It says somewhere in the Christian bible that it’s harder for a rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. My understanding is that, the eye of a needle refers to the arched narrow needle shaped entrances through the walls of cities like Jerusalem. A ladened camel would have a very hard time getting through.
I can really see that it must be hard for rich people watching their savings dwindle away in this recession. It’s much easier for the poor because they don’t have anything to lose.
It’s very healthy for everyone to see all the physical supports fall away. The pain is just the breaking of attachment to money. It’s always hard at first but once you get over it, it’s very liberating.
It’s actually exciting having only very little money, so long at you are only externally poor and not internally poor. So long as your self respect is intact, it’s a challenging adventure to lose everything.
It shows you what it’s like being poor and gives you a lot more respect for those who’ve always been poor. It teaches you courage and makes you turn to God for support when all other supports have gone. I really think that a person needs to lose everything in order to find God. And to find God is really, to find everything.
In the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita it says God speaks, “when the world reaches its darkest state of complete irreligiousness then I come.” So, how do you see this world around you? Have we reached enough moral decay for God to come? Or do we need a little bit more greed and decadence? Do we need a little more war? How about a little more body consciousness?
When God comes and all the supports of the facilities go, it’s like a big party. God is here!! Wow, what more do you want?? What is the big deal in letting go of everything? It all has to go anyway.
But, we also have to support people who have a hard time making this transition. It’s a big transition, but it’s a great transition! They just don’t understand. Souls will experience a lot of sorrow, but if they understood it, then they wouldn’t.
This time is truly the most wonderful time and this drama is truly the most wonderful drama and God is the greatest!!
[Special guest writer Carol Biberstein makes her living as an artist, art teacher and Farmers’ Market Bread Lady in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She has been a student of Raja Yoga meditation for 6 ½ years, has changed a lot from the inside outward, and expects to transform completely. She writes about deep spiritual matters to inspire others to transform their lives. All thanks goes to the Creator, the one who inspires the re-creation of the world!]
