We tend to go where the job takes us and income is the directing factor in our life most often. Jesus and the Buddha cared nothing about money. The Buddha walked away from certain King-ship and Jesus was of the opinion that “The love of money is the root of all evil,” and “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle (A narrow passage way in Jerusalem) than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.” And that has evolved into the Prosperity Gospel. Go, as they say, figure. And prayer has evolved into getting what we want from something called “God” which is a collection of opinions about hearsay called “doctrine.” Somebody hears somebody say something is so, so it must be so, and everybody must believe it is so or go to hell, which is also something somebody said is so.
Jesus said, “You have heard it said, but I say unto you” and he talked to people out of his own experience, saying what he knew to be was so. The Buddha did the same thing, even telling his listeners, “Don’t take my word for any of this! Make up your own mind about what you say is so! Don’t listen to me! Listen to YOU!”
My position regarding money is to recognize its importance in paying the right bills and serving as a cushion to continue paying the right bills into our future, and to be right about what the right bills are. Living to be right about what we say is so was the way Jesus and the Buddha did it and I take it to be good guidance for the way we do it. If you think you have a better idea, the Buddha, Jesus and I aren’t going to try to talk you out of it. We are all on our own when it comes to saying what we think is so.
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