Jesus said somewhere : “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
What exactly is a Rich Man ? Generally, it is any human entangled with earthly, physical possessions. Basically, in our societies, Things that Money can buy.
If you have something other people don't have and wish to have, you are richer than them.
These things can be of different nature - they can be hard assets - house, car, land... they can also be less tangible. You can be rich of a knowledge or expertise of intellectual, practical or spiritual nature : Nuclear Engineering, Chinese poetry or Psychology; Karate, Watercolor painting or Ice skating; Yoga, Zen or Christian contemplation.
If it is easy to understand for most of us how craving for mundane things - so called hard assets - is going to be a serious hindrance on the way to enlightenment (to access the Kingdom of God).
But what is less obvious is that cravings and attachments to other riches, the intellectual and spiritual ones, are also going to be a problem.
If you have something other people don't have and wish to have, you are richer than them.
These things can be of different nature - they can be hard assets - house, car, land... they can also be less tangible. You can be rich of a knowledge or expertise of intellectual, practical or spiritual nature : Nuclear Engineering, Chinese poetry or Psychology; Karate, Watercolor painting or Ice skating; Yoga, Zen or Christian contemplation.
If it is easy to understand for most of us how craving for mundane things - so called hard assets - is going to be a serious hindrance on the way to enlightenment (to access the Kingdom of God).
But what is less obvious is that cravings and attachments to other riches, the intellectual and spiritual ones, are also going to be a problem.
It is however clearly taught, and rightly so, by various traditions.
If you want to know the truth
Do not hold opinions for or against anything...
Do not search for the truth
Simply cease to cherish opinions.
For Christian medieval mystic Meister Eckhart the path to freedom is found in “unbinding the attachments that constitute one’s preferences, desires, or inclinations.”
No matter the tradition you follow, you have to totally empty your cup before it can be filled. Make room for the Truth to enter. Empty it fully, even of your willingness to empty it...
The only way to do that is to try
and try again: daily practice.
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