Strive to have a better life all the time. Not because we are materialistic, but because life should have joy and abundance in all things, in all aspects. We do not have to give power and finance to the negative class of people. If, for example, the good people don’t strive to make income for themselves or to have some power within the society, then all the power and the finance goes to the negative power, all the bad people. Then they will, in turn, control the good people and then the good people can do nothing, cannot even spread the goodness. So, to me, to earn money, to make a business, to strive in your life to earn a good standard of living for your family and yourself and your country is a duty, not a sin. […]
I do not encourage my people to stay in poverty and to give all the power and the finance to the negative system that has no morals. […] If you are a politician, you should stay in politics and be a good politician and fight for your country and for the standard of living of other people. If you’re a businessman, you must be a successful one. You always strive to be successful, earn as much money as God gives you, and then you can share. […]
So for us, the so-called practitioners, we really don’t need material comfort. We really don’t. And that’s why it’s easy for us sometimes to think, “Oh, no. Why should I earn money? I don’t really need anything anymore.” It’s a very easy way out. But when we come to think about it, if we still live in this world, many people depend on us – our family, our children, our parents. And our relatives and friends. Sometimes they need our help. If we are not in a position to help them, who will? Who will be? […]
