Do you feel repelled by money and materialism, and find yourself longing to immerse yourself solely in an artistic or spiritual realm?
With the struggle for basic survival often mastered in advanced countries, many of their citizens have the opportunity to pursue truth, art, and creativity, and find the material world to be a source of frustration.
Many of these Artists or Creatives have traits including:
- Non-materialistic
- Internally motivated
- Passive
- Conflicted
The conflict sometimes arises when Artists or Creatives seek to express themselves perfectly, to be true to themselves, and yet know that they must live in the material world, as everyone must. The Artist and the Creative strive to avoid being inauthentic.
But the physical and material worlds exist in their own authentic plane, and it is the challenge of the Artist or Creative to integrate these worlds with their own internal artistic and spiritual worlds. The “Money Type Quiz“ can help determine how prominent the Artist or Creative type is among your Money Types.
Instead of feeling resistant to the material world, or unattached to the necessity for money and physical resources, the Artist and the Creative can embrace all of these multiple worlds. Instead of suffering from the tensions between these planes of existence, we can do our best to understand and combine them.
Some strategies might include:
- Consider the ways in which money can help the Artist or Creative accomplish goals
- Examine false beliefs about money
- Understand their internal motivations, and see a place for money to contribute to them
- Take actions regarding money in small step-by-step phases
Artists require money to fulfill their goals and survive in the real world, and overcoming a “love-hate” relationship with money can be the first step in deploying money toward greater artistic and spiritual growth not only for themselves, but for their families and communities.
What dualities regarding your inner world and the outer world of money do you struggle with?
