| Sunday Musing:Enjoying wealth the honest way | Send to a friend |
| Saturday, 04 February 2012 20:49 |
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Suddenly a villager comes running to him and says, "The stone! The stone! Give me the precious stone!" "What stone?" asked the religious person. "Last night I had a dream where God told me that if I went to the outskirts of the village at dusk a sage would give me a stone that would make me rich forever." The sage rummaged his sack and, pulling out a stone, he said, 'He probably meant this one. I found it in the forest yesterday. Here, it's yours if you want it." The man gazed at the stone in wonder. It was the largest diamond in the world - the size of a man's head. All night he tossed about in bed. At the break of day, he went back to the sage and said, "Take your diamond back. More valuable than the diamond you gave me is the secret behind the ease with which you gave away the diamond. Can you give me the wealth that made it possible for you to give the stone away so easily?" And so the villager was imparted with a valuable lesson that he cherished to the time of his death - never to be unduly drawn to materialistic possessions. There is nothing wrong in becoming rich the honest way. One of life's diabolical shortcomings is the belief by many that all things good and golden are bad for the soul because they create unhealthy attachments and unholy desires and make human beings slaves to materialistic values. By injecting a few truths into a cauldron of lies, it is made to appear that to be poor is to be next to God and to be in the possession of all things materially beautiful is to be far from the gates of heaven. When one can afford it, there is nothing wrong in enjoying the grandeur of good homes, good clothes, good cars and in traveling to beautiful cities around the world because the good things in life are there to be enjoyed. Celebrate the good life if you can afford it because as long as it is virtuous, it is from God. The fact that prosperity isn’t destined for everyone does not matter - God’s gift to some is God’s gift to all of us! Materialism has been tarnished with an ugly tinge. The good mind is made to believe that all things that are expensive are unholy and all the wealth that glitters is gold alchemized from the hot hinges of hell’s doors. Spending much does not mean to be unduly extravagant and wasteful. Money spent ostentatiously to show off to others is a human weakness and sometimes some of our lavish wedding parties fall in this category. When there is no extravagance, there is no sin to be rich. The good things and the good life and for that matter all that sparkles within virtuous living are there to be enjoyed irrespective of how much they cost and as long as one does not trespass into the world of vices-after all, the affluence is from and by God! Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
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