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Aptavani-1
Science of Money
destroyed!' And Narayan, never builds nor destroys. He keeps you happy all the time. He keeps you in a state of liberation.
You will have to understand all this, won't you? How long can you continue with this feebleness of yours? And yet you don't like anxiety. This human life is meant for liberation from anxieties; it is not just for making money. How does a person earn money? Is it through his intellect or his hard work?
Questioner: Both.
Dadashri: If money can be earned through hard work, then these laborers would have lot of money because they work the hardest of all, don't they? And if money could be earned through the intellect, then there are extremely well educated people out there and yet their shoes are all worn out! Earning money is never from the use of the intellect nor is it the fruits of hard labor. It is the reward of one's merit karmas from one's past life. So if you want money, you have to be cautious where merit and demerit karmas are concerned. (11)
their wives greet them when they come home after a hard day's work at the office? 'Where have you been, you are two hours late?' Just look at this fortunate (!) ones. Should someone with a lot of merit karma have to put up with this? In reality a truly fortunate one, who has earned a lot of merit karma from last life, does not have to face anything negative in his life. Such people belong to a different breed. From their very youth, they never experience any insults or tough times. Wherever they go, they are welcomed with a lot of respect. This is how they grow up, whereas other people do nothing but struggle. What does this mean? When a person's merit karma runs out, he is back to where he started. If you do not have the credit of merit karma, then even if you were to go around begging all night, are you likely to get even fifty rupees by the morning? So do not live life struggling helplessly. Be content with what you have.(12)
Your worldly life is the result of no effort. It is totally an outcome of karma of your past life, for which no effort is required. So enjoy it, but know how to enjoy it. Even the Lord concedes that when the basic necessities in life are missing, then it is natural for one to experience suffering. True suffering is not having any air to breathe, or food to eat. These are the basic necessities in life - without which the body cannot survive. Nowadays people have so many different things available to them and yet they do not enjoy them. They are involved in something else. They do not enjoy what is in front of them. When a wealthy businessman sits to dine, instead of enjoying his meal, he is preoccupied with his business. The fool! He does not even know what he eats. Everything is like this.(16)
This world is a mixture of people who enjoy themselves and those who work very hard. It has a mixture of everything. Those who work very hard have the ego 'I am doing it all'. Those
Money goes to those with merit karma, whereas hard working people run after money. So from this you should realize that money would only come your way if you have the merit karmas. Hard work will earn you some food and you may have some surplus to get your daughter married, but without merit karma, money will not come your way.
So reality says that if you are a person with a lot of merit karmas, why must you struggle? And if you are not, then why are you struggling? What you are destined to earn in this life cannot be changed.
What is life like for a person with a lot of merit karmas? Let me tell you what even these CEOs have to put up with. How do
