What is Spiritual Materialism? How do you navigate it? In this episode, Jen shares what Spiritual Materialism is and how it shows up in our lives. What it’s like to be in your intuition versus what it’s like to be in your ego. Key Notes: How Spiritual Materialism shows up and what it ends up doing in our lives Intuition is not spiritual, It’s science based How intuition is a natural state of our being How everything we experience is about all of us, our connection to source and one another Show Notes: (0:33) Jen talks about how Spiritual Materialism was describing what she is witnessing and experiencing (2:50) Jen shares how the examples of Spiritual Materialism look like and how it can show up (03:45) How when we find ourselves reinforcing and self-actualizing, we know we are in ego (6:30) Spiritual materialism is an attachment to the spiritual path as a solid accomplishment or possession. It is said that spiritual materialism is the hardest to overcome. The imagery that is used is that of golden chains; you’re not just in chains, you’re in golden chains. And you love your chains because they’re so beautiful and shiny. But you’re not free. You’re just trapped in a bigger and better trap. The point of spiritual practice is to become free, not to build a tap that may have the appearance of a mansion but is still a prison. By M. Caplan (07:21) How we start to fake it to make it, we start to think that if we do the right things then we’ll be happy (08:12) Jen shares her own feelings regarding religion vs spirituality (10:07) The difference between addicted to self-improvement and being open to growth is in the feeling in your body and the attachment to what it means (12:15) Jen discusses how we can notice the difference between your intuition and ego (13:45) How we’re all born in touch with our intuition, with the same offering, we are just choosing differently (16:11) How nothing that we experience has anything to do with us Quotes: (7:33) The truth is that you already are everything that you are seeking (7:48) We have everything we need inside of us (9:42) Everything that you need is within you (10:14) Vulnerability is the gateway. The stretch is where the growth happens (13:17) Everything is a choice (18:44) You are your Divine Truth Links Mentioned: Resource for Shadow Work: https://lonerwolf.com/ Heart Math Institute: https://www.heartmath.org/