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Dont get me wrong. I am by no means saying that you cant be both wealthy and happy. But whether you have a seven-figure trust fund or a pile of unpaid bills on your kitchen table, the path to freedom requires that you focus more on your inner life than on your outer financial circumstances. ~ Brent Kessel from Its Not About the Money Its Not About the Money is all about pointing us to the spiritual path within our relationship to moneyhelping us master this part of our life to help us live in integrity with our highest ideals. As Brent wrote the book, he traveled around the world, interviewing such spiritual and investment luminaries as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rabbi Harold Kushner, David Whyte, Nobel Prize winner Dr. Harry Markowitz, Vanguard Funds founder John Bogle, Ram Dass, and Joseph Goldstein. (Youll find many of their quotes in the sidebar throughout this Note.) In this PhilosophersNote, well take a peak at Brents brilliant process of discovering your Core Story thats running your show and which of his eight archetypes show up in your lifefrom The Guardian, The Pleasure Seeker, The Idealist, and The Saver to The Star, The Innocent, The Caretaker, and The Empire Builder. Its quite remarkable to see which of these archetypes shows up when and how. And, as I said, what you can do about it. So, lets sit down in quiet meditation as we explore some of Brents many Big Ideas and see just what the yogi/financial planner has to say about achieving spiritual and financial abundance!