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Science of Money
Science of Money
have no control over. You should sit quietly for about half and hour and repent your actions. Since you have disclosed your feelings of remorse, you are not liable. Pratikraman should be done for your actions you are made to carry out against your wishes. If you become of the opinion that what you do is correct, then you will be liable. There are people who take pleasure from their wrong deeds. You feel repentant because you have a lighter load of negative karmas. In that sense, you are closer to liberation. Others do not even feel any remorse. (201)
If you have a lot of money, there is nothing better than donating it to a temple of Simandhar Swami or other vitarag Lords (Omniscient Lords). And if you do not have a lot of money, then the best thing is to feed mahatmas, people who have acquired Self-realization through this Akram path. If you have little less, then give to someone in misery, but do not give cash. Send them food, clothing etc! So if you want to make a donation, you can do so even with little money. (204)
[4] THE STATE OF DETACHMENT
now simply refuse, such is the nature of a human being. He has a habit of only accumulating and hoarding. Even when he was an animal, he was taking but never giving. He turns towards the path of liberation from the time he learns to give. (208)
The moment he receives a check he thinks to himself: 'I will get the money as soon as I deposit this check.' The check he receives was predestined; these are benefits of past good deeds he is reaping today. What effort did he make in reaping these benefits? People will say 'I earned the money because I worked so hard'. I say you only deposited a check. Where is the effort in it? Besides you only get the amount on the check, do you get any more from it? (211)
I am telling you to delve over this with great seriousness. Calm down. What the whole world is doing in running after this money is a natural event of filling and emptying, plus and minus according to the law of karma. They are complicating it, multiplying and dividing through their kashaya in running after it. These people are spoiling their next life. And absolutely no difference will occur in their bank balance. Everything is natural, so how are they going to oppose nature? I alleviate your fears by assuring you that nothing is in your control. I am disclosing to you everything as it is. No one has any authority of manipulating one's credits and debits. Any increase or decrease in money in the banks is in the hands of nature. Otherwise the banker would keep only one account; he would have only credits and no debits.(212)
Do not get into arguments with anyone. You will encounter such people on rare occasions. What will you achieve by arguing? And if one happens to get into an argument with you, you can tell him, 'At least have the fear of God', and if he tells you "What God? What nonsense? then you will know that he is a potential for trouble. (219)
No one shares in the liability incurred in conducting business dishonestly. These 'bags of intellect', the egoistic businessman, will keep indulging in misdeeds. The father tells his children he is stealing in order to make money for them and the children tell him he can do so if he wants but they do not want money earned from such dealings. Even his wife tells him that all his life he has been dishonest and that he should now stop, but does he listen? No he will not
From the moment man learns to give, his intellect will turn positive and good. He has not learnt to give in countless previous lives. He does not like to let go of that which has been used and is
