Wealth - a Blessing

Wealth - a Blessing

Today so much wealth is being created in so many countries, but they use it wrongly. They use it on weapons to destroy people. This is not a blessing, this is a curse of the wealth. Many countries create so many weapons to destroy the society, destroy human civilizations. So the idea is to honor wealth, and use it as a gift for human evolution; to bring comfort to people and not to create conflict among people.

It’s such a brilliant thing, isn’t it: realizing that wealth should be a blessing and not a curse. If you really look into it deeply wealth has caused so many conflicts! Many times, even though there is wealth, that wealth has not created harmony, peace and comfort. It has created more insecurity, more fear, more tension and distress. So, pray that the wealth that you receive be a blessing. Vara means Blessing. Let the wealth that comes into our life be a blessing to us and not a source of conflict and contention.

In this country, everything is considered as sacred. Even wealth is considered sacred. And it is even more sacred when it is a blessing.

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There is a law, and there is orderliness in creation due to a power. There is some power and because of its presence there is orderliness, and that power you call God, you call brahman, you call energy. You can call it anything.

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Why Shiva is Called Bholenath

Lord Shiva is bhola (innocent) so He is called Bholenath (meaning the innocent One). He is easily pleased, and gives a boon to anyone who asks Him with love, and then He Himself gets caught into trouble (when the seeker of the boon misuses it or uses it against the Lord Himself). He innocently gives a boon to anybody who meditates upon Him, be it a demon or a demigod. He gives them whatever they want, that is why He is known as Bholenath.

Another meaning is when you become bhola (innocent from within) then He is your Nath (Lord or Master). You must have heard the saying, 'Bhole Bhav Mile Raghurai'. It means that when you become innocent and pure from within, that very moment you become one with Divinity.

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Anger cannot be tamed by anything other than meditation.

Om Namah Shivay