The present metaphysical movement lays great stress upon worldly success
and "attraction" of wealth, as an evidence of possession of power and
truth, but the law of equation proves that we obtain _that which we most
desire_. A religious system which amasses great wealth in a short time does
so, only because its _dominant_ teaching inspires the desire for worldly
advancement, as the _prime requisite_.
The same is true of an individual, as of a system.
Not that the attainment of cosmic consciousness is absolutely impossible to
a rich man, because a man may inherit riches and position and power, as in
the case of Prince Siddhartha, the Lord Buddha; or he may have set in
motion certain currents of desire for wealth, and later in life may change
that desire, when naturally, the "business" he has created will follow the
law which instigated it, and increasing wealth will result.
But, let it be known, that Buddha renounced all his possessions, and there
are many instances to-day of renunciation of worldly life and wealth, in
order to attain to that supreme consciousness in which the illumined one
possesses all that he desires, even though he have but one coat to his
back.
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