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Jesus Christ said: Don't look at the wealth of the worldly men as the radiance of their wealth will take away the light of your faith.
Some wise man said : The disaster of wealth takes away the sweetness of faith. The Prophet said ; Every nation has its object of worship and the object of worship of this nation is silver and gold.
The Prophet saw the world coming to him in beautiful appearance and said : Be off from me. The Prophet said : Contentment of mind lies not in riches, but in peace of mind. When it is difficult, it is better for the general masses not to have riches. If one possesses it, it is better for him to give it in charity and spend it in good works, as the possessor of wealth is led to the love of the world. A man goes away from the next world in proportion to his attachment to this world and goes away from the love of God and from God in proportion to this attachment to things other than God. When you will cut off the means of attachment to this world, you will slip away from the pomp and grandeur of the world. When mind turns away from things other than God and resigns to Him, it returns to God as mind cannot live in vacuum. There is in the world nothing but God and things other than God. He who proceeds towards things other than

-God shifts away from God. He who proceeds towards God shifts away from things other than God. The proportion he advances towards one thing shifts away proportionately from another thing

.and the proportion he comes near one thing, goes away proportionately from another thing. It is just like distance of the west and the east. He who goes towards the west shifts from the east and vice versa. Similarly he who loves the world goes away from the next world. So he who loves the world very dearly goes farthest away from the next world.

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