Aptavani-2 107
It is fine as long as enough money comes to pay income tax. Questioner: What should‘ we’ do since it does not last?
Dadashri: That is the nature of money; it will not last. But you should change its direction of flow. Change its flow from all other directions to the path of religion. Whatever you spend towards a worthy cause is worthwhile. Once God( Narayan) comes into your home so will Lakshmiji, how can she otherwise? Where there is presence of God, there will be no quarrel, but there will be quarrels where Lakshmiji alone is present. People make a lot of money but they spend it on useless things. Money is only to be spent on a worthy cause at the hands of a person with merit karma. It requires merit karma to spend money towards a worthy cause.
After 1942, there is no worth left in the money. Today money is not being spent in the right places. It would be very good if it were. Here now, liberation is all that is left for us.
A vanik’ s intellect teaches him money tricks. Vaniks will donate one eighth of what they earn towards religion, because they think they will be rewarded for doing so. But even God has learnt about their tricks to make money and so He says, you can go on making money, but you will not attain liberation.
Nowadays people are throwing their money in the‘ gutters’! Money that binds merit karma is money spent helping spiritually elevated saints and sages.
When a Kshatriya goes to the temple to do darshan, he will put whatever money he has in his pocket in the donation box, but a vanik with his intellect( buddhi), will decide ahead of time how much he will donate! If he has a rupee note in his pocket, he will cash it and put ten paisas in the box!
The nature of money Questioner: How much money should we make?