manohar

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not making a living at doing what they most enjoy." - Malcolm S. Forbes

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Artha or wealth, according to Hinduism, is legitimate. Money has prime importance and is indispensable in the present state of society. A man of the world without Money is a failure; he cannot keep his Body and Soul together.

According to an injunction of Hinduism, first comes the body and next the practice of religion. Further more, Money is needed to build hospitals, schools, holy places, museums, and educational institutions, which distinguish a civilized society from a primitive one. Money gives us leisure, a key factor in the creation of culture. But this Money must be earned according to certain Dharma; otherwise it debases a man by making him greedy and cruel.

For me, the Human-Money interaction is another form of relationship and that laws applicable to any other healthy relationship also govern the attitude towards Money. Your individual relationship with Money is similar to your relationship with yourself and others. In other words, you deal with Money the same way you deal with yourself and others. Your financial relationships develop along the same energy pathways as anything and everything else in your life.

Somewhere I read, all relations in this world are basically, directly or indirectly, financial relations. Is it not true? Very much true.

The general attitude towards Money, however, is two-fold. We are either eternally running after it or are busy berating our fate for keeping us away from more of it. The grapes are eternally sour and yet we keep on jumping for the ever-higher bunch. The few of us who manage to break this fierce cycle are the ones who have a good relationship with Money. Money is necessary for our life.

Money keeps us comfortable. Money is one of the core reasons for our happiness. Money is an indicator of our practical success, also, our self-worth.