Poverty and richness are one of those paradoxes that seem so contradictory if tried to be understood by thought. But true richness is poverty. Today’s practice takes me deep into the truth of what it means when we say: “less is more”. The more we have the more we feel poor, but the less we have the more we discover our infinite richness. For experience, this means our sensitivity of both the inner and outer world comes alive, when we allow our sensible nature to gain back its receptivity by eliminating all distractions. What a freeing joy it is to discover how little is needed!

Such rememberance means a forgetfullness for all worries, because in simplicity there is only clarity, and a soaking in life’s sweetness.

I have just finished having lunch when I got this email. Satisfied and fulfilled with the right ground to start on. The wave of wanting what we lack is not an easy one to cut through, it comes with such a convincing story about how poor the present state is without achieving what is missing. In times when the arrow is sharp and the archer well trained, I see through this illusive grip, but I get to the point of not being able to allow myself to rest and enjoy all the riches at my display. The immense freedom that boundless thought opens, the usefulness of immagination, the immersion of sight, and the calmness of inner tranquility all scream inside me asking me to transform into a new human being. Because in reality all that we need we already have, and life is always so kind to provide us with physical sustainability so that we can focus on inner growth. If all that we need we already have, wouldn’t that then change the whole motive of our action ? An action out of an innate sense of richness rather than an illusive poverty will mean a transformation of the whole world ! A shutting down of greedy corporations, a slowing down in the tempo of living, relations will start growing out of the free response of the love of service rather than fearful attachement and competitve suspicion.

How I long and pray for such a world ! How I long to scream out the truthful Word ! That what truly satisfies and fulfills can only be given by the One who asks for non in return, that what truly matters and satiates has no cost and demands no price to be payed, but only a gentle opening.

Who then can hold us fast in chains ?!