The Magic of Attention

Affluence of wealth means that one is easily able to fulfill one’s desires, whatever they may be, whether they apply to the material realm, or to our emotional, psychological or spiritual needs, or to the realm of relationship.

A truly wealthy person’s attention is never focused on money alone. Moreover, a wealthy person never has money concerns. You may have millions of dollars in the bank, but if you think all the time about money, if you have concern about it, if you worry about it—about getting more, about not having enough, about losing it—then irrespective of the dollar amount you possess, you are poor.

To have true wealth or affluence is to be totally carefree about everything in life, including money. True wealth consciousness is, therefore, consciousness of the source of all material reality. This source of all material reality is pure consciousness. It is pure awareness. It is the unified field. It is the field of all possibilities. We cannot know this field just by thinking about it because, by definition, it is transcendental to thought. We can, however, have experiential knowledge of this field by transcending to it and knowing it intimately as our own nature.

The best way to acquire knowledge of this field of pure being is through meditation.

Read more: Deepak Chopra's Tips, Spirit, Deepak Chopra

Adapted from Creating Affluence by Deepak Chopra (New World Library, 1993). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Adapted from Creating Affluence by Deepak Chopra (New World Library, 1993).

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ii q.

9:42AM PDT on Mar 31, 2012

send a green star

Kishore A.

5:50PM PST on Mar 4, 2012

Good article and great comments

5:49PM PST on Mar 4, 2012

can anyone survive without money??

KARLOLINA G.

12:34AM PDT on Oct 25, 2011

Thanks.

Jane H.

12:33PM PDT on Aug 16, 2011

This is a fabulous post. I have a friend who has very little money yet she is carfee and wealthy. A man I know has lots of money, however, he is always poor-mouthing--he FEELS poor. It is sad.

Melanie C.

3:30PM PDT on May 23, 2011

I tell my husband that I'm rich because I have myself, my children, and the things that I need in order to live. This is what makes me the happiest.

Dianne D.

11:34AM PDT on May 13, 2011

Good article and great comments. Got to get back to mediation and living in the moment.

Cynthia M.

5:26AM PDT on May 10, 2011

I think that the term "carefree" can easily be misconstrued. A "carefree" person has always (in my world anyway) indicated a person who had a lazy, procrastinating sort of personality. What this article is talking about is only taking what you need, and letting go of the worry of "enough". My husband and I are self employed. We are not high money-earners, and never intend to be, but we live by the philosophy that our Creator has always provided for us and there has always been "enough". Sometimes, we have had to modify our perception of enough and let go of big, elaborate dreams that would only serve to frustrate us and make uncaring. Our business sustains us as does our love for our fellow man, and that has made us richer beyond compare, and it's riches that we can take with us when it is time to go. I hope that anyone who reads this and understands will find that same wealth. Namaste.

Catsy D.

12:35AM PDT on May 10, 2011

Well all need to go back to being tribal people and live off the land. Only then will we be truly happy and live in harmony in our precious world.