By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group
God would have expected something from us. Some divine mission must have been associated with this great body given by God.
I have a refreshing example to share with you. As I told you beforehand that I am a law professional, but I always see and experience life very positively. Some time back, I laid the foundation of an ‘Expert Zone’ to increase my knowledge, information, social interaction, cooperation, and income, and on this platform, I tried to put together the experts of different fields of the metropolitan area. These people are the leading scholars in their respective fields, but when these different scattered powers were present on one platform, our zone became a huge power beam and all of us, who were dreaming little alone separately, began to see the big dreams and to look and find the instruments to complete them with purity and dexterity.
For this forum, I also ‘tied-up’ with the officials of two leading companies of the insurance sector. Mr. Kapil is a representative of one of the companies, who is not only a young man but full of energy and dreams also. He has impressed me and sometimes we also talk outside our business. Once in the midst of such a conversation, he told me that his income is approximately twenty-five thousand rupees per month and sometimes he feels the financial pressure in this money. He also said to me that the monthly salary of his higher officer is about one Lac rupee, but still, he is often upset and suffers from the financial crisis.
I asked Kapil Ji by how much time he would be able to get rid of this economic pressure. Kapil Ji got into thinking and said that he has no definite idea. Then he said that he feels that he will have to stay under pressure until he continues to the job of others to earn money. I smiled and said, “You know at least one thing that the ‘Path of Richness’ does not go through any job for others. None of the rich person in the world does the job for others but he always works for himself.” He said, “I do not want to do a job, but I do not have any other option.” I said, “Even if you do not want to get a job, even if you do not have any other options to earn a living, but if you are ready, from today, by understanding the principles of success and by adopting a working style according to their techniques, you can create a door in the wall of your surroundings, to travel from dull and depressing present to rich future full of hope and happiness.” He said with surprise, “Can it be so?” I said, “It can be even better than it is if you can get ready with your heart.” The face of Kapil Ji was awakened by the imagination that everything is not finished yet. Between the outlines of life, golden color still can be filled. Moreover, you can measure your richness also because you make the Lace of Richness yourself.
He confidently asked with a mixed surprise, “What should I do to take my life on the path to success?” I stopped briefly and said, “At first you will have to find the true meaning of success for yourself and then understand the principles of success and then, you have to bring it in your mind in such a way that they become your habits.”
“What is the true meaning of success?”
This was the next question of Kapil Ji, and the answer is also necessary for you, so now I want to talk to you with Kapil Ji simultaneously. What is the success? When should a person understand he is successful? Meaning of Success can be different for every person in the world. Finding a high position for someone is a success while getting a reputation for someone is a success. When someone believes his ability to serve the society in his way is the success, the other considers himself to be successful when he acquires any fellowship in love. But most people in the society think that Richness and Prosperity are the best standards for success. I agree with those who believe that the Richness and Prosperity are the exact synonyms of success because once you acquire Prosperity; all other doors of success also automatically began to open. If you’re rich, you do not need any high office for yourself, as you create a number of key positions in your system of acquiring money and can put meritorious people thereon; you can do all works which may provide you fame and glory; you will be able to serve the society as efficiently and appropriately which may never be possible by any ordinary person, and you can fill the lives of the people you love with lights, colours, and happiness. My clear perception is that the right and the sole meaning of success is to develop the sacred ability to maximize earning money while maintaining ethics.
If you also believe that success means to be rich and get happiness from self-acquired wealth and help others to get a happy life, you and I are the travelers of the same path. Keep in mind, what we do not have, we can never give to others. If we are blissful, then we can give happiness to others, if we are living a happy life then we can make others’ lives even happier and help others.
Please do not allow such ideas to hit you too, that money can be earned only by being defiled or by injustice, or every rich person is cruel and despotic, and he has gained all the money by exploiting the weak side of the society. Although there may be some such people, but be sure that their success is only temporary. If you take a look at the lives of the people sitting on the top of the society, you will find that they did not succeed in one day, but they created the ability to achieve within themselves and made a long-term plan of success, and after all the adversities in life, using their whole energy with their unwavering and unshaken faith and trust, they worked continuously in a planned way and get success.
The God never made any distinction between all creatures. All have equal amounts of sunlight, water, light, and air. There are immense possibilities of forming the mountain from a particle and becoming banyan trees from seed in everybody but still many people lose in the test of life, and only a few people become successful. It may be that this thing sounds strange, but the truth is that the person always loses himself, even though he keeps on understanding the others as the reasons for his defeat throughout life. We do not accept our defeat and make others excuse and live only lies throughout our lifetime and leave this beautiful world one day without leaving a trail. There will be some reason that God gave us birth in the best form that is a human being.
God would have expected something from us. Some divine mission must have been associated with this great body given by God. The truth is that we all are unique and precious creations of God, but it is also true that we do not know our worth; nor we recognize our capabilities and utilities and often neglect this best gift of God due to our negativity. But if we understand the signs of God and make our lives important and purposeful and achieve limitless heights of success, then we not only succeed but become even more sacred than any other creature.
- Tarun Prakash Srivastava
(From my book “Science of Money”)
