Emily McDonald

But kind of through shadow work, I was able to go back into my past and, you know, be like, okay, you know, I've never been in a position where I was living in a box on the side of the road.

So maybe, you know, my beliefs aren't necessarily accurate about this.

And then also when I was in my PhD, I actually ran into a monk on campus who was just handing out books.

And I remember this was kind of in the beginning of my spiritual journey.

And I went up to this monk and we had a conversation.

He was like, you have this

aura.

And I was like, thanks.

And he's like, have you ever met a spiritual master before?

I was like, no.

And he's like, do you want to meet one?

Absolutely.

I want to meet a spiritual master.

And so I went to the temple.

And after that, I went to the temple probably every day that for like months.

And I became friends with all these monks.

But I remember being at the temple once.

And this one woman asked a question to the spiritual teacher.

And she said, you know, is it bad or, you

And what the spiritual master said completely changed my life and the way that I look at it, because he said, no, actually, it is one of the most spiritual things that you can do is to be abundant.