all? If only those who can afford to give it away for free are allowed to become musicians, writers, teachers, artists, healers, and such... then only the wealthy are allowed to share their spirituality and enlightenment. Don't you see? You are recreating the same thing that you think you are trying to avoid. You are telling us that until we are independently wealthy, we are not truly spiritual enough to teach you, help you, heal you, or serve you in any way at all. You are the one who is putting money above enlightenment and true heartfelt spirituality.
Yes, there will always be greedy people who charge more than they actually need for their goods and services. But that is not the case with most New Age practitioners. Most of the folks I have met could make a much better living getting a "real job" and working for Corporate America. We sacrifice so much to be able to develop our gifts to the point that they are even worthy of giving to you, and then to have you spit on us because we need to put a price tag on the gift in order to subsidize our work is so hurtful and cruel, that I don't begin to know how to tell you what you do to us. I have watched many wonderful artists, musicians, and writers give up and quit because the New Agers think they should get it all for free. "Gimme, gimme, gimme! I'm spiritual, so I'm entitled to everything and anything." No, you are not spiritual and you are not entitled.
Who fed Jesus? Who puts clothes on the Dalai Lama's back? Who put a roof over Mother Theresa's head? No, they did not have to pass around a nasty rude ugly collection plate. Someone else did it for them so that they could focus on the work they were doing. The Catholic Church subsidized Mother Theresa. She did not have to charge those who were dying in her hospital because someone else paid the bills. Jesus did not have to charge money for his sermons because someone always made sure that he was clothed and fed. Are you all writing to the Dalai Lama and cussing him out because Barnes and Nobles charges you money for his books? Do you tell him that his gift is not truly spiritual or inspired by something beautiful and divine because those books cost you a fistful of dollars?
No, you cannot put a price tag on spirituality. However, you can put a price tag on blood, sweat, and tears. You can put a price tag on the years of education and training that goes into learning how to be a good musician, healer, artist, etc. You can put a price tag on the tools, supplies, and resources needed to create those spiritual gifts. You can put a price on someone's time and energy. You can put a price tag on a marketing and advertising to get the word out to the universe that a beautiful gift of the heart is available. And you can put a price tag on basic survival needs that must be met in order for that person to continue living a healthy lifestyle so that they can continue giving their gift to the universe. If you want real spirituality and not corporations that call themselves churches leading the New Age, then you are going to have to allow these people to earn a living.
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