How to Be Ridiculously Rich and Spiritual, Too

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How to Be Ridiculously Rich and Spiritual, Too: A Nod to Today's ePreneur

The ePreneur is an up-and-coming concept in the world of
entrepreneurs. The "e" in ePreneur stands for
"enlightened." Well, I'm not so sure about the enlightened
part! Perhaps it's better to say that the e encompass all
entrepreneurs who desire to build their businesses upon the
foundational mix of solid business acumen and inner
spiritual wisdom.

Today's ePreneur apologizes neither for being financially
prosperous nor for including the spiritual dimension in
their business. To the ePreneur, the accumulation of wealth
and success goes hand-in-hand with being spiritual.

If You've Seen One Prosperity, You've Seen Them All

Many people mistakenly believe that there are many
definitions of prosperity. I disagree. There is but one
definition of prosperity with limitless ways to manifest it
in your life.

Prosperity is a successful, flourishing, and thriving state
of being. It is most commonly associated with being
financially prosperous. It's about both energetic alignment
with the state of prosperity and to the manifestation of
things. The key here is the order in which things are done.
First comes alignment with prosperity. Then comes
manifestation. Get them backwards and what do you have?
Greed.

Many people struggle with their desire to be rich. They
think that being rich will interfere with being spiritual.
First of all, we are all spiritual beings, so "rich" hardly
has the ability to interfere with that. We give rich too
much credit. Being rich and successful is simply a
manifestation of the aligned state of prosperity.

The Difference between Need and Desire

"More" is a great feeling. Or is it? Seems to me there are
really two sides of more. There is the side of more that
comes from incompleteness and the side that comes from
completeness. One holds the energetic vibration of lack and
scarcity; the other holds the energetic vibration of
prosperity and abundance.

Which type of more do you have? Let's find out. Think of
something you want more of. More money? More success? More
time? Think about your more for a moment.

•Does your more feel like a longing for something or a
wanting more of something? If it's longing, that's need.
•Does your more feel like excitement to receive or craving
to have? If it's excitement to receive, that's desire.
•Does your more feel like the experience of connection and
the feeling of completeness or the experience of
disconnection and the feeling of incompleteness? To find
out the difference, read on.

Enter, Your Inner Samurai

The experience of connection and the feeling of
completeness are signs of your relationship with the
Infinite. I call this the relationship you have with your
inner knower--your "Inner Samurai." Connection is the inner
part of the Inner Samurai. Completeness is the Samurai
part. Both connection and completeness are needed and
represent a symbiotic relationship. To come into harmony
with your desire is to come into harmony with your Inner
Samurai.

When you are connected to your Inner Samurai, desire easily
and effortlessly flows forth. You naturally feel joyful and
excited about what you desire. That's because you are in
alignment with the Infinite. Conversely, when you are
disconnected from your Inner Samurai, you are caught in the
illusion of separation, and the stream of flow is
disrupted. From this place, lack pours forth in the form of
need.

Sometimes there is a seemingly indistinguishable line
between filling a need and expressing a desire. Plus,
desire has been given a bad rap: Desiring more is bad and
being content with less is good. Enough of that kind of
thinking! Desire is a natural part of us. Without judgment,
without reproach, desire just is. The ePreneur knows that
desiring more isn't the issue. Knowing the difference
between need and desire is.

You Complete Me, Don't You?

To need something is to believe that some external thing
will complete you. Need stems from the belief that without
something outside yourself you are incomplete. The
quintessential characteristic of need is that the
experience of its fulfillment is short-lived.

Need, flowing from incompleteness, attempts to fill a
bottomless spiritual hole with material things. To need
something is a statement that something needs to change in
order for you to be happy. The ePreneur knows that no
amount of material stuff can fill a spiritual hole. Only
connection to the Infinite can. The moment we let go of our
external need for completeness, we begin to manifest what
we desire.

Today's ePreneur knows it isn't about choosing between
being rich or being spiritual. It's about choosing to be
connected to your Inner Samurai.

About the Author:

Susan L Reid, MS, DMA, Small Business Start Up Coach,
Consultant & Accidental Pren-her™ is the soon-to-be author
of Discovering Your Inner Samurai. She provides value,
inspiration and direction for entrepreneurial women
starting up and launching small businesses. For ideas and
start up tips, visit http://SuccessfulSmallBizOwners.com .
For inspiration and community, go to
http://susanreid.typepad.com