Short story: When is wealth real wealth?

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The old Zen master, Luiswid Zerploshke, had once been a wealthy businessman, but he left his Financial Services business, to pursue his Zen calling. His business had been called, "Wealthy Perspectives," and his service was to teach others how to handle the challenge of wealth. He had found though, that this focal point for his life, was not greatly attached to his inner self, but more to the need to create wealth, for the security reason, of his overcoming his mind's insecurity feelings. He wanted to live his life in a more spiritually positive way, and more than just succeed in life, he now wanted to understand that life. Just the same, though, the first koan that he created for his students to solve was based around money. It was this one: "When does money become wealth, and when is wealth not money? The answer to his koan was a surprising one. It was when God's blessings are felt in our life, alive, and so we are then living from them alive within God too. Only then do we feel the real wealth living in us, and any money we have will be used as wealth, and any wealth we have in us will be then more than money too. The old Zen master had sold his business, at a bargain basement price, and then donated all of the money, thus obtained, to the monastery, that he was now joining. He worked for the Monastery, without pay, except for his lodgings, and food, and the Monastery did make some money from the sales of books, written by the resident Zen master there. His job there was to keep the accounting records straight for the monastery. After the residing master had died, there was a succession of 3 more Zen masters, before Luiswid, was handed the chair himself, and he had held it ever since. He never missed his wealth, as he realised that love of life, God, and others, is the real wealth. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Wealth cannot buy a loving life, as love does not have a price-tag attached to it.