Money: Bliss or Misery

Vol. 6- Issue 6 - Sept 2012

PERSPECTIVE

Sadhguru

 

Money: Bliss or Misery

 

Questioner: In our day-to-day life, we need a lot of money. Is earning money a sin?

Sadhguru: Money is just a simple tool. We are making it too big for nothing. Is it bad? Is it good? It is neither; it is a tool that we havecreated. Without money, we would otherwise be dealing in a barter system, but now we have a more effective mechanism.  

 

One thing we must understand is that nobody is aspiring for money. When I say this, it looks ridiculous, but I am saying it is not the money that they want. It is just that money has become the means for what they consider to be a better life.

 

Everybody wants their life to be pleasant. When we say pleasant, pleasantness happens in different ways. If your body becomes very pleasant, we call it pleasure;if your mind becomes pleasant, we call it peace; if it becomes very pleasant, we call it joy; if your emotions become pleasant, we call it love; and if they become very pleasant, we call it compassion. If your life energies become pleasant, we call it bliss, and if they become very pleasant, we call it ecstasy. If your surroundings become.......READMORE