Becoming a conscious capitalist requires that you can see and understand your relationship to money, a that view sees abundance as a default possibility of exchange rather than always seeing scarcity and lack. Take a quick tour of your own relationship to money:

• Do you have a scarcity mentality, where a persistent thought of having no money leaves your stomach clenching? Perhaps your "survival voice" is dominant?
• Do you have an achievement mentality, where the thought of having lots of money makes your head swoon with visions of finally reaching peace of mind? Perhaps your "accumulation voice" is dominant?
• Do you have an abundance mentality, where the thought of having enough money to live comfortably makes your heart open? Perhaps your "sufficiency voice" is dominant?

Now the truth is we each have all of these voices, feelings and capacities that operate within us all the time. But be aware of what voice talks to you the most. When you feel yourself getting stressed (survival) or greedy (accumulation), feel the openness that comes when you relax into abundance while maintaining the confidence that you always have the capacity to survive, you always have the capacity to thrive. That hasn't left you. And it never will.

How does living an integral lifestyle affect your relationship with money?

This Week's Newsweek: Bill Clinton Points to Stages of Consciousness
Robb Smith

"We all share a problem that was best articulated by the philosopher Ken Wilber. He's got this theory that there are basically 10 levels of consciousness—the way we view ourselves, the way we view others—and that it's almost impossible for people to keep up with what circumstances require." -Bill Clinton

Hollywood and the Integral Tipping Point
markallankaplan

"Hollywood is currently in a state of panic. While box office attendance is up, DVD sales have fallen through the floor and the traditional market streams and financial indicators are in a state of flux. To more clearly understand this situation I chose to look at four developmental lines in the social holon of the current American motion picture industry."

Top 10 Signs That Your Spirituality Might Be "Integral"
Joe Perez

"10. You don't find yourself easily offended by slights to your ego, subculture, or group identification; therefore "political correctness" has little appeal to you (though you intuitively tend to avoid causing others unnecessary pain through your words or deeds)...."

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