Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00834)

Friends, 

An article on "Life's True Treasures", published by the ULT magazine "The Theosophical Movement", starts by quoting Jesus:

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"In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus is made to say:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
People in the world are usually so glamoured by material possessions and objective things that money can buy, that they have no concept of the inner riches of the moral nature which are permanent and everlasting, and which have spiritual value. They can be acquired by persistent effort in the right direction, cannot be bought or sold with money, and in daily life they become the outer expressions of the inner grace. They need to be cultivated, but one must first have the perception that the moral nature of man belongs to the Immortal Self, and that the heart must yearn for it. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." The will must be active to sustain those noble aspirations through the daily struggles of life. People want happiness but they seek it in the wrong direction, and so they are always unsatisfied. The fleeting pleasures are totally different from the happiness of the inner being.
In the Dhammapada, in the chapter on "Happiness," verse 8 states:
Health is the greatest of gifts; contentment is the greatest wealth; trust is the best of relationships; Nirvana is the highest happiness.
How greatly this differs from the ordinary ideas of health and wealth, friendship and happiness! People are so accustomed to living superficially, without any understanding of the importance of the practice of ethics, that the cultivation of virtues and the disciplining and training of the lower self are entirely neglected. On the other hand, poverty, starvation and misery, and, on the other, sense life and sensuous pleasures have played havoc to such an extent that chaos and confusion prevail throughout the world.

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Read more on the true treasures which one may really  "have" , or rather share in life, clicking at 

http://www.teosofia.com/Mumbai/7409treasures.html

Best regards,   Carlos. 


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