A man who has made his fortune in business will not always tell you he is happy. Most often, he will find all sorts of reasons to complain. He will tell you that he is stressed, that his wife spends all his money and takes advantage of his absences ...
The universal Soul sustains life in all creatures; it feeds and waters them, and they constantly receive something of this abundance. So why not take our inspiration from this generosity and do our best to share everything we have – our beauty, ...
Try hard to be aware of all the riches God has given you. Your heart will be filled with such gratitude, such love, that your only wish will be to help and enlighten others. Those who feel themselves to be rich are unable to keep everything for ...
On the face of it, we see nothing but injustice on the earth. Some have everything – health, beauty, riches, talents, virtues – and others very little. But, in truth, nothing we received at birth was given to us by chance, in an arbitrary fashion. ...
Many know that giving priority to their inner life rather than to material acquisitions is a prerequisite for finding balance and fulfilment. So why do they behave as if they didn't know this? We see them endlessly running after money, honour and ...
What does it mean to place ourselves in the service of God? It means being willing to dedicate to him everything that belongs to us. Those who wish sincerely to become a servant of God will go to him and say, ‘Lord, everything that is mine I give to ...
Because humans are used to expecting everything – beings or things – to come from the outside world, they have a constant need to receive and even to take, for when they do not receive what they expect, they try to obtain it by any other means, even ...
On the face of it, we see nothing but injustice on the earth. Some have everything – health, beauty, wealth, talent, virtues – and others very little. But, in reality, nothing humans receive at birth was given arbitrarily. Everything they have today ...
You will have noticed in day-to-day life that it is easier to obtain something than to keep hold of it. Any number of people who are capable of using all their intelligence, willpower and patience to achieve success and obtain what they want will ...
Imagine a farmer who instead of sowing his wheat in the field decides to keep it in the granary… Mice would eventually come and eat it, or it would go mouldy, and you would think the farmer was stupid. Well, we can consider people equally stupid ...
When you are faced with a difficulty, you are under the impression that this difficulty completely blocks your view. Take this difficulty and compare it with all you possess; review all your talents, qualities, and so on, then think of your parents ...
You have all of eternity to explore the wealth of riches the Creator has placed within you. Do not look elsewhere, for they are all within you. Each and every day, you must dig, delve and seek to discover them.Unless you search within, even if you ...
When you invite friends over, you know how to welcome them if you want them to feel comfortable in your home and for them to want to come again. Not only do you offer them your best food, you serve it on the best china you save for special ...
Disciples know that as they are on earth for a very short time, it is not worth wasting their energy seeking honours, titles and possessions that they will only have to abandon when they leave. Instead, they try to concentrate on everlasting, ...
Learn to nourish yourself with light, for it is light that brings the greatest riches. And when you feel rich you feel the need to give, you become generous and you start to love all creatures. It is poverty that breeds hatred.The truly wealthy ...
If the true order of things were respected on earth, all those who are inwardly poor would be poor on the outside too, just as those who are inwardly rich would be rich on the outside. Like the Lord. The Lord, who possesses all the qualities and ...
How do men and women look at each other? What do they see? They see the outward appearance, the body and the clothes, and this proves that they do not possess the true science. It is exactly as though, looking at a car, they saw only the chassis, ...
Everybody wants to be rich, thinking, ‘Once I'm rich, I can have it all.' Yes, that is true, and it is normal to want to be rich, as long as you do not equate riches with money. If you seek money, even when you have obtained it, you will not have ...