Wealth of Wisdom - Day 3

                                                            Week 2 - Day 3

A man was in trouble. He had problems in business and family life. He decided to end his life the next day. He then decided that the next day even if one man smiles at him, he will drop his plan to suicide. What will our reaction be if we see a stranger in sorrow with a sad face? Would we smile at him or just neglect him?

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”

What is our contribution of life? Suppose we are walking bare feet and there is a person going in the car, we ask him to drop us where ever he is going and he might refuse to drop us. Suppose we are walking bare feet and a person going in the car agrees to drop us and we refuse to accept his kindness, which is more sorrowful?

If we are alone in sorrow, we might be able to bear it, but if we are alone in happiness, we will not be able to bear it and we will definitely get disturbed that there is no one to share our happiness.
So how ready are we to share our happiness with everyone?

There are four types of wealth in life that we need to focus on:

1. Fortune Wealth(भाग्यालक्ष्मी): 

"We make our own fortunes and we call them fate"

Fortune is that which we get by luck or fate. A man who is born in a rich family from birth is because of his fortune, luck or fate. His manliness is nil in this case. A man born in a poor family from birth is also because of his fate or luck. We have eyes to see, ear to hear and tongue to speak from birth and some people are born blind, deaf and dumb from birth. This is also due to fate.

    "Each man is the architect of his own fate"

2. Holy Wealth(पुन्यलक्ष्मी):

This is a fortune that we get due to our good deeds. The wealth that we got due to our good deeds is again used in good deeds. This is due to our own holy nature or our good deeds in our previous life. In business, if we are going very good, is it because of our own intelligence or due to our good deeds? 1% it is due to our own intelligence and 99% it is due to our good deeds. If our good deeds don't back us in the time we require   help, we are in crisis. An educated person is hunting for jobs in comparison to the one who is uneducated. Why? Because of lack of holiness. Do we use the things that we have got due to our good deeds in a good way or bad way? So what is the contribution of our life? How ready are we to give and share? An abundant river is ready to give anytime. A pond is ready to give water but we have to go to it to get water. A tree is ready to give it fruits to anyone who comes to it. What is our mentality in this field of contribution? What is our goodwill? Are we ready for donation? Why are we not ready to give? No one is with the one who does not contribute.

"Not having anything with us is alright in comparison to not having anybody with us"

3. Sin Wealth(पापलक्ष्मी):
 In this case, the wealth would have come from the wrong way and would be used to do only wrong. If the wealth that we have is used for mobiles, TV, Flat, car and for all luxuries but not for any good work is due to our sins. What is our wealth being used for? Do we donate as much as we spend for our own luxuries?  
For eg, In Surat, a woman met Guruji and said that her Son always keeps donating. She was appreciating her Son for his good deeds. The Son then replied, "Guruji, it is all because of the good culture that my family taught me from my childhood".

Have we give our children such knowledge?

“The virtues of donations are great because it helps the needy and at the same time it gives an opportunity to the donor to give the surplus to the people in need. It helps the needy to sustain himself. ”

Here is another story. A man was going to the temple in winter. It was very cold. He saw a beggar shivering in the cold and the beggar did not have any cloth on his body. He went home and asked his mother for clothes to help the beggar. The mother took out her Son's expensive shirt and asked the boy to give it to the beggar. The Son said, "Mother, you are so great. You are giving such an expensive shirt to the beggar". The mother replied,"If you want to donate, donate good things". The boy then went to the beggar and gave the shirt. The beggar was surprised to see the boy giving him such an expensive shirt so that he can protect himself from the cold. The beggar said," Sir, you are so kind to give me such an expensive shirt. But there is another beggar who lives nearby and he has no clothes at all. I request you to please give the shirt to him".
Even a beggar has such a character! Where are we? What is our contribution towards life? We spend money for watching movies in a theater but when the time comes to give a beggar even Rs 2/- we doubt him! This is our mentality!

4. Cursed Wealth(शापित लक्ष्मी):
This type of wealth is always stored. It is never used for any work and is just stored. This type of wealth is called Cursed Wealth.

"Crisis is born when wealth is stored,

 Crisis ends when wealth flows"

We keep increasing our wealth and keep it in fixed deposit. What is the use of such wealth? Lets bring the change by giving and donating.

Let us all move towards contribution. Lets donate, be happy and lets other live happily! Lets contribute when ever we get an opportunity to do so. This is the wealth of wisdom