Creating wealth is more valuable than making money
As traders we spend our time and focus in an effort to make money, but there is something more valuable than money, and that is wealth. This sounds paradoxical but it is the simple truth of the matter and it helps to see this in perspective for a balanced and fulfilled life. Money can help us to keep the body alive and protected, which is a good foundation. However, it is wealth in the form of time, as well as wisdom and insight into your own consciousness, that is the real treasure of life. Money will come and go but even if you are poor in money, you can still live a life of wealth.
One crucial asset to cultivating wealth is to improve things like your health, and your education. Time spent educating yourself, is well spent, and adds to the value of your life – to yourself and to society. Other signs of wealth are peace of mind and contentment. There is none so poor as the person who never knows the meaning of “enough”, or the person who is still under the influence of greed.
These lower qualities are the trap of the trader who becomes too caught up in chasing profits, while forgetting to appreciate the life they already have. Having the wisdom to know if money is controlling you, will help you to go far in life. As we chase profit and fall victim to FOMO (fear of missing out), it’s easy to lose the wealth we have, in pursuit of the money.
The balance is important in life, and becoming too passionate about money can be a sure trap for the unevolved mind. It is a trap like lust and anger. They can ruin the mind of a person, if allowed to burn up the intelligence and wisdom with their overstimulated passions.
There will always be more to desire, more profits we could have made, more opportunities to make massive gins, but they are like the allure of a butterfly, drawing us onward toward a cliff, if we are not careful. Remember to factor in the time you give, in exchange for the money you are trying to make. If you can find a passive income as trader, like the buy-and-hodl strategy, then the money will work for you, instead of the other way around.
Another risk of trading is that if you do attain riches, it can lead to an inflated ego, if you’re not able to stay humble and mature in your philosophy of life. Another secret is that money – which is a form of energy or “prana”, likes to flow. It does not work well for you when hoarded in a bank account somewhere. So let it flow and be willing to spend it or give in charity or cultivate knowledge by taking study courses. If you allow your money to flow, it will help you to attract more. That is what trading is about in a sense.
And remember that at the end of life you cannot take any money with you, no matter how rich you are. However, you can take your wealth of wisdom and good karma with you to the next birth in your next body on the long path of transmigration of the soul through many lives, according to the ancient Sanskrit Veda of India. So keep the balance between money and wealth in the forefront of your mind as a trader. It will lead to a happy life, despite the ups and downs, or wins and inevitable losses that we will experience along the way. Maturity means overcoming and lust, greed or anger, which are all emotions that arise in a trader who may be trying too hard or is too attached to the superficial side of money. I hope this philosophical understanding can help you on your journey to great wealth, even with minimal riches.
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