PERCEPTION OF MONEY

          MONEY - YOU ARE MANAGING IT, OR BEING MANAGED BY IT?

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             THIS CHAPTER CAN CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF MONEY COMPLETELY, IF YOU PAY ATTENTION AND ARE OPENMINDED ENOUGH TO GO ALONG WITH THE FLOW OF THIS TEXT WITHOUT ANY PREJUDICE OR PRECONCEPTIONS.

            FIRST THINGS FIRST - THIS IS NOT ABOUT BECOMMING RICH AND FAMOUS. IT IS ABOUT HOW TO BE HAPPY IRRESPECTIVE OF WHATEVER YOU HAVE OR DON'T . SO, I DO NOT CARE IF YOU HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY OR NO MONEY AT ALL - ACCORDING TO ME, YOU ARE RICH IF YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY HAPPY, FEELING CONTRENTED, "AHA"! FEELING FREQUENTLY IN YOUR LIFE. THAN GOD IF YOU IN THAT SPACE.

           MONEY IN ITSELF CAN NEVER MAKE YOU HAPPY, IT CAN DEFINITELY BRING TEMPORARY PLEASRURE AND FLIRT WITH YOUR MIND AND HEART FOR A WHILE BEFORE DISAPPEARING. MONEY IS DEFINITLY IMPORTANT - SO, DON'T THINK I'M JUST PUTTING MONEY DOWN. ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT MONEY IS A MEANS TO BRING ABOUT HAPPINESS AND NOTES AN END IN ITSELF.

    MONEY IS A MEANS TO BRING ABOUT HAPPINES AND NOT AN END IN ITSELF

              FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE ALL THE  MONEY YOU NEED BUT YOU DON'T HAVE  HEALTH, INTEREST IN LIFE, A COMPANION, OR FRIENDS OR FAMILY TO SHARE THAT MONEY CAN BUY - WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT MONEY BE?

          I AM SURE MANY OF US WHO HAVE LIVED WITH JOINT FAMILIES IN SMALL HOUSES WITH  BARELY ENOUGH MONEY OR MEANS OF EARNINGS HAVE ENJOYED LIFE. OUR MEMORIES OF THOSE GOLDEN DAYS WILL BE VIVID EVERY TIME WE THINK OF THEM - WE FEEL MOMENTARY BLISS AND WONDER WHERE THOSE DAYS DISAPPEARED TOO.

       IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS SPECIAL THEN, LET ME TELL YOU - THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIAL. WE WERE SIMPLY MORE INNOCENT AND  MORE CONNECTED WITH LIFE AND LESS WITH CLUTTER. MONEY CREATED ENTERTAINMENT BOXES AND GADGET. THEY HAD NOT YET TAKEN OVER OUR LIVES THEN, AND WE WERE MORE CONNECTED THROUGH FEELINGS AND NOT HARDWARE!

        WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.A NUMBER OF THINGS SUCH AS TELEVISIONS BUZZING WITH UNCOUNTABLE CHANNELS, INTERNET, SMART PHONES, E -SHOPPING, TAXIS ON CALL, INNUMERABLE APPS, AND SO ON HAVE ADDED SO MUCH CONVENIENCE TO OUR FAST - PACED LIVES. TODAY, WE WONDER HOW WE SURVIVED ALL THOSE YEARS WITHOUT THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY AND INTENTIONS.

        YES, WE ARE NOT LIVING IN THE STONE AGE. WE HAVE EVOLVED AND SO HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGIES. WE MUST ADOPT AND AMBRACE THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO SIMPLIFY OUR LIVES. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THESE INTENTIONS HAVE COMPLICATED THE WAY LEAD OUR LIVES EVEN MORE. WE HAVE LET THESED INNOVATIONS CAPTIVATE US RATHER THAN BECOMING EMPOWERED BY THEM.

         WE  HAVE SIMPLY FORGOTTEN TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE JOYS OF LIFE. WALKING AMONGST AND  APPRECIATING NATURE HAVE BECOME THINS YOU DO ONLY DURING VACATIONS. WE SUDDENLY START APPRECIATING NATURE WHEN WE SEE SUNSETS AND SUNRISES AL HILL STATIONS OR IN SOME EXOTIC LOCATION ABROAD. I WONDER WHY WE DO NOT APPRECIATE THE SUNRISES, SUNSETS, RIVERS, BEACHES, TREES, AND ALL THE THINGS AROUND US WHEREVER WE LIVE.

         THE REASON WE DON'T IS BECAUSE WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED AND HAVE SIMPLY FORGOTTEN THAT THEY EXIST AROUND US. OUR MIND IS CLUTTERED WITH THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WE HAVE TO DO DURING OUR WORKING DAYS. WE ENJOY NATURE AND EVERYTHING AROUND US ONLY WHEN WE ARE ON HOLIDAY WHAT A PARADOX!

           YOU CAN NEVER DEFINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS ENOUGH IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY DRIVEN BY IT. A BETTER HOUSE, MORE EXPENSIVE CLOTHES, RESTAURANTS, FANCY AUTOMOBILES, EXOTIC VACATIONS, WEEKEND HOUSE, ETC. THE LIST GOES ON. THE MONEY YOU EARN WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH TO FULFILL THESE NEVER- ENDING AND CREATED DEMANDS THAT WE ARE TRAPPEN IN.

         JUST THINK ABOUT IT. WHY DO WE DO WHATEVER IT IS WE DO? WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IN ANYTHING WE DO? WE WANT TO FEEL NICE, WE WANT TO FEEL GREAT, WE WANT TO FEEL BLISSFUL - ISN'T THIS SO? ARE WE DOING ANY OF THESE THINGS TO ADD PAIN, ANXIETY, SICKNESS, AGONY, ANGER, STRESS, UNPLEASANT FEELINGS, ETC. IN OUR LIVES- DEFINITELY NOT, RIGHT?

            THE IRONY IS WE WANT THE JOY, PLEASURE, AND BLISS OF LIFE AS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL BUT WE GET CAPTIVATED BY THE MEANS THAT WE THINK WILL GET US THERE. WE HAVE CREATED THE FALLACY THAT ONLY IF WE HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WILL GET JOY AND BLISS IN LIFE - MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF US AND FINE -TUNE OUR THINKING.

            NOW, IF YOU APPRECIATE SPIRITUALLITY, YOU MAY REALISE THAT ALL THESE MAYA OR ATTACHMENTS ARE A TEST CREATED BY NATURE. WE HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THEMAND STILL BE DETACHED FROM THEM. IF YOU PASS THE TEST, BINGO! YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED THE KEY OF HAPPINESS, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT, GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL YOU GET THERE!

             CONSIDER IT AS A MAZE- YOU CAN TAKE DIFFERENT ROUTES TO SOMEHOW COME OUT OF IT - IT IS UP TO YOU TO COME OUT OF IT BY GOING THROUGH THE PAIN AND ANXIETY OR AS IF YOU ARE TALKING A STROLL IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.

           SO, MY SUGGESTION IS - LET US TAKE THIS LIFE AS A MAZE, SMELL THE ROSES WITHOUT GETTING ATTACHED TO THEM, AND COME OUT OF IT WITHOUT ANY ANXIETY. YOU WILL DEFINITELY COME OUT THROUGH ONE OF THE PATHS THAT NATURE HAS DESINGED FOR ALL OF US. DO YOUR DUTIES AND EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE DONE BUT DISCARD THIS FALLACY OF BUYING PLEASURE THROUGH MONEY.

      

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