How many of us pause to consider exactly who and what we are?  We are constantly bombarded by tales of how much this superstar is earning, who that one has slept with, which relationship has now broken down, what is in vogue this summer, where the in-crowd is holidaying and we are almost compelled to try to follow suit.  Yet how many of us actually stop to ask if that is indeed the path that will lead to our own version of enlightenment. 

Will it make us truly fulfilled? 

We are surrounded by wondrous and magical beauty which in itself is fulfilling should we choose to let it.  It is normally at this point that the more grounded will step up and point out that we have to live, that existence is predicated upon survival, that our survival is unquestionably linked to what we can purchase and that money is a pre-requisite therefore for happiness.  I am not going to be so out of touch as to try to put forward a case for poverty since that plainly brings with it its own problems, nor am I about to pursue some evangelical socialist doctrine that dictates that we should all receive only that which we need to survive and that this should bear no resemblance to our individual earning capabilities, our skillsets or the demand for our skills in society.

I simply point out that in my experience of healing, those who come to me with the greatest issues are always those who have the most in material terms. 

Their issues manifest themselves in multiple ways, sometimes purely physical but more often than not emotional, psychological and finally physical.  On many an occasion the person seeking healing relates only to the physical ailment and it is only after some period that he or she feels able to address the fundamental root cause of the dis-ease – if at all. 

I have treated many of the wealthy – partners in accountancy firms, millionaires, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and usually their spouses who more often than not are the ones who suffer the most from this focused rush towards the constant need to prove.  But let me also say that I regularly encounter those who have established a balance, who have determined that in order for them to reach full self-fulfilment they need to exist on a level outside of the purely commercial. 

These are the people who walk in two worlds, sometimes without knowing it, who are trying to reconcile their commercial need for success with the innate spiritual need to create a balanced co-existence whether it be with the environment, with others or simply within themselves.

But how do they achieve it?  And having achieved it, how do they maintain it?...

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