'EVERYONE HAS A PRICE' & SELF RESPECT

There is a popular saying in life, "Everyone has a price".

Do you believe this is true?

I have heard people using this line often, but I never felt that this is true. Not everyone has a price. Some are not made such, they are not attracted to riches so they do not have a price tag.

The thing is, when we do things only for money, then we may do anything for it, sometimes even degrading to ourselves, but we do not care, because with money we can do many things and show to people that we are better off then them.

This simply means that we are able to 'trade' our self-respect for money and wealth.

Now, this Self is the most important person in the world. He is far superior to anything in this world and beyond, and especially to any kind of wealth. The Self is Supreme. Therefore, when we forsake respecting the Self, we invariably show disrespect to the God in us, who is the 'Self'. So, Self-Respect, is to respect the God in each one of us.

When we do this, the joy that we receive cannot be equated to any kind of physical wealth, and it seems that we are only chasing money to achieve joy and happiness – the very things money cannot buy. When we practice this, our intellect serves us better, by that it always directs us to what is good for us, instead of what is pleasant. What is pleasant is only temporary and short-lived, such as, wealth. This will not give anyone eternal happiness and peace in life – their products are suffering and sorrow.

When we do not respect ourselves, others will notice this, especially the manipulative types, and they will surely take advantage of us. This is how the world has been 'bought'. The ones who desire money so much shall go close to the ones who have it. To the ones who have it, they see an 'opportunity' to manipulate someone for his personal gratification. And then, we have not only sold our minds and bodies, but also our soul. Then no matter how much we get, we are still never happy and free.

I knew a man in London who used to preach this line, he believed everyone has a price. Today, sadly, he is no longer in this world, he took his own life. Life was horror for him. Here is an actual story of what happens to people who intend to manipulate people because they have some money.

Does everyone have a price?

What's yours?

Always practice Self-Respect under all circumstances, never sell yourself short – it is horror for both parties.

You are Joy

WHY WE SUFFER? A SPIRITUAL EXPLANATION

Is there a reason to our suffering?

Are we the only ones singled out to suffer, or is the whole world suffering?

Why does sorrow happen to us, and how can we escape it?

Many of us may not know that suffering and sorrow are given to every soul on earth, not just a few unfortunate ones. The rich, affluent, and the brilliant suffer equally as the poor and lowly.

There is a valid reason behind our suffering on earth, and all of us are in the same boat. Sorrow is such a fella that he does not care who is rich, healthy or poor and ill. He is blind and offers himself to everyone. But why is this so?

It is because of this other fella called "Karma".

Many may know of Karma as "our misdeeds or sins in our past lives" or "do bad – get bad", and this is all we know about it. My studies have revealed some shocking revelations that many may not know. Yes, Karma is a word to indicate our misdeeds in our past lives and so we shall be punished. This is why life on earth is full of suffering and sorrow. But this is the part that many may not know about our friend Karma, – as Karma is what has brought us back to earth (reborn) only to "serve our sentence" for the misdeeds of our past and the reason why we have to suffer, Karma is also the answer out of this suffering.

To make this easily understandable is to simply explain the meaning of the word 'Karma'.

Karma means 'work' or 'deeds' in Sanskrit. It is not specific to misdeeds or good deeds, it is simply deeds – Karma. Now how can we escape this suffering on earth that is caused by our past misdeeds (Karma)? The answer is to do the opposite of 'misdeeds' – do 'good deeds'. Literally the direct opposite of misdeeds, and this reverses the process from sorrow to joy. Simple huh?

So, we have accrued Karma credits from our previous millions of births through our misdeeds, now we simply have to debit. It is like an ordinary loan that we take. Say if we have taken credit worth $1000, then we have to debit $1000 (fortunately Karma does not charge interest otherwise we will never escape this hell hehe...). But the problem is, we do not know exactly how much Karma credit we have accrued, and also we are not aware of this Principle of reversing Karma to escape suffering on earth, and therefore continue to accrued even more credits, only to lead back to earth in  one form or another to repay our dues (and here we thought banks were merciless). And, we will never, ever, ever be truly happy until this debt is fully repaid, and it can only be repaid when we are born in a human form, because only as a human being will we be able to read something like this that can help us escape sorrow in this life, and beyond. This is why the human birth is known as rare and precious and it should be used exclusively to escape the cycle of our births and deaths in this world known as "Earth – The World of Suffering", – the counter where Karma debts are meant to be repaid, – and this liberates a soul and gives him eternal joy.

You are Joy