A friend accompanied me to a famous temple in Indore. After
performing the Pooja I donated a small amount in the DaanPeti placed in the
Mandir.
Seeing me he said, “You know God does not need your money
and if he needs He is not God.”
“Yes I know that He does not need money but he definitely
want me to share.”
“If you want to share, why don’t you share with poor?” He
argued. I got really annoyed.
“Is that what you do? When did you last donate to poor?” I
asked.
He kept quiet and started looking elsewhere.
This is the state of affairs with many people. When it comes
to donate in a temple they say it is better
to donate to poor and when it comes
to donating to poor they will come up with newer excuses – “It is all a mafia”,
‘why can’t he work?”, ‘Did you see that child in the arm of the woman was
sleeping? Why are they always sleeping? You know they are drugged.” These are
the responses you get for not sharing their money with poor.
In Christianity there is a concept of tithing where good
Christians are encouraged to donate ten percent of their income to the church.
The church then uses it for community good. A similar concept exists in Islam.
Unfortunately the majority community in India does not practice any such thing.
If any religious guru suggests such a thing we all will troll him on social
media, main stream media and maybe on the roads too. He will be labelled to be
regressive. Why? Just because we want excuses for not giving.
The act of giving is a sure sign of prosperity
consciousness. By giving you are sending the message that I have abundant money
and I am willing to share. The universe then gives you more such that you can
share more.
By making excuses and justifying your “non-sharing” behavior
you are actually telling the universe that you are living in scarcity and not
having any intention to partake with what you have. My guru says it is better
to give food to poor rather than money but give you should.
VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu consultant and he
can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com
for Vastu advice.
Very True .... Manoj Sir, This habit is increasing among us and specially in metros... Giving and Sharing had always been in Hinduism , which is very clear from the tradition of serving to Cow, Dog, Birds etc.... and It was a must..
ReplyDeleteBhai. Very correctly pointed out by you - when you said specially in metros.
DeleteWhy has it reduced? Because we have become educated and with it we have become selfish. Selfishness does not allow us to GIVE and education gives us excuses not to GIVE.