Rich and Poor

Though outwardly few are rich and many are poor, even the few rich are inwardly as poor as most of the outwardly poor. What makes one rich is not just wealth and power but the richness of the inner Self. A self-rich person can never be a slave to another. She cannot do anything that sacrifices herself for another's utility, whether it is the King of Saudi Arabia or shareholders of Halliburton. A self-rich person empowers other selves, because the wealth of selves multiplies when you make others inwardly richer. Self-richness can happen to anyone, anytime, from mother Teresa to Warren Buffett, from a stripper to a bartender. Effort is the method of becoming outwardly rich, effortless seeing of oneself is the way to become inwardly rich.