Most people equate wealth with investments, savings, income, or real property. Yet we’ve all known people who got by quite happily on very little money.

I am Thy child.
The wealth of earth and universe
Belongs to me, belongs to me,
O belongs to me, belongs to me.

Always avoid the evil of selfishness. It is the root of all troubles, whether individual or national. Selfishness caused the 1930 depression in America. Businessmen and industrialists, by their indifference to the needs and sufferings of others, broke the spiritual law of equal supply. Thus, the richest nation on the globe suddenly became poor.

Just then, a huge Royal Bengal tiger came into the cottage and calmly sat down at the hermit’s feet, causing a near panic among the prince’s retinue. After the hermit petted the tiger on the head, it slunk slowly away into the dark jungle.

All things are gifts of God even though He makes man work for them for the sake of his own evolution. They include health, prosperity, intelligence, creative ability, will power and, above all, spiritual qualities.

Our family experienced several episodes of extreme financial difficulty before we found the right balance between living simply and attracting the money we needed.