Wealth may be right beside you
In 2016, I started accumulating debt, and in just two and a half years, I was over 300,000 in debt, struggling to borrow money with a POS machine, and the days of being unable to borrow were incredibly painful.
When I was confused, I began to turn to Buddhism.
In 2017, I started to eat vegetarian, help beggars, release life, offer porridge to passersby, read Buddhist scriptures, and do what Buddhists consider good deeds to accumulate merit.
Perhaps my sincere heart really touched the heavens, and I found the man who led me out of the mire, who is now my husband.
He is a polymath, with a high understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the I Ching, and Buddhist philosophy.
Moreover, my ex-boyfriend is still our matchmaker. He told me he knows a divine person, especially in your industry; he is very good at calculations.
I'm wondering, which scammer is it?
We only exchanged one move when we met, and I was deeply impressed. Later, when we were together, my ex-boyfriend blessed me, saying I finally found a good match.
And my husband’s greatest influence on me is that he made me persist in reading the Earth Store Sutra, one chapter every week, for 5 years.
The Earth Store Sutra and the Twelve Great Vows of the Medicine Buddha roughly mean that good men and good women, with heart, recite, will gain many merits, free from illness and disaster, with golden treasures everywhere.
I have read for many years, but I still don’t know where the golden treasures are.
Reading those years, since 2020, for about 2 years, I indeed paid off my debt of over 300,000, and I also gradually realized about 5 million from the cryptocurrency market. Although I didn’t read very diligently, and my mind was full of thoughts every time I read, I felt very distressed and not diligent, but the biggest stone has been resolved, and I am no longer in debt.
But I can't find the golden treasures in the book. The beautiful scenes in the book, I can't find them. I'm wondering if I need to cultivate well for a hundred years to see them in the Pure Land.
Ten days ago, I had a phone call with my friend sister.
I expressed all my criticisms and dissatisfaction towards my husband over the past two years.
After that night’s phone call, I started to let go.
The next day, I started to catch a cold. Today is the eleventh day; although my chest feels a bit stuffy, I basically haven’t coughed much since yesterday.
There were a few days of bed rest, during which my mind was constantly pondering many things.
Because I cough as soon as I lie down, I started walking around the community.
On the roadside, I saw many rapeseed flowers; they smelled great, and I felt that was life. I thought of what my friend said about truly valuable things, true treasures, and true gold that has always been free, and we need it forever.
Free sunshine, free air, free scenery; without any one of these, we cannot survive.
At the moment I looked at the rapeseed flowers, I understood. And at that moment, I felt my wealth.
I have been pursuing the accumulation of monetary figures, but I overlooked the wealth around me.
Combining my fragmented reading of world financial history made me understand what true currency is; valuable currency is food, rice, water, and material possessions; they are the real gold we need.
Returning home, seeing the white rice at home, I grabbed a handful; at that moment, I was wealthy and satisfied.
I understand why the scriptures say you can have golden treasures everywhere; what the scriptures refer to might be a metaphor.
Air, sunshine, breeze, rapeseed flowers; which one is not gold?
The rapeseed flowers are golden and beautiful.
At that moment, I finally understood gratitude.
I am grateful to be alive, grateful that I can walk freely on the path and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Yesterday, I sent the succulent chick I raised back to my hometown.
I originally planned to keep it by my side; I even bought diapers for the chick. However, the chick was very stressed; it could only lie in a space of less than half a square meter in the cage, which made me feel very depressed.
I raised it because it was happy and free, but I imprisoned it; this stalemate lasted for a week.
Yesterday, I reviewed the Qimen Dunjia taught by my teacher at home. While organizing my notes, the smell of chicken droppings wafted in, and I knew it was time to send it away.
If this continues, only the family will deal with the complaints about chicken droppings, and the home needs fresh air; all the comfortable feelings we have are very important.
I called my dad; he was unwilling to raise it, but I said it’s his grandson’s pet, and my dad agreed.
In the afternoon, returning to the countryside, I originally had many worries, fearing my dad wouldn't take care of it well, fearing it would be taken away by the spirit. Coincidentally, my second aunt just bought four little geese, so I put it together with the little geese. I told my second aunt to give her the eggs, but she couldn't kill the chick.
What makes me happy is that the chick goes there, feeling like a fish in water; it loves to eat vegetable leaves, looking around, enjoying the straw nest. What amuses us is that four little geese, several times bigger than it, are afraid of it, as shown in the video.
Yesterday afternoon, I accompanied them, or rather, they accompanied me for more than two hours.
This state was something I wouldn’t have had in the past two years; observing small animals for more than two hours, not scrolling on my phone, and not working, seeing them made my heart peaceful.
Recently, I also discovered that I really enjoy watching videos of newborn babies, puppies, and kittens; I feel like I am experiencing life.
Perhaps, or perhaps not, this is the meaning of life.
It seemed very boring, not doing anything big, but at that moment, I was grateful to be alive, able to feel the beauty of life.
Going back to the beginning, I feel that my current life is rich in happiness; I have no debts, do not need to work outside, can look at the scenery around me, and feel the growth of life around me.
This is true wealth; I have tangible wealth, which is considered wealth in the secular world, but not much. I possess all the intangible wealth, much of it: the well-being of my family and the gifts of nature.