First thing this morning, the very first post I saw said I was poor as hell. How does the algorithm know me so well?
I haven't finished reading the rest, but I want to talk about how I feel about most KOLs being broke.
I've grown a lot on the inside over the past month. I no longer chase after outward splendor. As for me now, you can tell just by looking at me that I'm poor as hell.
But inside, I am absolutely rich.
Lately, I've been listening every day to Master Tifo explain the Diamond Sutra, and it made me reflect: between being liberated from birth and death today, never to be reborn again, and being a wealthy king, I would absolutely choose the former.
The splendor of this world is fleeting in the cycle of rebirth. You and I today have certainly been very rich and wealthy in some past life. There must have been at least one lifetime when that was so.
But does being wealthy mean you have no worries?
The richest people in crypto, and the ones closest to me, are people like He Yi and CZ. But I feel that they still have worries.
For me, I just want to be able to sleep soundly, work when I want to and not work when I don't, and have nothing to worry about when I go to bed. That's what a truly rich life looks like to me.
In this lifetime, my script isn't to be materially wealthy. I think that when I was about to be reborn, I must have had many scripts to choose from: one was to be very, very rich and enjoy material splendor, but be unable to encounter wise teachers and teachings or escape birth and death; another was to endure hardship when young, see clearly the joys and sorrows of human life, develop a mind set on transcending the world, and be able to attain liberation from birth and death in this lifetime.
Perhaps I practiced in a past life too, and chose the latter.
When I was little, I often dreamed that I was trapped in layers of white and golden light. Perhaps that was proof that I had practiced before. After I lost my virginity, those dreams disappeared.
Ordinary people rarely dream of seeing light in the daytime.
The greatest wealth is returning to our original mind and being free of worries—not material wealth. If you now long to be rich and wish for it, according to quantum theory, you certainly can be. Your alaya consciousness has planted the seed somewhere in the universe. After we die, if you remain attached to worldly wealth, congratulations: you'll get that script.
But what about your health once you have wealth? Your family? And so on. You'll have endless worries and desires again.
To conclude, here's a saying from the Buddhist Master Yongjia for those who are meant to hear it 👇
Awaken, and all is understood; no effort need be made.
All conditioned things are not the same.
Giving while attached to appearances brings heavenly merit,
Like shooting an arrow up into the sky.
When its force is spent, the arrow falls back down,
And in the next life, misfortune comes around.
How much better the gate of the unconditioned, the true nature:
A single leap takes you straight to the realm of the Tathagata.
Translation: Once you awaken to your original mind, you understand it right there and then. There's no need to deliberately make things happen or strain to practice. This is entirely different from all conditioned practices, which involve deliberate action and attachment to appearances.
If, while giving, you remain attached to appearances—thinking “I am giving” or “I have merit”—you can only gain the reward of being reborn in heaven. It's like shooting an arrow upward into the sky.
Once its force is spent, the arrow will inevitably fall. When that heavenly reward runs out, you will still fall into unfavorable circumstances in a future life.
How could that compare with a path that involves no attachment or contrivance and accords with true reality—a sudden awakening in a single thought that takes you straight into the Tathagata's original state?
My take:
If you don't return to your original mind, then even if you have endless wealth in this lifetime, even if you envy the richest people you see in this world and the immortals in heaven, once your merit runs out, you will still fall back into the cycle of rebirth and face an unsatisfactory life.
Tell me, is there anyone who has vast wealth they can't spend, a healthy body, a harmonious family, no illness or suffering, peaceful sleep, no fear at the moment of death—and gets to live this same script in lifetime after lifetime?
If not, then in this life we should seek a way to be liberated from birth and death and escape the cycle of rebirth.
The above is only my personal opinion and experience, and does not constitute any investment advice.
I haven't finished reading the rest, but I want to talk about how I feel about most KOLs being broke.
I've grown a lot on the inside over the past month. I no longer chase after outward splendor. As for me now, you can tell just by looking at me that I'm poor as hell.
But inside, I am absolutely rich.
Lately, I've been listening every day to Master Tifo explain the Diamond Sutra, and it made me reflect: between being liberated from birth and death today, never to be reborn again, and being a wealthy king, I would absolutely choose the former.
The splendor of this world is fleeting in the cycle of rebirth. You and I today have certainly been very rich and wealthy in some past life. There must have been at least one lifetime when that was so.
But does being wealthy mean you have no worries?
The richest people in crypto, and the ones closest to me, are people like He Yi and CZ. But I feel that they still have worries.
For me, I just want to be able to sleep soundly, work when I want to and not work when I don't, and have nothing to worry about when I go to bed. That's what a truly rich life looks like to me.
In this lifetime, my script isn't to be materially wealthy. I think that when I was about to be reborn, I must have had many scripts to choose from: one was to be very, very rich and enjoy material splendor, but be unable to encounter wise teachers and teachings or escape birth and death; another was to endure hardship when young, see clearly the joys and sorrows of human life, develop a mind set on transcending the world, and be able to attain liberation from birth and death in this lifetime.
Perhaps I practiced in a past life too, and chose the latter.
When I was little, I often dreamed that I was trapped in layers of white and golden light. Perhaps that was proof that I had practiced before. After I lost my virginity, those dreams disappeared.
Ordinary people rarely dream of seeing light in the daytime.
The greatest wealth is returning to our original mind and being free of worries—not material wealth. If you now long to be rich and wish for it, according to quantum theory, you certainly can be. Your alaya consciousness has planted the seed somewhere in the universe. After we die, if you remain attached to worldly wealth, congratulations: you'll get that script.
But what about your health once you have wealth? Your family? And so on. You'll have endless worries and desires again.
To conclude, here's a saying from the Buddhist Master Yongjia for those who are meant to hear it 👇
Awaken, and all is understood; no effort need be made.
All conditioned things are not the same.
Giving while attached to appearances brings heavenly merit,
Like shooting an arrow up into the sky.
When its force is spent, the arrow falls back down,
And in the next life, misfortune comes around.
How much better the gate of the unconditioned, the true nature:
A single leap takes you straight to the realm of the Tathagata.
Translation: Once you awaken to your original mind, you understand it right there and then. There's no need to deliberately make things happen or strain to practice. This is entirely different from all conditioned practices, which involve deliberate action and attachment to appearances.
If, while giving, you remain attached to appearances—thinking “I am giving” or “I have merit”—you can only gain the reward of being reborn in heaven. It's like shooting an arrow upward into the sky.
Once its force is spent, the arrow will inevitably fall. When that heavenly reward runs out, you will still fall into unfavorable circumstances in a future life.
How could that compare with a path that involves no attachment or contrivance and accords with true reality—a sudden awakening in a single thought that takes you straight into the Tathagata's original state?
My take:
If you don't return to your original mind, then even if you have endless wealth in this lifetime, even if you envy the richest people you see in this world and the immortals in heaven, once your merit runs out, you will still fall back into the cycle of rebirth and face an unsatisfactory life.
Tell me, is there anyone who has vast wealth they can't spend, a healthy body, a harmonious family, no illness or suffering, peaceful sleep, no fear at the moment of death—and gets to live this same script in lifetime after lifetime?
If not, then in this life we should seek a way to be liberated from birth and death and escape the cycle of rebirth.
The above is only my personal opinion and experience, and does not constitute any investment advice.