AFTER A quiet and meaningful conversation with a client whose journey I hold in quiet reverence – a self-made man who built his empire from the ground up on his own – I sensed a familiar frustration gently woven between his words. Though his hands held great wealth, he still felt insufficient – therefore, longing to accumulate more.
The event reminded me of a perspective exchange I once shared with my dear friend Tulku Ngewang, a gentle Buddhist lama, about contentment and greed, the root of sufferings. Like a wild aggressive disease, the endless hunger for more.
In a world blindly guided by social media ads – showing that having more money, acquiring a higher status, titles, deafening applauses, having the latest gadgets – means success.
Pursue desiring less, not earning more. Reflect and see what truly makes you feel most joyful. Is it what fills your homes or purses or with what fills your heart? Is it what you accumulated or what you shared?
So many souls I personally know still live feeling empty and always lacking, in spite of their tremendous wealth. True richness cannot be found outside, it resides within. And healing begins when we remember our true self. That we are not here to impress but to love, to feel and understand.
When the veil drops and you realize that some of your circles are there for the
show, you begin to liberate yourself from doing things to please others, be praised or admired. Thereafter, you begin to see that most people in your life are simply passersby.
When the soul is grounded in content, you always feel you have enough. You start living in peace. You choose warmth over applause, depth over designer things, peace over recognition. In simplicity, we feel abundant. In satisfaction, we taste freedom. And in needing less, we cure our addiction of wanting more.
Once we shed the noise of endless chasing, wisdom comes to life. It is not in more but it is in less that contentment arises. For the truest measure of wealth is not in what we possess, but in what can no longer possess us.
Namaste.
