There is a difficulty in formulating any aspiration for anyone. So far the dream of people have been uni-dimensional. why? It is the difficulty to converge various dimensions into one.
l. Wealth ? people aspire to be rich
2. Happiness ? people aspire to be happy
Now let’s look at the problems.
Someone has got millions but is not happy . Someone is happy but has very little income or asset.
Most understand the money part but not the happiness part. Several things must occur for one to feel happy.
1. Absence of a sense of lack must be there
2. A sense of contentment & satisfaction with what one has must exist
3. One must feel wanted & useful
4. Sleep must come easily
5. There should be no tension either because there isn’t any source it or all sources are well taken care of through proper management
6. The physical body must be healthy & fit
7. One should have time & means to nurture one’s soul and mind
8. Time must be in one’s control
9. One must be able to recognize, create & utilize free time as per one’s true nature
10. One must know oneself enough not to be swayed by the daily floods of desires coming from TV, Facebook, community
On the other hand wealth is highly simple, yet still people falter
1. Have highest possible income through best selling of your talent
2. Spend less, Save more
3. Invest in asset like real estate, stocks , limited partnerships or at least in fixed deposits
4. Take loans to build assets not on expense
5. Follow the laws of the nation & pay taxes
So can we become both happy & wealthy?
First people don’t really know themselves, so they rely on market opportunities to earn eventhough such jobs don’t suit them : first seed of unhappiness is sowed in the pursuit of wealth.
Since people aren’t attuned to their inner voice, they’ll listen to the noise from mass media and the Jones next door. So they spend more , earn more , lose control of time. Consequently they become fatter, more unhealthy , more in debt, their minds is filled with garbage and the connection with the soul is lost. This is the second seed of unhappiness.
Thinking assets are everything people take loans resulting in leverages that can’t be sustained by any current income. Now external pomp overrides the desire for a tension free life. More loans are thus taken to maintain that facade. This goes on until it becomes unsustainable ending in death or a grand scheme that again starts a new chain. This is the third seed of unhappiness.
Then there are those who are always afraid to take chances. To them everything in “no”. This leads to a mediocre life and happiness is of very low quality: fourth seed of unhappiness.
In this way there are thousands of seeds is unhappiness and poverty sowed by people.
