22 Noble Use of Money
of money is encouraged because it destroys your greed and allows you to keep giving .
Upyoga is awareness . When you do something auspicious or give to charity , give with the awareness and intent that others will benefit from your donation . Give anonymously in order to avoid fame . That is called giving with awareness ! That is called upyoga . There are some people who refuse give again if they did not receive any recognition or publicity for their donation .
Even when you do good deeds , you must maintain awareness . This awareness must be focused on what will be beneficial to you in this life and the life to come . That is called awareness . If this awareness is not there , then despite giving charity or service to others , everything you do will be done in sleep ( ignorance ). All of your deeds will go to waste . If you give with the desire of being recognized for your benevolence , then that too goes to waste . Awareness is when you have an understanding of what is beneficial and what is detrimental for you . How can one claim to have awareness if he continues to give charity and yet has no idea what his next life entails ?
This Is How Obstacles Are Created
If one man is giving charity to a poor man and another man interferes with his intellect ( buddhi ) and asks him , “ Why are you giving to this man ?” he creates an obstacle for himself by interfering . This obstacle will prevent him from getting any help from others when he comes across hard times himself . In whatever situation a person creates an obstacle , that obstacle will surface and hinder him under the same situation .
Questioner : What if the obstacle was created through the mind and not through speech ?
Dadashri : The obstacles created through the mind have an even greater effect . These effects will be experienced in the life to come whereas the effects of obstacles created through