As human beings, most of you have misunderstood the word prosperity. It is not richness. You may think—“If I have money, if I own a house, if I have all kinds of good things with me, then I will be at peace.”
You are wrong. Every materialistic desire comes with a rider. Just like when you have a
house, you must ensure that it is well maintained.
Likewise, materialistic prosperity brings more headaches. That is why the enlightened rishis say that sattva—state of pure consciousness—gives you real prosperity by giving you the ability to cope with life’s problems.
A human life is never without problems, troubles and worries. Be it a Maharaja, a beggar, or an ordinary citizen—he is bound to have problems and worries. Whereas an enlightened being doesn’t experience worries as his level of expectations from life is bare minimum compared to other humans. This is because he is in the state of bliss which is beyond rajas, tamas and sattva.
He operates in zone of awareness of pure consciousness, whereas spiritual-seekers and human beings in general are only aware of this pure consciousness theoretically. Pure consciousness gives you the kind of energy to cope with life’s problems, troubles and worries in a very systematic and methodical way without affecting your mind, vibrations of your soul and your innate divine virtues as a human being. If the vibrations of the consciousness inside you are brought out, then you will tackle all your problems every day with a smile.
Problems are problems. Worries are worries. It all depends on how you cope with it. State of pure consciousness teaches you how to tackle your day-to-day problems in life. The body and mind are subjected to decay, old age, lack of proper nutrition, fresh air and exercise.
Just like food can be preserved using a preservative, the mind and body can be rejuvenated with sattva. The mind organises itself and brings out all the hidden talents, skills and potential inside you if you allow it to soak in sattva through nutritious food, healthy exercise regime, fresh air and 20 minutes of meditation every day. This leads to zero stress.
Thus, when you operate with a stress-free mind, you will operate with the feeling that whatever is bound to happen will happen in life. You cannot control any situation. Fate and destiny can only be changed by sattva, which is pure consciousness.
It gives you inspiration, zeal, zest, energy, and dynamism in life. Therefore, the foremost thing you need to do is to bring out the sattva from your inner zone of vibrations. Pure consciousness is the inner zone where divine vibrations emanate. With meditation for 20 minutes every day, you will be able to pulsate in the energy of pure consciousness and create ‘smilestones’ all along the journey of your prosperous life.
ashram-india@ shrinimishamba.org