How to make Money?

Thursday, April 15, 2010



IPL season is on with its essential ingredients – Energy, Entertainment, and Economics.

Everyone connected with IPL seems to be rolling in Money…Big Money. But then opens the hidden door letting out the stench of Bad Money. The question that arises is whether all ‘Big Money’ in today’s world is in some secret way ‘Bad Money’?

How then will I ever fulfill my dream of becoming seriously rich while living by the values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty (Satyam Shivam Sundaram)?

The answer comes from the Spiritual Guru, Deepak Chopra in his book ‘The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success’.

His prescription for success – in terms of material abundance, good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind in life, is as follows:

1. Practice meditation twice a day, commune with Nature, and practice non-judgment.

2. Give the gifts of a compliment, a flower, or a prayer; receive all the gifts gratefully; keep wealth circulating by giving and receiving the gifts of caring, affection, appreciation, and love.

3. Witness the choices you make; when making a choice, ask yourself two questions: “What are the consequences of this choice that I’m making?” and “Will this choice bring fulfillment and happiness to me and also to those who are affected by this choice?” Ask your heart for guidance and be guided by its message of comfort or discomfort.

4. Accept things as they are this moment, not as you wish they were; having accepted things as they are, take responsibility for your situation and for all those events you see as problems; feel no need to convince or persuade others to accept your point of view, and remain open to all points of view without being rigidly attached to any one of them.

5. Make a list of your desires, and carry it wherever you go; release this list and surrender it to the womb of creation, trusting that when things don’t seem to go your way, there is a reason, and that the cosmic plan has designs for you much grander than even those that you have conceived; remind yourself to practice present-moment awareness in all your actions.

6. Allow yourself and those around you the freedom to be as they are; factor in uncertainty as an essential ingredient of your experience; step into the field of all possibilities and anticipate the excitement that can occur when you remain open to infinity of choices.

7. Lovingly nurture the god or goddess in embryo that lies deep within your soul; make a list of your unique talents which when used in the service of humanity, you lose track of time and create abundance in your life as well as in the lives of others; ask yourself daily, “How can I serve?” and “How can I help?”, the answers to which will allow you to help and serve your fellow human beings with love.