Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Spiritual Life and the Material Life


The spiritual life and the material life are not two lives, they are and they will always be one. The material wealth and the spiritual wealth should not be different because of truth, they have to come from the same source and the inspiration must always be based on service and charity. Therefore, wealth is also prosperity in every sense because the importance of the heart must be measured and if there is work and effort, there will always be fruits and it is not that there is a human kingdom and a divine kingdom, it is that the human will always hold to the divine. The universe has been created in an extraordinary bountiful way where abundance is the real purpose, but, of course, this doesn't mean waste or greed. The true man is not greedy, he knows of course, how to adjust to reality and how to control and to order his impulses. He understands that life is a great field, fertile, generous and benign, but that it requires of care, respect and intelligence. Therefore, let's think and meditate, let's always act in an honest way, seeking to improve ourselves for us and for the others, because the miracle of giving and receiving is based on this. When there is dedication and consistent quality, success will necessarily show, applying the commitment of high efficiency in life in all the aspects, then, there cannot be lack but rather abundance and this term clearly means that all our noble expectations will be satisfied and that we will always be able to give of what we have without meanness and with a lot of affection, just as doing this for us. But, certainly, the great works are also definite and determined efforts in every detail of every instant of our lives. Of summits and plains, of abundant rivers and opposite deserts the face of the earth is conformed, contradictory views will appear many times and achievement and merit is not something superficial. It is necessary to always give of oneself and this is the reason to give and to receive. If we can meditate on this with sensibility, we will have here inspiration and reason of success today and forever.
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Author: Oscar Basurto Carbonell