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Query: Today, in the world, there is a predominance of prosperity and it is difficult to achieve prosperity without the spirit of enterprise.
Solution: However, one's health is always foremost. One should not give wealth more prominence than health. If you have incurred a loss in business, this loss should only remain a business matter. Do not make it a matter of the mind. Due to the disproportionate importance given to money, the mind does not remain unaffected on sustaining a loss. The loss, which has made a mark on the mind, also affects the body leaving behind a trail of diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Rebuilding one's business, gaining profit and overcoming losses are all possibilities. It is impossible to reverse the deterioration of one's body and health. Is there a wisdom in this? One could experience a violent, unexpected blow due to a loss that could make one lose one's equilibrium. One could be lost in thought all the time disturbing one's mental faculties. Even an extremely astute and hard-working young man, who may only be in his twenties may have to stay home an entire day as he cannot function any more. He fails to understand his responsibilities. He becomes a subject of worry for his wife and family.
I remember an incident about a girl from a Jain family hailing from a city in Maharashtra. She was very intelligent and sincere. She wished to become a doctor, so she worked very hard towards achieving her goal. She appeared for her exams, and did well. Awaiting her results, she brimmed with confidence that she would definitely
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