Noble Use of Money
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‘overdrafts’ (donations) you send (to the next life), that much
will be yours.
Charity Means To Reap What You Have Sown
Questioner: When there is no connection between charity
and the Soul, is it then necessary to give charity?
Dadashri: Charity means to give and then receive. This
world is in the form of an echo. There will be echoes of whatever
you do and it will return to you with interest. Therefore if you
give, you will receive. In this life you are reaping the benefits of
whatever you gave towards a good cause in your past life. If
you do not do the same in this life, it will all be wasted. What
happens if you use up all the wheat you harvest and do not sow
anymore?
Questioner: There would be no more crops.
Dadashri: That is precisely how everything is. Give to
charity. It will create an echo, which will return to you amplified.
It is because you gave in your past life, that you are able to
come to America, to a better life. Otherwise do you think it is
easy to come to America? It is because you have a lot of merit
karmas that you are even able to fly in a plane. There are a lot
of people who have never even seen a plane!
Wealth Returns to the Same Place
Dadashri: Was your household not wealthy once?
Questioner: Such were the merits (punyas) of the past
karmas!
Dadashri: Wealth comes to those who have helped others
in their past life. It does not come to those who desire to take
away from others, and if it does come, it will not stay. Wealth
will only come to those who wish to give to others, to those
who go out of their way to help others, to those who let others