The Science Of Money The Science Of Money | Page 33

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money acquired through improper means will never remain; it
will leave. Alas today not even honest money earned through
earnest means remains with those who earn it, so how is
dishonest money to remain? So you will need money that comes
from your merit karma, pure money. This occurs when money
is gained through honest and clear intentions. Only the wealth
from such a source will give you happiness. Otherwise, the
impure money of demerit karma will make you suffer even as
it leaves, and will bind demerit karma in the process.
This worldly life is such that one cannot afford to live in
it, not even for a minute. Even when a person has tremendous
merit karma, there is so much internal suffering that it is
unbearable. He cannot contain his suffering. He is surrounded
by the finest of circumstances and yet there is burning within, an
internal suffering. How can this suffering be allayed? Eventually
even his merit karmas are exhausted. What is the principle of
this world? It is that when all the merit karmas become depleted,
the effect of demerit karma begins. As it is, a person already
has a lot of internal suffering, but what will become of him when
he is surrounded by externally induced suffering? Therefore, be
aware! That is what the Lord says.
The nature of everything around is intake and output,
filling and emptying (puran and galan). Whatever fills, eventually
drains. If it did not drain, there would be a problem. It is
because there is an out flow that you are able to eat again.
When you inhale it is an in flow and when you exhale it is an
out flow. The intrinsic nature of everything is to flow in and out
and that is why I have made the discovery that there should be
neither feast nor famine as far as money is concerned. For me,
always there is neither too much nor too little of wealth. Those
with too little will shrink away and those with excess will bloat