Nature is a professor. A sage. A mystic. A prognosticator. A reflector of man. It’s fury gets our attention, bends and breaks faith, but in the end nature doesn’t really change. It’s a catalyst.
Man also has a nature that bends and breaks faith. A nature that by default is faulty, but still redeemable. A nature that is forever facing the tides that pull us under the current. A nature forever questioning position and repositioning ourselves to fit a society of superficiality, wealth, status and debasement when all we need to do is to value our own worth and character.
I am not saying that affluence is the root of all evil or that it doesn’t have its own rewards, which of course it does. Without affluence and philanthropy many charities would be out of business. Even the government gives us an incentive to be philanthropic by way of tax deductions.
Outer wealth is measured by numbers, a googol that is bandied about like status Ticker Tape. We have become quite familiar with three household names over the years that are mentioned so much that we think they are a part of our family.
Whenever the names, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, or Oprah are so much as uttered, the phrase that automatically comes to our mind is, “They are rich.” In reality, we don’t know how wealthy they really are. We just think because they have money, they have everything, but they don’t. It behooves us not to keep measuring our worth against theirs.
Not only does it make us feel inadequate, envious, and literally worthless, but it’s counter productive to our own goals.
When Tony Robbins can charge $8,000 a head for a seminar to motivate us, then something is wrong with our sense of purpose. When Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki can get millions for speaking to us and telling us how they did it, it is nothing more than their individual experiences that were meant for them solely.
What they all neglect to tell us is that there is no formula, no magic, bullet, no genie in a lamp, nothing other than they were all fortunate to be aligned with their destiny. They seized their particular circumstances, unique only to them and within their karmic grasp.
To think that you can replicate their success is a misconception. When Donald Trump bought The Empire State building for one million dollars, no one else wanted it. It was in bad condition from years of neglect. He immediately had an opportunity to rehab it and bring it back to its former glory which added tremendously to his outer wealth. Many motivational speakers have similar stories.
The irony is that when a wealthy person falls, no one wants to know them anymore. When an elephant falls, even the frogs kick him.
So how do we build our own wealth? The true wealth of our spirit, heart and Soul is simply constructed by apprizing, not monetizing ourselves. We must invest in our dreams, our animus, our reason for being. We have to motivate ourselves to be active thinkers, believers and forerunners. Make getting up in the morning a breakfast of champions.
With the smallest of efforts, we can at least begin to tip the scale
of depth and perception and not be confetti that falls into a barren landscape of numbness. Why traverse through life with a soulless existence?
I have faith in man and its nature. It is a nature that in its most defiled consequences, cleans up well. A nature that governs our consciousness. A nature that although bends and cracks along the surface, does not really break altogether. It only looks that way on the outside.
Man is resilient and forever growing. If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we die. Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
We have to embrace all that we are and embrace all that we live. Find value in everyday living. Tap the inner life waiting to spring forth. When we start to dig, we will soon hit a gusher that will splash us with wisdom, the fountain of truth and the secret to happiness.
We must disabuse the definition of what society calls wealthy and embrace real wealth. It’s in valuing ourselves that we reach our true wealth. And a wealthy Soul is priceless.
I agree that this uproar over the cartoons is getting a little ridiculous. The root cause is 'religious fervor'. Now that I think about it, imagine what the world would be like if atheists had the same kind of fervor =-].
http://namwarts.blogspot.com/2006/02/secret-to-ruling-world.html
Sorry its not hyper-linked.
Man always fights what he doesn't understand. I hope that one day we can all sit down as men and examine why we do what we do. We have to find solutions, not fund them, thus exacerbating them. No one wants to be ridiculed. When we broach a solution, we will be on our way to a peaceful society, at least I hope so.
I guess historically cartoons have always been violent, this one has caused violence. Go figure.
James,
That would be definitely be an interesting notion if athiests had the same fervor. If anything it would lead to what would hopefully be a healthy debate.
Flynn,
Political agendas have always been the root of religious uproar. There is so much happening behind the scenes that we are not aware of. Peace may still be far off at this point, but that doesn't mean we can't try to attain it.
Sheri,
Truth is stranger than fiction.