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the result of demerit karma unfold. At that time you will have
a lot of suffering.
What does nature say? It is not concerned with how
much money you spend, it is only concerned with the internal
state of pain and pleasure. Nature only keeps account of how
much pain or pleasure is derived. A person enjoys happiness
even when there is no money whatsoever, and another suffers
deeply when there is plenty of money. Therefore pleasure and
pain are not dependent on money.
Those who make relatively little money are in peace; they
do not have any problems. They even have time to go to the
temple and do darshan of the Lord. But for those who are
engrossed in trying to increase their money, there is a problem
when they earn a million rupees, and when they incur a loss of
fifty thousand rupees, they immediately experience distress and
suffering. You foolish people! Just deduct the fifty thousand
from the million that you have. But no! That would reduce the
original sum earned. What are you defining as your original
sum? The sum you lost, carried away with it responsibility on
your part, so do not complain when that sum decreases. But
instead you feel happy when that sum increases and what
happens when that sum decreases? Pain. The real sum is within
you; the real wealth is within you. Why then do you frantically
go around setting yourself up for a heart attack and risk loosing
this real sum? If you were to die of a heart attack, will you not
lose this sum, the Self?
A father gives his son a million rupees and then decides
to embark on a spiritual path. The son squanders the money
away, drinking, eating non-vegetarian food, gambling in the stock
market, and enjoying himself. The reason behind this is that any