Daily Meditation: Monday, February 17, 2025

Spiritual person - the difference between them and an ordinary person

02/17/2025

When they have money, machines and weapons, people imagine that they are all-powerful; and indeed they are, as long as these means remain at their disposal. But if they lose them, how weak, fearful and vulnerable they become! Yes, because none of these things truly belonged to them. The difference between a spiritual person and an ordinary person is that the wealth of a spiritual person genuinely belongs to them. Even if they were to lose all their material possessions, they would still feel radiant, powerful and fulfilled, because they carry their riches, machines and weapons within them. Those who own only external possessions actually possess nothing, because what is external to them does not belong to them. They are like the general who is saluted on parade because he is wearing his medals. But if that same general were encountered in a swimming pool, naked, puny and weak, he would not be recognized and might even get jostled about. Only those who are truly spiritual retain their power and wealth, for having worked to develop their inner potential, they carry it with them wherever they go.*