Money, Karma, and the Mistaken War on Wealth
"Money is the currency of movement. The moment you move, it begins to flow. The moment you're still, it disappears."
– Parth
Parth:
If you were truly in Samadhi, there is no need for money, for you are not here to do. But the moment your eyes open and a longing arises to move, to create, to touch life — karma begins. And karma always has a cost.
People have created a strange division between spirituality and money, as if the two must forever remain in conflict. They say money is evil. I say, ignorance is more dangerous than money. Because money is just a tool. It is karma distilled into a tradable form.
Let me put it very simply — you breathe, you sweat, you give your time, your intelligence, your life-force into something, and it becomes money. Money is not some foreign entity. It is your breath crystallized. It is your karma converted.
Now, let us say, I want to support something — your well-being, someone’s medicine, a tree being planted, a child being educated. If I were to say, “Here, take my breath,” you would collapse. So instead, I hand you my money. What I’m really saying is, “Here, take some of my life.”
This is why, in Indian culture, we called money Lakshmi — not just currency, but a graceful form of energy. Not a curse, but a blessing. But modern minds, cut off from the deeper mechanics of karma, have turned wealth into a scapegoat for their own inner poverty.
The real problem is not money. It is unconscious karma.
When a person doesn’t know why he wants something, when he cannot handle the longing, money becomes poison. But when you are clear, centered, and rooted in awareness, money becomes a tremendous possibility. It can serve life. It can support dharma. It can uplift.
There is a vast difference between being nishkarmi and being lazy. Nishkarma means you are so fulfilled within yourself, you act not out of compulsion but compassion. You are no longer burdened by the action; you become the dance of the action.
And in that dance, if money becomes a graceful step — let it be.
Don’t ever be ashamed of using money well. Be ashamed of using it unconsciously.
Remember:
A spiritual being is not one who denies money, but one who no longer belongs to it.
A yogi may own nothing, yet moves the world — because he is no longer moved by it.
So whether you walk barefoot or drive a Rolls Royce, don’t let money own your karma. Instead, offer your karma with such intensity and clarity, that even money bows in service.
Money — The Distilled Essence of Karma
Money is not just currency. It is karma — refined, distilled, and condensed into a tangible form.
You breathe. You act. You strive. This effort — your karma — crystallizes into something we call money. It is not some dirty piece of paper; it is your sweat, your time, your intelligence, your life-energy — all pressed into a portable format.
If there was no karma in you, no movement, no longing to touch and transform the world — where is the question of money?
In Samadhi, there is no karma. Therefore, no money. No world.
Because the very experience of the world begins with the disturbance of stillness. The moment that stillness is disturbed — even slightly — karma begins. And the moment karma begins, money becomes relevant.
Money is the vehicle on which your karma rides through the lanes of samsara.
If you are moving — doing, creating, offering, building — you need a vehicle. Without money, it is like running barefoot in a city of wheels. You’ll be exhausted and broken before you begin.
But if you are simply being — utterly still, in union — no vehicle is needed. You are the destination.
Now, here’s the twist most don’t understand.
A mystic can be in Samadhi — utterly still — and yet choose to move, to act. He may sit untouched within, yet move with absolute intensity in the world. He is nishkarmi, actionless within — but his karma flows like a river. For such a being, money is not a desire. It is simply a mechanism.
If such a being rejects money thinking it is impure, it means he has not yet understood the science of karma.
He risks slipping — not into enlightenment, but back into inertia. Into the womb of stillness not out of transcendence, but escape.
Samadhi without karma is silence.
Samadhi with karma is power.
That’s what makes a yogi dangerous — he can sit untouched in stillness, and yet shake the foundations of the world.
So don’t be confused.
Spiritual means no compulsion for karma.
Material means full entanglement with karma.
But the yogi — the awakened one — moves freely through both. He rides the karma vehicle called money, but he is never owned by it.
He doesn’t need it. He simply uses it.
So if you wish to walk this path with open eyes and fierce grace — stop fearing money. Use it. Offer it. Channel it. But never be chained by it.
Because if karma is the river…
Money is the boat.
But You — you are the ocean.
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Money: The Signature That You Are Still Doing Karma
In Samadhi, There Is No Currency — Only Silence
As long as there is movement in you — a desire to create, to offer, to act — karma is alive. And wherever karma is, money becomes its signature.
Money is not the enemy. It is simply the residue of action. You move, you do, you strive — and money appears, not as a reward, but as a refined by-product. It is karma, crystallized.
When you're in absolute stillness, untouched by action or desire, even the idea of money becomes irrelevant. In Samadhi, there is no currency — because there is no transaction, no movement, no world. Only silence.
But the moment your eyes open, and there’s an intent — however sacred — to touch the world, to uplift, to build, to serve — you re-enter the field of karma. And in that field, money is not greed. It is fuel.
To deny money while still acting is like rejecting breath while trying to speak.
So understand this — the need for money is not a flaw. It’s simply an indication that you are still doing. And that’s perfectly fine — as long as you know why you act.
A true yogi is not against money. He is simply not possessed by it.
When your action is conscious, money becomes graceful. When your action is compulsive, money becomes toxic.
Don’t be afraid of money. Don’t glorify poverty. Use money like a master uses a tool — precisely, consciously, joyfully — without ever forgetting that the source is within, not in your wallet.
Until you dissolve into stillness — let karma move. Let money serve. And let your awareness remain untouched.
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