Being a doctor, and not particularly rich, I figured I'm qualified to answer this one. Wealth is neither a vice or a virture; it just is. If you believe that our true nature is that of abundance, and wealth is important to you, you can become wealthy. However, spiritual wealth tends to have less to do with bank accounts, and more to do with accountability of actions. Giving your time to others. Expressing love.
There are many unhappy wealthy people out there. In my opinion their unhappiness does not come from having money. Rather, they did not live by the golden rule (do unto others), and may have engaged in seflishness while acquiring moeny. The poem "Richard Cory" comes to mind:
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head
Simon And Garfunkel had a great song based on this poem, btw. I have said before on the board, that I think it is all a state of mind. Wealth is not evil. Abundance can be seen as our birghright, as long as our hearts are in the right place.
Matthew
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