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having it and also others around). It is not artadhyana (adverse
meditation hurting only the person having it), because although
a person may have food and everything else in his home, he still
has expectations of more wealth. When a person runs after
money, other people are deprived of their share of the wealth.
Do not do anything that will create shortage for others. Do not
break the proportion of the distribution of wealth in a way that
will cause shortage for others. Otherwise you will be liable for
it. If money comes to you spontaneously, then you are not
liable. You may get five thousand or even fifty thousand rupees
spontaneously, but once it comes to you, you cannot detain it
or obstruct it from leaving. What is the natural law of money?
It says, ‘Do not detain and hoard me. Circulate me. Give away
as much as comes your way’.
Obstacles to money will remain as long as you harbor the
desire to earn it. When you become inattentive to money, it will
come to you in abundance.
Is it not necessary to eat food? Is it not necessary to go
to the toilet? Similarly money is necessary. Just as you are able
to go to the bathroom without having to think about it, so will
money come to you without you thinking about it.
A wealthy landowner once came to me. He wanted to
know how much wealth a person should accumulate. He told
me he had about a thousand acres of land, a bungalow, two
cars and a sizable bank balance. He wanted to know how
much he should keep. I told him that every person should assess
their needs based on what luxury he had at the time of his birth.
That is the exact principle for happiness. Everything else falls in
the category of excessiveness. Anything in excess is poisonous,
and invites misery.