The True Wealth

Being rich, that's the dream and the ideals of many people. Do not talk about young generation,  even some old people are still strongly pulled by the energy of being rich. On the one hand, the latest energy makes people wake up in the morning with a lot of optimism . On the other hand, the excessive energy of being rich makes countless souls experience mental fatigue.

To be honest, there is nothing wrong with the desire to be rich. As long as it is done in the right way, as long as people aware from the beginning that the excessive desire to have material wealth will guide the soul's journey towards the dark valley which is difficult to be illuminated.

Learning from a lot of friends who come to meditation classes, the great energy behind the exessive desire to be rich is the strong psychological need  to be recognized. To be recognized by others that they are better in many cases than the others.

Since the other's recognition is the reference point, then people tend to follow the others in almost all actions. And the result can be easily predicted, this kind of souls are alienated in their own body.

The situation is similar to someone who lives in the house which is strange to their soul. This long feelings of being alienated is the beginning of many spiritual downfalls like suicide, depression, divorce and crime.

This explains why the mental hospitals are full everywhere, the divorce rates rose sharply everywhere. World Health Organization even predicted that the mental illness would be very worrying in the year of 2020.

Deeply learning from these materials of contemplation, it is extremely wise to reconsider the excessive energy of being rich, and then learn deeply to train oneself of having inner contentment.

In contrast to the material wealth, in which the source of wealth is outside and tend to make people more thirsty from time to time, inner contentment is similar to an abundant source of water inside. Once a seeker arrive at this inner fountain, it makes a person feel deeply rich inside without having to search any more.

In the West, people know an old phrase like this: "if you have a library and a garden in old age, you are a rich old person". Because library provides food to the head and garden is the source of nutrition to the heart.

To be frank, this is the true wealth. Head is satisfied with all the knowledge that has been accumulated. Heart feel deeply beautiful because of the feeling of being well-connected. When the head and the heart are in harmony, that is the inner fountain that never dry.

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