Hello friends,
This is Mohanji.
Today I would like to discuss with you about a very very important aspect of our life,
Which most of the people are chasing their whole life.
That thing is wealth.
What exactly is wealth?
This question,
It needs a lot of contemplation.
What is wealth?
What is real wealth?
I would like to tell you a story.
A child went to his father and told his father,
What is the most important thing that I must do in my life?
Father said,
You should remain wealthy.
If you are not born wealthy,
That's not your fault.
That's your destiny.
But if you die poor,
That means you did not do well in life.
Then the child started wondering how to earn wealth.
He went to a master.
Master said,
Whatever you earn from outside,
It is not permanent.
What you earn inside,
It's permanent.
That means what you can take with you everywhere without effort and what you can take when you leave from here,
Naturally,
That's your real wealth.
The child started pondering and then the contemplation like we are doing now,
The foot for thought happened.
He started investigating.
He worked hard and he earned some money and he saw many people around him.
They are working hard,
The rich people and the people who are striving for more and more.
And then he found that many people do not get satisfaction,
Contentment.
They're always busy.
They're always stressed.
They're always anxious.
Then he saw another set of people who are lazy.
They don't do anything and they complain.
They don't have the energy or they have tremendous inertia and they don't do anything in life.
So that's other side.
Then he also saw a lot of people exploiting others and living.
Many political people and those kind of people,
They live their life exploiting others.
So he did not like that.
Then he got a real view of the whole world.
Various types of people from beggars to millionaires.
Nobody is happy.
Nobody is satisfied.
Then he understood what the master told him.
What you can carry inside is the real wealth.
So what is the real wealth?
He understood every moment I must be happy.
So he started working sufficiently and he decided that this is only to make a survival and then he found a lot of happiness when he gave or shared what he had with others.
When he took care of his parents,
He became very happy.
He was feeling good and when he was taking care of the stray animals,
Feeding the stray animals,
He was happy.
He was feeling good and he found that happiness is in these small,
Small things of life.
Being available,
Being aware and being able to share.
Not that waiting for some happiness at some point in time,
Which is elusive happiness.
It's not coming in.
It may happen or it may not happen.
So he started focusing on what he could do in this world and he started giving more and more whatever he has.
Started sharing.
So he maintained his happiness and then he understood this is the real wealth.
What is the real wealth?
That every moment happiness is the real wealth.
It's not the money you have in your bank account or what you do not have and we naturally tend to compare.
This is human nature.
Who do we compare with?
Always somebody who is above us or more successful than us.
That's natural for us.
That's human nature.
We can't help it.
That's fine.
That's okay.
But at the same time,
Comparisons and competitions,
They are all distractions.
Instead he focused on his work.
Then he understood the real effort is in applying to what has been given or what you're doing at that time.
So he started applying himself.
So he started becoming successful and he also became wealthy that way and what whenever he had wealth,
Whenever he got something,
He did not think twice,
But he started sharing them.
So he maintained his wealth.
The maintenance of wealth for him,
He understood that is this ability in sharing,
Not that in hoarding,
In keeping more and more for himself.
And he knew that many people who are wealthy are extremely insecure because they tend to keep everything and they don't enjoy them,
The fruits of success and they do not do anything to keep the flow.
So he understood sharing makes wealth more meaningful.
And finally one day he went back to the master and he told the master,
Master,
I have understood your message.
You told me to go out and seek wealth,
But spend more time to go in and seek wealth.
I found the real wealth sits inside me.
I'm happy now.
I'm contented and peaceful.
Thank you for guiding me.
Then master said,
But please remember the real wealth is you.
You are the real wealth.
If you are not existing,
None of these options and opportunities will be existing.
So finally the real wealth is you.
If you are there,
Then the world has you.
If you are not there,
The world do not have you.
And if you are there,
You have a world.
If you are not there,
You do not have the world.
So this is a relative existence and be happy with yourself.
Then you have found wealth.
I leave this thought to you now.
I leave you with this thought,
Ponder over it,
Try to digest it,
Talk about it,
Discuss about it with others,
Share this thought and then do let us know whether you liked it or whether you did not like it or what else we can talk about.
Let's talk,
Let's communicate and wish you a great,
Great week ahead.
Be successful.
Be yourself.
Lots of love.
This is Mohanji.
