Spirituality Mistaken For Poverty : A Cultural Fracture Point
Who is allowed to be spiritual? Who is allowed to be intelligent, stable and successful? Does that have a look? At what point was spirituality collapsed into poverty? As time progresses, I have been noticing a consistent trend in my interactions. When conversations spark regarding spirituality, meditation, dark-light consciousness, healing the inner-child and meeting the shadow. There's an air of comfort, admiration and even curiosity. People lean in, they listen and engage. But when the conversation takes a turn from spiritual matters into the physical world... And the questions begin to arise, "So... what do you do for a living?" "Where do you work, by the way?" "What spaces do you occupy?" As I begin to answer, there's an immediate, noticeable shift. Comfort dissolves into tension Curiosity morphs into disbelief I can visibly see and even feel the surprise and the recalibration of energy. Not just one time, one person A pattern that has reve...
