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		<title>Secret map of wealth &#8212;     दौलत का गुप्त नक्शा</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Universal BLUEPRINT for WEALTH: How to Tap into Abundance Beyond Money &#124; Do you believe wealth is just a bank balance or a pile of cash? What if true abundance extended far beyond money, encompassing health, happiness, peace, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.bestoutofyou.com/personal-development/570/secret-map-of-wealth-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8c%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>The Universal BLUEPRINT for WEALTH: How to Tap into Abundance Beyond Money |</p>
<p>Do you believe wealth is just a bank balance or a pile of cash? What if true abundance extended far beyond money, encompassing health, happiness, peace, and purpose? Join us on a mystical journey as we unveil &#8220;The Universal Blueprint for Wealth&#8221; – an ancient wisdom &#8211;</p>
<p>क्या आप मानते हैं कि धन केवल बैंक बैलेंस या नकदी का ढेर है? क्या होगा अगर सच्ची समृद्धि धन से कहीं आगे तक फैली हो, जिसमें स्वास्थ्य, खुशी, शांति और उद्देश्य शामिल हों? हमारे साथ एक रहस्यमय यात्रा पर जुड़ें</p>
<p><span id="more-570"></span>that empowers you to attract limitless abundance in every aspect of your life!</p>
<p>In this profound video, we delve into the timeless teachings of ancient Indian Vedas, the esoteric mysteries of Egypt, Taoist philosophy, and even modern science, to understand how the flow of cosmic energy shapes your reality. Discover how your thoughts, emotions, and consciousness are the true architects of your world.</p>
<p>In this video, you will discover:</p>
<p>• The True Meaning of Wealth: Beyond material possessions, explore wealth as a multidimensional concept including health, knowledge, love, and inner peace.</p>
<p>• The Cosmic Energy Secret: Understand that everything in the universe is energy, and learn how to raise your vibrational frequency to attract abundance.</p>
<p>• The Law of Attraction: Grasp how your inner world molds your outer reality, and master techniques to leverage this universal law to your advantage.</p>
<p>• From Scarcity to Abundance: Learn to overcome limiting beliefs and fears, making space for unlimited possibilities to flow into your life.</p>
<p>• Potent Practical Techniques: Activate your abundance with actionable steps like gratitude practices, conscious intention setting, powerful visualization, and the art of giving.</p>
<p>• Consciousness Expansion: Recognize your inner power and learn to transcend your circumstances to open yourself to infinite abundance.</p>
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<p>क्योंकि हम &#8220;धन के लिए सार्वभौमिक खाका&#8221; का अनावरण करते हैं &#8211; एक प्राचीन ज्ञान जो आपको अपने जीवन के हर पहलू में असीमित बहुतायत को आकर्षित करने की शक्ति देता है!</p>
<p>इस गहन वीडियो में, हम प्राचीन भारतीय वेदों की कालातीत शिक्षाओं, मिस्र के गूढ़ रहस्यों, ताओवादी दर्शन और यहां तक ​​कि आधुनिक विज्ञान में भी गहराई से उतरते हैं, ताकि यह समझा जा सके कि ब्रह्मांडीय ऊर्जा का प्रवाह आपकी वास्तविकता को कैसे आकार देता है। जानें कि कैसे आपके विचार, भावनाएं और चेतना आपकी दुनिया के सच्चे वास्तुकार हैं।</p>
<p>इस वीडियो में, आप जानेंगे:</p>
<p>• धन का सही अर्थ: भौतिक संपत्तियों से परे, स्वास्थ्य, ज्ञान, प्रेम और आंतरिक शांति सहित एक बहुआयामी अवधारणा के रूप में धन का पता लगाएं।</p>
<p>• ब्रह्मांडीय ऊर्जा रहस्य: समझें कि ब्रह्मांड में सब कुछ ऊर्जा है, और प्रचुरता को आकर्षित करने के लिए अपनी कंपन आवृत्ति को बढ़ाना सीखें।</p>
<p>• आकर्षण का नियम: समझें कि आपकी आंतरिक दुनिया आपकी बाहरी वास्तविकता को कैसे ढालती है, और इस सार्वभौमिक नियम का अपने लाभ के लिए लाभ उठाने की तकनीकों में महारत हासिल करें।</p>
<p>• अभाव से प्रचुरता तक: सीमित विश्वासों और भय पर काबू पाना सीखें, जिससे आपके जीवन में असीमित संभावनाओं के प्रवाह के लिए जगह बने।</p>
<p>• शक्तिशाली व्यावहारिक तकनीकें: कृतज्ञता अभ्यास, सचेत इरादा सेटिंग, शक्तिशाली विज़ुअलाइज़ेशन और देने की कला जैसे कार्रवाई योग्य चरणों के साथ अपनी प्रचुरता को सक्रिय करें।</p>
<p>• चेतना विस्तार: अपनी आंतरिक शक्ति को पहचानें और अपने आप को अनंत प्रचुरता के लिए खोलने के लिए अपनी परिस्थितियों से परे जाना सीखें।</p>
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		<title>What Does it Take to Get Rich?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashwani]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why financial education, not money, is the key to building wealth Anyone who says that money isn&#8217;t important obviously has not been without it for very long. The year 1985 was the longest and hardest of my life. Kim and &#8230; <a href="http://www.bestoutofyou.com/personal-development/256/what-does-it-take-to-get-rich/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<h2>Why <a href="http://www.richdad.com/Resources/Rich-Dad-Financial-Education-Blog/July-2012/Gambling-vs-a-Financial-Education.aspx" target="_self">financial education</a>, not money, is the key to building <a href="http://www.richdad.com/Resources/Rich-Dad-Financial-Education-Blog/January-2010/Wealth-is-Measured-in-Time.aspx" target="_self">wealth<span id="more-256"></span></a></h2>
<p>Anyone who says that money isn&#8217;t important obviously has not been without it for very long.</p>
<p>The year 1985 was the longest and hardest of my life. Kim and I were homeless. We were unemployed, had little-to-nothing left in our savings, our credit cards were maxed out, and we were living in an old, brown Toyota. After three weeks of that, a friend found out about our financial situation and invited us to stay in a basement room. We stayed there for over nine months.</p>
<p>During those times, Kim and I often fought and argued. Fear, hunger, and uncertainty has a way of shortening our emotional fuse, and we usually end up fighting with the one we love the most. Yet, love held us together through those hard times.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.richdad.com/Resources/Rich-Dad-Financial-Education-Blog/February-2013/rich-dad-scam-2-get-a-job.aspx" target="_self">Get a job?</a></strong></p>
<p>We kept our financial woes quite for the most part, but when a friend or family member found out about our struggles, the first question they always asked was, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you get a job?&#8221;</p>
<p>At first we attempted to explain ourselves, but it didn&#8217;t do much good. To someone who values a job, it&#8217;s difficult to explain why you might not want one. We had a few odd jobs here and there, but those were only to keep us fed and gas in the tank.</p>
<p>At the time, the idea of a safe, secure paycheck was certainly tempting. But we didn&#8217;t want safety and security. We wanted financial freedom. By 1989, we were millionaires. By 1994, we were in a position to never work another day in our lives.</p>
<p><strong>No money, no problem</strong></p>
<p>I often hear people say, &#8220;It takes money to make money.&#8221; This is not true. For Kim and I to go from homeless in 1985 to millionaires in 1989, and then to financial freedom in 1994, it didn&#8217;t take money. We had no money when we started, and we were deeply in debt.</p>
<p>It also didn&#8217;t take a formal education. I have a degree, and I can tell you that achieving financial freedom had nothing to do with what I learned in college. I didn&#8217;t find much demand for my skills in calculus, spherical trigonometry, chemistry, physics, French, and English literature in the real world.</p>
<p><strong>What does it take to get rich?</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m often asked, &#8220;If it doesn&#8217;t take money to make money, and schools don&#8217;t teach you how to be come financially free, then what does it take?&#8221;</p>
<p>My answer: It takes a dream, a lot of determination, a willingness to learn quickly, the ability to use your God-given assets properly, and to understand how money works and can work for you.</p>
<p><strong>It starts with financial education</strong></p>
<p>All of the qualities necessary for getting rich, start with financial education—a type of education that you can&#8217;t get in a traditional school. My financial education started with my rich dad, my best friend&#8217;s dad, and continues today through books, seminars, learned lessons, and mentors. From all these sources, I learned about cash flow, debt, business and investing, taxes, and more—and how to use each to make myself rich.</p>
<p>If you want to be rich, I can&#8217;t stress the importance of starting your financial education today. Take some classes, read a book, attend a seminar, and find a great coach. It&#8217;s the most important investment you can make.</p>
<p>And if you want your children to be rich, it&#8217;s imperative you have a strong financial education that you can pass on to them. That&#8217;s what my latest book, <em><a href="http://www.richdad.com/books/Why-A-Students-Work-for-C-Students.aspx" target="_self">Why &#8220;A&#8221; Students Work for &#8220;C&#8221; Students</a></em>, is all about. The greatest gift a parent can give to a child is the gift of financial education.</p>
<p>I encourage you to start your financial education. But I also encourage you to never stop learning—and to never stop teaching. Way leads to way. Pass on your knowledge and knowledge will come to you.</p>
<p><span><strong>Written by: </strong> Robert Kiyosaki</span></p>
<p>Source :http://www.richdad.com</p>
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<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!----><font face="Times New Roman">   <!---->Your thoughts are what have created your reality up until now </font></span></span><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman"><span id="more-51"></span>and what will create your reality for the rest of your earthly existence. You will be astounded, when you start taking notice, of the amount of negative thoughts you have every single hour of the day. What you think about is what you get, whether it is positive or negative. If the universe hears your thoughts of lack, it will make sure you receive more lack, and if it hears your thoughts of abundance, it will make sure you have abundance in your life.<br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->So take notice of what you are </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210003">thinking and what your emotions are telling you. As soon as you notice a negative thought or bad feeling, stop yourself right there and then and turn it into a positive affirmation. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->We all have so many negative programmes in our subconscious mind </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210004">that have been given to us by our parents and other adult influences in our life </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210005">during childhood (this is not their fault, they are just passing on the beliefs they have been given from their parents). </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->The best way of doing this is to watch our thoughts and emotions and practice positive thinking and affirmations every day of our life. Slowly but surely we are able to reprogramme our mind, changing negative beliefs that hinder our life experiences to positive beliefs of self worth and love, enabling us to live a more fulfilled life, attracting positive loving experiences into our daily existence. So if you catch yourself thinking a negative thought such as </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210006">‘I have a bad relationship or I am so broke’, immediately turn this into a positive thought such as ‘I have a happy, loving relationship or, I now have an abundance of money’ — any affirmation will do as long as it turns the negative into a positive. It does</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210007">n’t matter if you don’t really believe it initially, if you say it regularly enough, </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210008">the subconscious will start believing it and begin attracting it to you. It is amazing how this one practice can change your whole life. </span><br />
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<strong><font face="Times New Roman">Love yourself</font></strong></span><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman"> :  </font></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><span><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify">Most of us are bought up thinking it is wrong to love ourselves, that we are vain if we even like ourself. This programme sets us up for so much heartache in our life. The truth is, if we don’t love ourselves, we cannot truly love anyone else. Until we love ourself unconditionally, we are constantly looking for fulfillment in other people, especially our partners, which can only lead to disappoint</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0210009">ment and heartache. When we can honestly say we love every part of ourselves, we will automatically stop judging others. It is then that we realise, we are all perfect in spirit and doing the best we can in this human existence with the programmes we have been given in childhood. When we can just accept without judgement, we really start to understand the term inner peace. It is then that we can truly forgive others for the wrongs we think they have done to us — often becoming the cause of lifelong pain and eventually illness or disease of our physical body. </span><br />
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Time to meditate :</strong></span></span></span></span><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"></span></span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman">By meditating, we are nurturing our body, mind and spirit. If we spend 20 minutes every day in meditation, we will soon reap the rewards. We become more peaceful throughout the day and sleep more soundly at night. Things that would normally upset us start to just wash over us — the peace is too lovely for us to let these little incidents interfere with it. Anxiety and other fear-based emotions will drop away as we become aware that we are connected to the creator and the abundance of the universe, leaving us feeling safe and peaceful. Our own spiritual guidance becomes stronger and we become more in tune with our own psychic gifts.<br />
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<strong><font face="Times New Roman">Live in the ‘now’ :</font></strong></span></span></span></span><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"></span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><font face="Times New Roman">When we live for today, life becomes so much less stressful. Really, all that there is, is now. None of us even know if tomorrow will ever come, so why do we spend so much time worrying about tomorrow instead of making the most of what we know we do have and filling our days with laughter and love. If there is only now, then there is no yesterday, no past and no reason to be angry at anybody. When we can release all anger from our body we will certainly feel the benefits. Holding on the anger and unforgiveness is debilitating to our physical and emotional bodies. I read once that the most selfish thing we can ever do is to forgive. I truly understand that now, forgiveness equals freedom. If we are holding on to anger we need to work on loving ourself. If there is no tomorrow, no future, no reason to stress about bills and money, no reason to worry about what’s going to happen to. </font></span></span></span></span><span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"></span></span><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"></span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!----><strong>   By     : <!---->Lyn Nichols &#8211; an expert in the field of New Age spirituality </strong></span><br style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 5px; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal" /><strong>Source : sunday times.<font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font></strong><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span></font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span>Do we realize how powerful our thoughts can be? Mostly we assume that thinking is a hazy part of our mind and that thoughts are just whimsical emotions, fleeting games which the mind plays on us.   </font><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span>The truth is that thoughts are the most powerful energy known to humankind. Mohandas    Karamchand Gandhi<span>  </span>had a thought, which became a belief and finally an obsession, which no one   and nothing, not even threats and physical pain, could change. Not only did he believe in it, he inspired other people to believe in it and galvanised them into a movement. What is incredible is that an average human being who would usually be more concerned about his family, was ready to give up his life for a cause which, in real terms, was not going to give him any immediate or tangible material benefits. </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>            </span>So how do thoughts affect us? Thoughts can be episodic and fleeting, or they can be recurrent, or they can become a belief. Let’s see the kind of beliefs people have: </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                    </span></span><font face="Times New Roman">I am so plain, who will like me?</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                    </span></span><font face="Times New Roman">Money only comes to people who are wicked and evil and who do wheeling and dealing. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                    </span></span><font face="Times New Roman">I will always be fat because I have fat genes and no willpower.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                    </span></span><font face="Times New Roman">Some people are lucky but I’m not. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list .75in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">                    </span></span><font face="Times New Roman">Life is a struggle. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">A lot of you must be wondering what such esoteric ideas have to do with health. Here’s what:</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">Health is th final outcome of our thoughts. Many doctors struggle to heal their patients of lifestyle diseases, skin problems and allergies and find it frustrating because the patient harbours such strong fatalistic thoughts that ultimately the disease wins and the doctor loses. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">We have to ultimately realize the presence of the most powerful energy in the universe &#8211; mental energy and thoughts. All thoughts about ourselves need to be watched. Are they about prosperity, health, positive relationships or they only fearful thoughts of loss of money, bad health, children who hanker after money? Thoughts are energy. Repeated thoughts become habits, habits become character and character leads to destiny. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 140%; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">So please be responsible about what you think. </font></p>
<p>Tag:[tag] health, habits, character, destiny, relationships, prosperity, thoughts, life style, energy, gandhi, physical pain, family, money, fat, struggle, luck [/tag]<br />
<strong><font face="Times New Roman">By Shikha Sharma</font></strong></p>
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<p><!---->What should you do with rest of your life?<span id="more-50"></span> About three thousand years ago, a Jewish king named Solomon aired his opinion on the subject. As he put it, he “wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives”.<br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Solomon was an interesting character, and he had a lot going for him. He was intelligent. Indeed, this sageking still has the reputation of being the “wisest man who ever lived”. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->He also had the means to do practically anything he wanted to do. In his old age, Solomon found time to reflect on his lifelong experiences. And he passed his thoughts down in writing. He starts off by telling us that everything in life is meaningless. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“I know, because I have seen it all. You name it, I&#8217;ve done it. I not only did it, but I did it in a big time, kingly fashion. I denied myself nothing, nothing at all. But looking back on it now, I can tell you none of it amounted to a hill of beans.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“What do you think is worthwhile in life? The pursuit of pleasure? I had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines. I had music from men and women singers; all the wine I could drink; and a palace full of people falling all over themselves doing everything they could think of to get in my good graces. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“Sure, it is enjoyable up to a point. But when you get everything you want whenever you want it, you quickly discover how meaningless pleasure really is. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“Here is what I&#8217;ve learned: Whenever you seek pleasure, pleasure eludes you. The only way you may find pleasure is by seeking something else first. It could be nothing more than paying someone a sincere compliment, or giving someone a hand with an unpleasant task. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“The idea is that when you least expect it, happiness suddenly bubbles up like a well inside of you. You don’t find pleasure; pleasure finds you. Pursuing pleasure is like chasing after the wind. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“If not pleasure, then what? Wealth? Do you think you should dedicate your life to the pursuit of wealth? I had houses, vineyards, gardens, parks, fruit trees, reservoirs watering groves of trees, slaves, more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem, horses and chariots, and more silver and gold than anyone can imagine. I had it all. But if mon</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270004">ey and things could buy happiness, then I would have been the happiest man that ever lived. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“But what did I discover? Just this: Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. A rich man doesn’t even sleep well at night. He’s too worried about his money. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“Money has its uses, but don&#8217;t lose perspective. We were born naked, and </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270005">when we die, we’re going to take with us just what we brought into this world. </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270006">Whatever we acquire will be left to someone who had not worked for it.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->If neither pleasure nor wealth are worthwhile pursuits, how about the scholarly pursuit of knowledge? </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“Oh yes, I spent a great deal of time in study. I learned everything I could about every subject under the sun. That’s how I got my reputation for wisdom. It didn’t fall out of a tree, you know. What did I find out? Only this: The more you learn, the more you discover there is to know. Even </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270007">the brightest of us are ignorant of many things. Certainly, wisdom is better than foolishness, but remember, in a few years, both the wise man and the fool wind up in the grave. Before long both are forgotten.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->So, pleasure, wealth, and knowledge all have limited value. What’s left? Work? “Yes, I worked. I built houses, planted vineyards, gardens, parks, fruit trees, and groves of trees. I de</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270008">lighted in my work. That was my reward. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“Of course, it was merely a temporary </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270009">‘feel-good-about-it’ sort of thing. In the long run, all of our toil is useless. Whatever you make, you can’t take with you. And in due course, whatever we create will be torn down or destroyed and soon forgotten.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->So, the wise man threw a wet blanket over most of the things people devote themselves to today. Then what should we do? How should we spend our brief time on earth? </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->The answer is simple: “A man can do nothing better than to eat, drink </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270010">and find satisfaction in work. Enjoy life with the one you love. Be happy and do good as long as you live. Whatever you do, do it with all the might because you never know when life might end. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“While we are young, enjoy life as much as possible. But don’t forget, God will judge everything we do. The years slip by quickly. Infants turn into youths, youths into adults, adults into middle age, and middle age into old age. It doesn’t take long at all. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->“All too soon, the troubles and afflictions of age sap the strength and weaken the mind. Then death calls your number and body returns to the ground from where it came, and soul returns to God who gave it.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Solomon concludes his advice with this warning: “God will bring every deed into judgment including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked.” </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Has Solomon’s 3,000-year-old advice stood the test of time? </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Some things have changed. Primarily, we have more gadgets these days than they had back in his time. But our basic choices remain the same. We can dedicate our lives to pleasure, money or possessions, or knowledge, or work. Then again when we reflect on the brevity of life, the certainty of death, and the promise of judgment, we might decide Solomon knew what he was talking about. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->But what about God judging the good and wicked? The moral law certainly implies that God cares about us, what we do with our lives, and the choices we make. Also our longing for justice, often frustrated in this life, leads us to believe, we will get whatever we are due in the world to come. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->By the end of the book, Solomon reaches a different conclusion: Life has a point after all. Our sojourn can best be described as a sort of boot camp or school of hard knocks. We are here to learn. Learn what? Learn that pleasures, money, possessions, knowledge, and work all have only limited value. None of these pursuits should be the focal point of our lives. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Our primary task is to develop character, that is, a certain type of character. Earth, we discover, is nothing more than a large training centre for character. Those who graduate have learned their lessons on: fair play, unselfishness, humility, courage, faithfulness, honesty, truthfulness, and treating others with respect. </span><br style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 5px; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal" /></p>
<p class="HTMLImage"> By : Jerry Boone</p>
<p class="HTMLImage">Source : sunday times</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.myelomaonline.org.uk/NetCommunity/view.image%3FId%3D1334&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.myelomaonline.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx%3F%26pid%3D1100%26srcid%3D605&amp;h=325&amp;w=380&amp;sz=18&amp;hl=en&amp;start=28&amp;tbnid=YVGO3WUHd9z8VM:&amp;tbnh=105&amp;tbnw=123&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddonation%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"></a><a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fasttrackfundraising.com/images/donation-fundraiser.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.fasttrackfundraising.com/donation-fundraising.php&amp;h=170&amp;w=167&amp;sz=6&amp;hl=en&amp;start=88&amp;tbnid=6SF8HJZttQ23XM:&amp;tbnh=99&amp;tbnw=97&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dasking%2Bfor%2Bdonation%26start%3D80%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"></a><a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://budgetwealth.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/laughing-buddha.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http://budgetwealth.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/my-basic-wealth-creation-strategy/&amp;h=191&amp;w=186&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=4&amp;tbnid=X5cdG4VuT2eJhM:&amp;tbnh=103&amp;tbnw=100&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbuddha%2Basking%2B%2Bfor%2Bdonation%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"></a><a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/2272977060_8fdc7cd9f3.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-lH3AaY88cqUftrn5Ix4U_Q--%3Fcq%3D1%26p%3D2199&amp;h=500&amp;w=325&amp;sz=120&amp;hl=en&amp;start=3&amp;tbnid=kG8G2sHOLEl6MM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=85&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeggar%2Basking%2B%2Bfor%2Bdonation%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><img width="85" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:kG8G2sHOLEl6MM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/2272977060_8fdc7cd9f3.jpg" height="130" style="border: 1px solid" /></a><a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://budgetwealth.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/laughing-buddha.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http://budgetwealth.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/my-basic-wealth-creation-strategy/&amp;h=191&amp;w=186&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=4&amp;tbnid=X5cdG4VuT2eJhM:&amp;tbnh=103&amp;tbnw=100&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbuddha%2Basking%2B%2Bfor%2Bdonation%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"><img width="100" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:X5cdG4VuT2eJhM:http://budgetwealth.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/laughing-buddha.gif" height="103" style="width: 104px; height: 130px; border: 1px solid" /></a><a href="http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cgo/lowres/cgon84l.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/c/charities.asp&amp;h=309&amp;w=400&amp;sz=30&amp;hl=en&amp;start=72&amp;tbnid=h8dzPXpDNgG5uM:&amp;tbnh=96&amp;tbnw=124&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeggar%2Basking%2B%2Bfor%2Bdonation%26start%3D60%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"><img width="124" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:h8dzPXpDNgG5uM:http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cgo/lowres/cgon84l.jpg" height="96" style="width: 114px; height: 131px; border: 1px solid" /></a></p>
<p> When you walk by a beggar and ignore his outstretched hand-you are making a personal statement about yourself, how you feel about the beggar or what he is doing.<br />
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<p>Giving is the greatest opportunity for you to express who you are and how you see yourself in relationship to others and your environment in the moment. <span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify">   <!---->We make judgments about the situation based on our own perceptions about the one asking for the handout. There are very few of us who could not give him something, if only a few words of encouragement. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->My own personal view is I would much rather teach a man to fish, than to feed him. In other words if there is the beggar, a volunteer who would go out and fish and give his catch to the beggar, and the one who would teach the man to fish — I’d rather give to the one who would teach. </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270004"></span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->The beggar doesn’t give a damn about being taught how to fish, if his immediate need is to satisfy his hunger. So giving to the one who would teach is the least desirable course of action in the moment. Giving to the volunteer who would go out and fish and give away his catch does little for the immediate needs of the beggar who is hungry — now. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Now giving money to the beggar may not resolve the hunger issue if the money is really needed to buy drugs or something else. Can you trust a beggar who has learned to lie and come up with unique stories to get your money-can he be trusted? </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Giving to the one who would go out and fish and give away his catch would seem to be a better solution. However, if there are beggars on the street starving, where is his catch going? How much of the donations going to him are being spent on his overhead and personal expenses-can he be trusted to use the money to return fish to the hungry? </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270005"></span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->So maybe it is wiser to use your money to support the one who would do the most good in the first place. Give it to the one who would teach the beggars to fish, so they would no longer have to beg for food and be self sustaining. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->We all have heard about programs to help the hungry. Money donated to these groups or individuals is funnelled into their own pockets and the needy do not receive benefit from your donation. None of these people seem to be responsible. </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270006"></span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->There is only one person who can be responsible, and it is you. If you see yourself as a giving or caring person in the moment, then it would be incumbent upon yourself to give when the opportunity comes up-not for the sake of the one who is in need, but because it is an opportunity for </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270007">you to express yourself as caring or giving. All life declares itself as “this” or </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270008">“that” in any particular moment. Guilt should never be part of the equation of giving. It is a lie to give when you do not feel liking giving. It is the worst blasphemy-you are denying who you really are and your feelings. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->In the true spirit of giving, you give to yourself-not to the other. You receive the greatest benefit from giv</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270009">ing, if it is done from the heart and in the moment. You receive an immediate benefit in the act itself. It is only when your mind starts to contemplate your action do you feel anything else. If you give for yourself first, then it doesn&#8217;t matter that your donation is going to be used to buy </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270010">drugs or cigarettes, alcohol or anything else. Your giving was a true expression of </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270011">how you felt in the moment-it is life expressing itself in all its glory. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Over the last six years my web site has cost me thousands to operate and maintain. Three years ago I added a link for those who felt the desire to donate. When I started this site I was aware of the expense of maintaining it and the site survives. I added a link as a gift to those who </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270012">could see value in the material and purpose of the site. I added it for their benefit, because they have realised the value and wanted to donate something of value in return. It was an opportunity to declare their value and appreciation. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->It was the greatest gift I could give to my visitors. If one appreciates value then one gives value back because they are aware of their own value. If one does not see value, they do not give value back-they see themselves as valueless in the moment. If you do not see yourself as having value, then you cannot give value. Value can only be experienced when it is given. The next time you are given the opportunity to give, respond to your intuition first and act on it immediately. Simply give or do not. But the most interesting thing, is to lis</span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270013">ten to your internal dialogue if you do not give. It will be a reminder of how connected or disconnected from spirit you really are. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Who gives the greater gift, the one who is in need or the one who needs to give-the one in need of course? When you stop to think before giving, what you are doing is questioning your own value. This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing-it is a simple recognition of how you see yourself in the moment. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->When you give because it is your true nature to do so, you will always receive an immediate reward-recognition of self. It is the greatest gift anyone can receive-it is a gift of life. Life always seeks to declare itself as “I am”. The donations themselves become meaningless to you-once given, it is no longer yours-neither are any expectations. Donations are not donations if there is an expectationthey become payment in advance for </span><span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify" id="Ar0270014">something you seek later. </span><br />
<span style="text-justify: newspaper; text-align: justify"><!---->   <!---->Never miss the opportunity to give-you will always receive an immediate reward. If you want to feel good now, go out and look for someone to give to. Give to yourself first and others will benefit. </span><br style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 5px; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal" /><br style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 5px; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal" />by :Roy E Klienwachter</p>
<p>source : sunday time</p>
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