The Science Of Money The Science Of Money | Page 35

Money
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how much water you will get for your shower every morning?
Similarly you should not think about money. Everything is
preordained; whether you get one or two buckets of water, it
has already been decided. No one is able to add or take away
from this. Make all efforts to earn money through your mind,
speech and body, but do not hold any desire for it. Money is
a bank balance; will you not get it if it is meant to be for you?
Desire for money will further delay the money coming to you.
Nor should you shun money. If you were to say, ‘I don’t want
any money’, that too is a great offence. There should be neither
rejection nor desire for money. One should only have respect
for money. Money will come when the time is right. Desire for
it will create obstacles for its arrival. Laxmiji (the Goddess of
wealth) says: “Whatever the time and circumstances you find
yourself, accept that situation for that time and from time to time
I will send to you whatever is due to you. Whatever is due to
you will come to you at its preordained time; however do not
harbor a desire for me. I will send with interest what is rightfully
yours. Those who do not harbor desire, to them I send their
money on time’. What else does Laxmiji say? She says that if
a person wants liberation, then he may take only the money that
is his by right; he must not cheat or deceive anyone for money.
Whenever I meet Laxmiji, I tell her: ‘My address is house
number six, in Mamanipoda, Baroda. Whenever it is convenient
for you, grace us with a visit and leave whenever you please.
That is your home and you are welcome there.’ This is what I
tell her. I never forsake courtesy.
The other point is that you can never shun or reject Laxmi.
Many people say: “I do not need money. I do not even touch
money’. It is fine if they do not touch money, but when they
speak this way and mean what they say from within, it is very