Q: Money A: Why do we think that money is bad? This is a wrong notion. Money is good. Money is matter. Matter is made out of energy. Elements are also matter. Our physical body is made out of elements. It is the same as money. Money is good. Emotions attached to money are bad. This includes attachment and ownership. That makes you happy or sad. Both are to be understood as bondage to money. There is a saying “If you have a handful of currency, you own it. If you have currency till your neck, it owns you”. So, be in a state where you act as a custodian of money. Be grateful for that role. Money will stay with you and will be useful to you. The moment you shift your stance and become a WATCHMAN for your wealth, you will start suffering because of the associated attachments and anxiety. Money should be considered primarily by understanding its nature. A.Money is a terrestrial transactional tool. It travels from hand to hand. Nobody owns money and we are always only a temporary custodian of money. B. If it stagnates, it loses its potential. C. Attachment to wealth creates anxiety and fear. D. Non attachment along with Gratitude for wealth creates liberation within. E. Money develops ego and if that is checked, we stay free and liberated. F. Money has no value at the time of birth, till we are of age, at the time of death and also during our sleep. G. Money enhances power and social standing. If ego, attachment and greed also grow accordingly, we will have a spiritually poor existence. If humility, compassion and grace grow with the monetary richness, we gain a lot in life. So, wise men handle money with detachment and gratitude. Ordinary people handle money with ego and pride. They remain extremely poor inside, while rich outside. They trade love for money, in other words, they fall into isolation and lack of love from the world because of their fear and anxiety of losing their wealth. The wise men, gracefully handle their money and use it for the well being of themselves, their family and the society. They will then earn love and grace from the world too. Only they are truly rich. The one who has a RICH HEART is the real rich man. When we are capable of bringing happiness and solace to at least some people who are not immediately related to us, our life becomes meaningful. Otherwise, as an anxious watchman of our own wealth, our life gets wasted. Usually for such people, their next generation will waste their hard earned money. The new generation does not know the emotions behind this money. They will squander it in wild abandon. This breaks the heart of their fathers and usually they die heart-broken and helpless. What they predominantly carry to their next life will be this helplessness. The graceful rich leaves behind a legacy of selflessness to his children and they learn by the example of their father. They also learn to give. These graceful fathers die a peaceful death after a life well-lived. True happiness is in GIVING. Give only what you can give. But, learn to give without inhibitions and emotions. Give to the needy without any feeling of doer-ship. You will stay liberated and peacefully happy. pkmohan.wordpress/2009/12/21/faq-about-more-or-less-everything
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:33:12 +0000
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