The rich man’s search for meaning

The global trend is on – rich getting richer faster, much faster than anticipated! A poor man’s travails in time would note the increasing gap between the rich and the poor hitting an all time high record in any nation’s economy. Such disparity was obviously promoted by globalization, technical advances which had driven out the less skilled workers out of the competition, education and several opportunities only a rich man’s pocket can afford.

We all have the same basic needs. Rich and poor alike need food, clothing and shelter. Meeting these needs differs only with the quality and quantity in which the rich man obviously can do better and even more for that matter. However there is one common thing a rich man and a poor man shares – the search for meaning! What do you live for?

Have you ever heard stories of world’s wealthiest people reaching out to the poorest giving out their riches for no apparent reason at all? Have you ever wondered what kind of satisfaction these people get out of giving what they had strive hard in life to get? Have you ever notice why some people who after reaching the top wouldn’t want to climb higher anymore but instead go down and shove their riches to find meaning? It is because emptiness is like a disease and the only cure is sharing with empathy in full compassion with others.

Man thirsts for something undefined at first. And as he starts his journey from his mind to his heart he will unfold a lot of virtues and sees a lot of things only a man who travels in the same path is able to see. The road to riches is not the smell of money. Money demonetizes with change but finding the real truth enriches your person and keeps one from downgrading self to the literal description of an animal. What keeps one tied to reason that cannot be justified by scholars and the intelligent few? Who gave us the wisdom and the heart to live life like a poor man and a rich man?

Look for the gateway in finding your meaning – read the bible! He is as old as time and note that his bible is also as old as he is but is never changing. He is the only constant force amidst this ever changing high pace world. The rich man’s search for meaning is a change from reading business graphs and trends to reading a simple worded bible. It is a dire change from a corporate world crowded with computers, systems and technology to a quite life alone. Read the bible without thinking but just kept on listening. The bible is the gateway to finding Him who already finds us. The bible is the simplest book in the world that has the strongest influence in our hearts that can beat up the reasons of our minds. We find our meaning by the words that He had written in that simple book. The bible opens everything, change man by its own force and lead us to find what we seek for – our very own self, our meaning and the truth!