[shivraj]

Some people are the masters of wealth, while wealth is the master of some. When your wealth becomes your master, then it becomes as dangerous as an unrestrained mind. When the mind is restless and unsteady, the attachment to wealth increases. This works as a block in man's life. Through contemplation and self-enquiry, you need to break this attachment to wealth. By self-analysis and in-depth thinking, get rid of wrong habits like carelessness towards wealth, laziness, not saving enough, squandering, and excessive attachment to wealth.

There was a bank clerk who had a nice family consisting of his wife and two children. While working in the bank, he always used to dream about being a rich man. Due to shortage of money, he was always unhappy. One night, before going to sleep, he prayed with all his heart - "O God! Why didn't you make everyone rich? When will I find a treasure trove?" When he woke up the next morning and opened the door, he was shocked to find a bagful of currency notes. He was delighted that God has finally answered his prayers. He called his wife and told her the whole story. To celebrate his good fortune, he ordered food from the finest restaurant. He resigned from his bank job. He gave the resignation letter to his son to hand it over to the bank manager. After some time, his wife came and informed him that the restaurant was closed. After some enquiry, he came to know that all the restaurants in town were closed. His son came back from the bank and said that even the bank manager had put in his resignation letter. He had told him that the letter be given to the Assistant Manager, who had also gone on leave! The wife then came and reported that their daughter was unwell. But all the clinics and medical stores were also found to be closed.

After all this chaos, when enquiries were made, it came to light that every person in the town had found a bagful of money at their doors, and hence all the shops, banks, firms and all other working places were closed. Nobody was there to do any work. His prayers had been answered, but the solution of his choice for eradicating problems had given birth to a new set of problems. Looking at this, his dream got shattered and he prayed to God saying, "O Lord! Please forgive me. Whatever is happening is perfect. Don’t listen to my ideas, do what you feel is right for us all."