Letter # 2: "Wealth"

This message is about wealth; and it's an ancient one from the Vedas -the spiritual scriptures of India, documented by the sage Vyasa., perhaps 5,000 years ago. The message is still relevant today.
This startling Sanskrit verse 16:13 "Idam adya maya labdham ..." of the Bhagavad Gita means: "So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more." [cf Srila Prabhupada's translation of the Srimad Bhagavatum C7 p774).
What's the value of such gains? Are you working like an ass? Like many do, do you also get up early, commute for miles, work hard, come home tired, and go to bed. Are you unhappy or lonely and seek stimulation in drinking, gambling or unrestricted sex. Are you really happy with this? Is this the purpose of your life? Wouldn't you rather have some higher purpose? Are your higher goals becoming lost in the daily grind of activities?
In order to change, the first to thing is to think about it. Then go read sspiritual texts. Which one, you might ask? Krishna says that He will come in the form that you want him to. Indeed, spirituality will come to you in the form that best suits you. Your job is to seek it. Then associate with those who have realized the importance of this. Hearing about spirituality, thinking about it meditating on it, and chanting with like minded people is a good beginninng to finding true meaning in life. (by the way I invite you to some spiritual chanting at my home this Diwali/Remembrance day November 11, 2007 Sunday at 5,30 PM).
If you don't watch out, the only thing waiting for you after all the hard work and accumulation of material things is death. Then all that you accumulated will be left behind , and others will scramble and fight over it - the government with it's taxes, relatives and children.
The Vedas, and all spiritual texts, teach: Satisfy your spirtuality for a satisfying life. The Great Spirit is content. Stay in under the protection of the Great Spirit and you will be content also. This should be the principle for your life, my life, everyone's life.

(Specific source: Srimad Bhagavatum's translation and purports by Srila Prabhupada. Canto 7. Page 765)