Choosing Spirituality, Creativity, and Prosperity

I’ve done a good job of letting go of the belief that to be a good person I had to be poor and that there wasn’t enough money or resources in this world for all of us.  However, I just realized that I haven’t yet let go of the idea that the only way to have money is to sacrifice my soul.  I’ve realized that deep within my soul I’ve believed that my spiritual and creative endeavors can’t pay the bills and that the only way to maintain the lifestyle I’ve become accustomed to is suffer through a corporate job.

However, I’ve realized that this belief is true because I believe it to be true.  I can choose to change that belief and believe that I can be creative, spiritual, and prosperous.  I can take all of the things I’ve learned in my life and create a beautiful, spiritually rich, and prosperous lifestyle.  All it truly takes is being willing to let go of my belief that a spiritual life equals poverty. 

This means letting go of the belief that so many of us in the metaphysical community have that selling our talents and skills means selling spirituality.  I’ve realized that that is not true and that while spirituality may be free, if I have a specific set of knowledge or skills that can help people, there is nothing wrong with charging a fair price for my services.

I get frustrated when I see people in the spiritual community begging for funds so that they can be a spiritual leader, but I’m realizing that the big reason for my frustration is that they are subconsciously strengthening my belief that you can only be spiritual or prosperous and you cannot be both.  This idea is also strengthened when I hear negative commentary about the pastors of megachurches who choose to have a nice lifestyle.  Now to be clear, I do not believe that pastors or   anyone else should take advantage of people to profit, but I’m realizing that there is nothing wrong with them accepting a decent salary and selling books or hosting TV shows for profit. 

The bottom line is that I’m realizing it is okay to profit off my spiritual and creative talents and skills.

Published by

Unknown's avatar

Raine Shakti

Raine Shakti believes in living her life cairn by cairn and in helping others learn to do the same. Her day job is in the training and communications field and her best professional experiences are when she is able to empower people. She has spent the last few years reclaiming her life and her inner warrior. Part of this journey was becoming an ordained priestess with the Fellowship of Isis. Her Matron deities are Nephthys who has helped her become a true virgin woman, the Morrigan who has taught her what it means to be sovereign, and Yemaya who has taught her the strength in having a loving heart.

Leave a comment