{"id":1995,"date":"2019-08-09T19:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:18:49","slug":"why-running-after-money-may-not-be-best-idea-for-your-mind-body-and-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/why-running-after-money-may-not-be-best-idea-for-your-mind-body-and-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Running After Money May not be Best Idea for Your Mind, Body and Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"fff31b069dab2d4baa9938924ee8e97c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8586106947150931\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4223625083\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The human race is geared <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completely<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> towards achieving materialistic and financial gains.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training for this achievement begins from a baby\u2019s crib, through the mindset and attitudes of primary care givers of the child. Success is measured in terms of the bank balance a person has or the car they drive or where they live and where they go on vacations.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or so we think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This development in our evolution is not new. It has been prevalent for thousands of years with accelerated growth during the Industrial Revolution of the 19<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century. By the time it was the 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century, the thirst for materialistic growth had become so encompassing that it consumed the human mind in totality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not saying there is anything wrong with pursuing financial and material success. Money and status are one of the most uplifting elixirs of life. The power and excitement an upwardly mobile human feels is exhilarating and indescribable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the accompanying traits of greed, anger, hate, jealousy, stress, unhappiness, intolerance and total devaluation of innate values such as empathy and compassion have become staple ingredients to achieve this success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>We have intrinsically succeeded in cutting ourselves off from our intuitive traits of respect, forgiveness, togetherness, love, compassion with our fellow humans and everything on this earth.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our quest to leave a mark on the face of this world, we have systematically embarked on a journey towards the destruction of our instincts, and our inner and outer world &#8211; a world which is directly connected with the cosmic universe, which in turn is directly connected with each and every cell of each and every human being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you observe the animal kingdom, you will notice that the animals are completely tuned in to their natural instincts. They wake up at sun rise and sleep at sun set. All of them eat only when necessary, they do not need to process any food, they procreate only when it is time, they attack another only when threatened, they can smell and hear things miles away, they can sense the coming of a natural disaster, they know when it is time to migrate, they know which route to take to migrate. Nobody taught them to do any of these things. They act on intuition. It is ingrained in their DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"fff31b069dab2d4baa9938924ee8e97c\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n    style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n    data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n    data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n    data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8586106947150931\"\r\n    data-ad-slot=\"5455236699\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n    (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, we humans have gone so far away from our inbuilt intuition, that we now have only the flight or fight reaction operating predominantly within ourselves. The adage <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">survival of the fittest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has honed our talent to mostly <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for what we desire. And in the process of creating our identity, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me, Myself and I<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> syndrome has gone so far so as to completely alienate ourselves from our own mind, body and soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, you might say that you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">taking care of your mind and body. You are making yourself mentally stronger, you are trying to eat and drink right. However, ask yourself this. On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy and stress-free are you? How well do you handle challenges in your life? How good are your relationships at home, at office, with your colleagues and the community?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did your answers give you a reality check?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only way out for you to become happy and stress-free all your life, even as you go about seeking materialistic success and remain connected with other people, is to connect yourself with your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You need to go back to your fundamental roots, not the ancestral ones, but the roots which make you human. You need to embark on a journey of self-discovery, gain access to your soul and connect yourself with the Cosmic Universe. You need to learn to navigate life skillfully, learn to ride the ups and downs and various challenges of your life effectively. Once you have done so, you will be able to access the vast abundance this universe has in store to give you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, this process should begin from the crib. However, it is not late for you. You can begin your journey to connect with your soul at any time, starting right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what are you waiting for?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human race is geared completely towards achieving materialistic and financial gains.\u00a0 Training for this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[96,225,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}