Those gorgeous, all-knowing eyes and radiant smile belong to an extraordinary woman, Dr. Karen Monroy. Karen and I talk about everything from interior design, to our love of four-legged furbabies, to our shared passion for gardening. We also talk a great deal about spiritual growth and how important it is to find balance, especially in these difficult times. She’s a bright and fascinating woman and I can’t recommend her book highly enough.
On May 12, the National Indie Excellence Awards announced their 2009 winners. Taking top honors in the “Specialty Books” category is the 30 Day Money Master Mind Make-Over: Bridging the Gap Between Living a Live of Passion and Purpose and Dealing with Money by Dr. Karen Monroy.
It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Karen, her philosophies, and her award-winning book. Here, in Karen’s own words, she shares a condensed version of her philosophy on the essential connection between spiritual growth and prosperity.
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“There is a better way and the better way is within you. The better way is the Practice of Spiritual Principles. A Spiritual Principle is an energetic vibration, which is expressing the Truth of being. One of the most basic Spiritual Principles is ‘we are all One’. Try as you might, it isn’t possible to harm another without harming yourself.
Applying Spiritual Principles to your life, leads to Sustainable Prosperity. It’s the fertile ground of Being that blesses the relationship with self, environment, health, community, family, vocation, culture and money.
The Spiritual Principles don’t change, their expression changes.
A common speed bump in practicing the better way: Spiritual Principles remain unapplied intellectual thoughts.
I know giving you the bird in traffic is adding to the negativity, but hey you cut me off and I got mad.
This surface dwelling of our intellectual knowledge is evidenced by the persistent seeking of answers outside of us rather than inside of us. So I tell every coworker about how I was cut off to get validation that giving someone the finger was okay.
Spiritual principles applied to your specific Thread in the Fabric of Life create a prosperous life, a happy life—a life of ease and grace. It creates Flow.
If I accepted the truth, harming you, harms me, I’d have a life of ease and grace instead of the drama of defending what I’ve done.
The purpose of Earth School: recognize your individualized Thread within the Fabric of Life, connected to everyone and everything, without limitation. To do this you need to understand Energy and your Power.
I frequently meet wonderful artists; rarely does the artist support themselves or families financially with their art. Beyond the obvious artists: writers, painters, sculptors, decorators, gardeners, cooks, graphic designers, there are the not-so obvious artists: coaches, parents, partners, businesspersons, neighbors, and family members.
It is inconsequential to the Universe the role you inhabit. Everyone, repeat, everyone, inhabits a role. Consciously or unconsciously you are the artist, painting the masterpiece of your life. Your life is your Art.
A common way artists interfere with the Flow is to grab the paintbrush out of God’s hands.
Flow, Universe, Source, Energy—pick your word. In Judaism there are 72 names for God. In Buddhism, it is said they can’t be counted.
Many artists can understand the Flow they tap into when they write or paint or sculpt. The Flow is an indicator that the individual Thread in the Fabric of Life is woven succinctly, balanced, at peace with the Fabric itself, in that moment. What is created from this flow blesses. Always.
What if every aspect of your life could be lived in this Flow? How is it possible for an artist to experience Flow in their art and not in other area’s –especially financial flow?
I’d like to invite you to think of your particular Thread in the Fabric of Life in a new way. The Thread is a conduit with-in the Fabric. The Thread doesn’t have to do anything to be a better conduit, but it does need to remove the dust and lint that keeps it from interlocking with the Fabric.
The Fabric never ends and the Thread never ends. It changes. The colors, textures, and the radiance will vary depending on the space within the Fabric the Thread is occupying.And it’s all a choice. We can occupy any space; connect to the Fabric any way we choose. I didn’t say want. I said choose. Wants are easy. Choice is hard.
Now think of your bank account. Notice how you went from an expanded being. one with all that is, to a finite contracted mindset. You probably did it at warp speed too. It doesn’t have anything to do with the amount in the bank account—you may think it does, but that would be a choice you are making. It has everything to do with the meaning you have assigned that number and your Flow.
You could choose to see that you are the creator of that number and it’s sustainability. You could choose to be in balance and flow with that number, or, you could choose to sabotage whatever the amount in your account by being out of balance or out of integrity with yourself.
Of course there are tactical things to learn—like a cook learns to measure. But a cook knowing what 1 cup is doesn’t help them be a good cook any more than you knowing tactical money matters help you live sustainably prosperous.
This is the lint and the dust of our thread. We think it’s about what we do and what we have, not who we are. Here’s what being connected to the Flow tells us, “You are not alone, and your connection to the Fabric is the source of your power”
Ask to be shown the lint and dust of doing and having and you will be.
Listen.
Ask what Spiritual Principles you need to apply to the practice of being.
Listen.
Sustainable Prosperity. It’s a better way. And it’s within you.”
For more information about Dr. Monroy, her books, lectures, and services, please visit her Website here.
You can also find Karen at:
Twitter: @KarenKMmonroy
Facebook Page here.
Blog: www.KarenMonroy.com/blog
You may schedule an appointment with Karen here.
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