Those who think only of giving grow rich

If people feel poor and destitute, it is because they are always afraid of losing something. They curl up in themselves and close themselves off, unaware that, entrenched in this attitude, they will become all the poorer. In order to become rich, we must give.

Yes, those who want to take become poor, whereas those who think only of giving grow rich, because in giving they awaken unknown forces slumbering somewhere in the depths of their soul. When these forces spring to life and begin to circulate, people are amazed at how wealthy they feel. They say to themselves: 'But how can this be? I have given and given, and yet I'm richer!'

Well, this is what the new life is. Everywhere you hear people saying: 'We have to change our lives. We have to create a new society.' But they will never succeed if they hold on to the same old mentality, inspired by the need to take rather than to give.

-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov