Emotionally Rich

Applying Karma in Personal Finance

March 7, 2012
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Applying Karma in Personal Finance

Warning: This is a philosophical post, not based on hard-facts. Many of you may disagree to most of the content, but it sure can induce thoughts in your mind. What is Karma The Sanskrit (an ancient Indian language) word karma means “actions” or “deeds.” As a religious term, Karma refers to intentional (usually moral) actions that affect one’s fortunes in this life and the next. For simplicity, we will only consider the causes and effects in this life time. Karma is a concept common to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, For the purpose of this article we will consider the karma as its known in Hinduism. I apologize to religious people if I miss-state or misinterpret religious matters. The concept of Karma or “law of Karma” is the broader principle that all of life is governed by a system of cause and effect, action and reaction, in which our actions have corresponding effects on the future. In many ways its same as Newton’s third law ‘Every action has its equal and opposite reaction’. The similarities end there.  A Karma has far-reaching effects and causes than a simple solitary action. As Karma is about the set of actions, it can be good or it

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How To Feel Good and Increase Productivity

December 22, 2011
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How To Feel Good and Increase Productivity

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama I blog here at OCAAT not only to make myself and yourself monetarily richer. I also want you and I to feel richness in every aspect of our lives. An important part of this is emotional richness. Emotional richness is a state of mind when you feel happy about being you. It is a state when you love and cherish your existence. When I am happy, I finish a lot of tasks, I complete long pending assignments and I do my things faster. In other words my productivity increases when I am happy and I feel good. In every job you do, every work you do, your mind needs to be happy about it or you don’t get a joy out of your work. It’s very difficult to be always happy, at least I don’t know anyone who does that, I do believe that many a times we just don’t know  the exact reason behind our unhappiness. Sometimes it is just thinking about your sorrow that is enough to realize how silly the cause was. Whenever you are worried, feeling sad or depressed think about

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4 Steps in the Pursuit of Being Rich

October 3, 2011
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We have all embarked on the pursuit of making money. The essential ingredients of making more money include setting goals, focusing, and working relentlessly toward the goals. If you concentrate on your goals every day, you will eventually make a lot of money. A question might be raised – the world’s resources are finite; so if you get more for yourself, aren’t you making others poorer? As the proverb goes, “The rich become richer while the poor become poorer.” Is making more money equal to being greedy? I don’t think that is the case. Today, increasing numbers of people are shifting toward a simpler lifestyle. We know if we consume more than $10,000 worth of resources every year we are actually taking more than our fair share. But you cannot make more money until you stop thinking money is the root of all evil. Here I am taking a shot at communism and its principles. Greed and money As a child, I used to think about the super rich, wondering why they still wanted to make money. I am talking about people who regularly appear on the Forbes list. To me, initially, they were greedy – until I discovered the

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What Makes You Feel Rich And Wealthy?

September 20, 2011
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On my Google Analytics report, I see a few search terms that contain “how to become rich” in one form or another. Basically, they all go to these two posts: How to become rich by saving 1 hr of your daily wage and How to become rich, find time to be rich. I don’t know if those readers get the inherent message that, to become rich, we need to be disciplined and use our limited time effectively. There’s no shortcut, my friend. Unless you inherit a fortune by some means, the only way to become rich instantly is by stealing or gambling. What you can easily do instead is just feel that you are rich and wealthy, and always remember that ‘being wealthy’ or ‘rich’ is a relative measure. The money I have accumulated in just 6 years of living in America is enough for me to go back to India and live a happy retired life. I would be known as a rich man in my neighborhood. When I see myself around fellow Americans, I am a middle class non-homeowner. No one can say I am rich. If you ask me whether I feel rich? I would say ‘yes’,

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Enrich Inner Soul, Enjoy Finer Things In Life And Feel Richer

August 11, 2011
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Enrich Inner Soul, Enjoy Finer Things In Life And Feel Richer

The motto of my blog is to get rich in four ways Monetarily, Emotionally, Spiritually and Socially. So far, most of the time, I have only written about getting richer monetarily. In this post I will describe the finer things in life which make you richer emotionally, and make you feel content and satisfied. When we meet other people, mostly we talk about these finer things which make us happy and we share these with others to make them happy. We don’t talk about how much money we have in bank or how much debt we paid off lately; and when we do, they are generally a serious discussion sans all the fun. It is essential to be truly rich that you do feel richness from your inner soul, otherwise, money alone can’t buy you lasting happiness.   When I experience these simple things in daily life, they bring a sense of fulfillment to my otherwise thirsty soul stuck in a competitive world. These are for free, and available every where, if you look for. Smell of soil after first drops of rain Seeing a droplet of water on grass Smelling morning coffee Smiling wife opening the door, when I return home from work Listening

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