Dharma of Wealth Creation

Gurvinder Singh
2 days ago
5 min read

Many dream of being wealthy, if only they knew how to create wealth.

There are many paths to creating wealth; however, one fundamental truth is common to all of them. It is the dominance of an intelligent and focused mind over the muscle.

This is a continuation of my earlier article, 'Dharma', The Universal Order.

Today, let's explore the Dharma of wealth creation.

For hundreds of years, we have been taught, ''Hard work will make us wealthy.'

It is a myth. Wealth is not generated merely by hard work.

If hard work alone makes us wealthy, then every worker and labourer would be rich beyond all means, but this is not the case.

This opinion, 'the more we work, the more wealth we will earn', is so deeply rooted in our subconscious that very few people dare to question this thinking.

It is plain to see that the one who sweats the most is not necessarily the wealthiest. Workers/employees usually spend their days working significantly harder than any corporate head, merchant, business owner, or king. Yet the latter have vastly more wealth.

There is no direct correlation between effort and wealth. If this were true, then every soldier, farmer and worker would have treasuries full of wealth.

No doubt, without effort, nothing can happen. The question is 'what sort of effort generates wealth?' Hard work is energy in action, but action without direction, without application of the mind, towards understanding factors and consequences, curtails the benefits of effort, might even be useless or still worse, counterproductive.

Wealth flows to the one who uses his mind. not to the one who uses his labour.

Wealth flows to the thinker who can translate his thoughts into action, mostly through the labour of others. Application of the mind may not yield desired results or even cause damage. However, failure to think and act certainly ensures poverty.

The worker arises each morning asking, 'What work do I have to do today?' The wealthy person, in contrast, asks, 'Who should be tasked with what?'

Hard work is the best tool used by the wealthy and powerful to keep the masses busy, preoccupied and fatigued. If left with free time, ordinary people might find time to think and ponder over issues, and a thinking mind is potentially dangerous. This is also why priests and the clergy demand that there be only blind faith, and much like their bosses, demand obedient action without application of the mind.

This is why societies worship labour but are intimidated by intellect.

The worker/employee sells his effort and time, both of which are finite. The wealthy person uses his mind and cleverness to buy the efforts and time of others. The wealthy know fully well that the limit and power of the mind can be potentially infinite.

The one who toils rarely asks, 'Who is benefitting from my labour?' He or she just toils as they have been taught and programmed. Rarely do we realise that wealth is created not where there is only effort, but where value is created. Wealth does not flow to labour but to the person who strategises, plans, makes decisions, arranges resources and successfully tasks others to implement his ideas.

Wealth is not the reward for hard work; it is the result of mental effort. This is the difference between the haves and the have-nots of wealth.

The one who focuses on and lays out the strategy and does the planning manages time by being mindful of time and attracts wealth. Wealth is rarely drawn to a tired mind and body. Wealth always flows to the sharp and alert mind.

The mind is cold and unemotional. It functions not by emotions but by the search for meaning and calculation on how to create value. Whereas those who labour are usually emotional creatures. The ones who labour often say with pride that they have worked hard and earnestly all their lives.

However, empires are not created only by hard work but by making the right moves to seize opportunities to trigger, tap and drive the energy and effort of others. The thinking mind knows when to commit and proceed, and when to withdraw.

The worker/employee is usually emotional. Such a person is reactive, knowing only how to plunge forward. However, not every venture or conflict has to be pursued. To engage, only on the basis of emotion and hard work will lead to impoverishment.

The alert mind is responsive and opportunistic. It knows which battles to fight and which ventures to avoid.

The hardworking take great pride and demonstrate even arrogance in their hard work, but often fail to ask if they have also used their intellect appropriately or at all.

If one stands in battle and claims he is pure and truthful, yet is attacked by his enemies. His death will not be that of honesty or character, but of foolishness. Decency is good, but nevertheless an emotion. The emotional person may live more fully, maybe even be happier, but is unlikely to be wealthy. The cunning and calculating mind always triumphs, even if the person often grows unhealthy and unhappy.

The emotional being waits for the fruit of his labour, whilst the strategic mind calculates and determines outcomes.

There is much relative poverty, not due to lack of effort or sincerity, but due to little or no application of the mind. This is why the wealthy are few and the ordinary are many.

Wealth does not choose sweat and tears but results.

The one who works very hard is usually working to realise the dreams of others. The one who thinks, strategises and chooses the way forward makes history. Wealth always chooses the one who lays down and shows the path, not the one who merely treads on that path.

Conclusion:

This article may appear harsh, but it is the Dharma of wealth creation. Dharma, which means universal order, is emotionless and unchanging. It is a truth, caring little about our feelings.

I am not against hard work; rather, I am against thoughtless and directionless hard work, to live a life merely trying to survive.

Caution:

We, humans, have around 4,000 thoughts every hour. This obviously means we have active minds. Most people get thoughts originating from our lust, anger, greed, ego or attachments. Such thoughts blind the mind. Thoughts born from the blind and unawakened mind can be dangerous and counterproductive to the thinker.

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