The Science Of Money The Science Of Money | Page 14

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Money
Questioner : Both.
Dadashri : If money can be earned through hard work,
then these laborers would have lot of money because they work
the hardest of all, don’t they? And if money could be earned
through the intellect, then there are extremely well educated
people out there and yet their shoes are all worn out! Earning
money is never from the use of the intellect nor is it the fruits
of hard labor. It is the reward of one’s merit karmas from one’s
past life. So if you want money, you have to be cautious where
merit and demerit karmas are concerned.
Money goes to those with merit karma, whereas hard
working people run after money. So from this you should realize
that money would only come your way if you have the merit
karmas. Hard work will earn you some food and you may have
some surplus to get your daughter married, but without merit
karma, money will not come your way.
So reality says that if you are a person with a lot of merit
karmas, why must you struggle? And if you are not, then why
are you struggling? What you are destined to earn in this life
cannot be changed.
What is life like for a person with a lot of merit karmas?
Let me tell you what even these CEOs have to put up with.
How do their wives greet them when they come home after a
hard day’s work at the office? ‘Where have you been, you are
two hours late?’ Just look at this ‘fortunate’ (!) ones. Should
someone with a lot of merit karma have to put up with this? In
reality a truly fortunate one, who has earned a lot of merit
karma from last life, does not have to face anything negative in
his life. Such people belong to a different breed. From their
very youth, they never experience any insults or tough times.