Some years back, I was watching Salman Khan in an interview. In one question he shockingly replied, Main apne kamaye paise ko jalaun,, phad dun ,ya fenk dun, aapko kya problem hai! This is my tax paid money so I have every right to do whatever I want to do with my money, he added.
Is this really your money? Do you have every right to treat this money however disdainfully you want?
Out of the many definitions of money, the one which I find most appealing is “Money is life energy”. Energy is a universal concept and we ought to use it efficiently for ourselves, for future generations and for preserving our beautiful mother earth. We are already extracting too much from the mother earth without realising that we are depleting the earth’s resources. Already Earth overshoot day is 28th July meaning by this day, we exhaust the yearly resources from earth. Isn’t it alarming that for more than 5 months in a year we run on a resource deficit? And this deficit is only widening.
Money that you earn is the symbol of earth’s resources or life energy. Every penny you earn or spend, you owe to mother earth’s flora & fauna and to collective humanity. Also, your money is not just earned by you alone. There are so many people, so much collective intelligence and so many resources involved in the process. So, you are actually the custodian of that money aka life energy. If you are fortunate enough to have some extra life energy, then is it right to treat it as if you are the ultimate holder of it? I think the conscious way is to treat it responsibly and the first step is to give it utmost respect. Money is just not a paper or numbers to show to others that you are a winner nor you are the ultimate owner of it. Money is life energy and you are a custodian of it.
Salman Ji, think again consciously about your arguments that it’s my money, I can burn it, I can tear it, I can do whatever I want to do with it.
Maybe you would realise that money is life energy and you ought to feel and deal like a custodian. That is what will return you back with lasting happiness, satisfaction and peace.
Manoj Pandey
CFP
