| Why do some Yoga Gurus frown on the concept of | | | | Only a person, who is consumed with intense hatred, |
| prosperity? What does a prosperous life mean to | | | | would wish misery, sadness, rage, or poverty, on |
| them? How do you define prosperity? If you want | | | | another being. Therefore, look at abundance and |
| to be prosperous, how would you go about | | | | prosperity for what they are. Prosperity and |
| cultivating abundant energy? Let's take a journey into | | | | abundance are tools to help everyone. |
| Yogic philosophy and the energy surrounding the | | | | If you want to be prosperous, how would you go |
| cultivation of prosperity. | | | | about cultivating the energy of abundance? Firstly, |
| Is a prosperous life bad? Is abundance the reason for | | | | you should realize that you deserve prosperity as |
| a miserable existence? The reason prosperity is | | | | much as anyone else. So many people feel that they |
| scorned by some is based upon what a person does | | | | are not worthy of a comfortable life. This sort of |
| with it. Will a person become greedy or generous, | | | | change in your thinking requires you to re-program |
| when faced with a sudden windfall of wealth? It all | | | | your mind and envision success. |
| depends on the person. Greed and selfishness are | | | | The second step is to engage The Law of Karma by |
| the true roots of the problem. | | | | taking positive action. Do not wait for your dreams |
| There seems to be an ageless conflict between | | | | to happen by wishing for them. You must move |
| spiritual growth and economic growth. Some people | | | | forward, toward your dreams, with a plan of action. |
| see prosperity only as material wealth. This is how | | | | Just by making small changes each day, you are on |
| the dividing line between Yoga and money was | | | | the path to prosperity. |
| arrived at. Yet, all of us wish a newborn child and a | | | | Your meditation or Yoga practice time should be filled |
| newlywed couple a long and prosperous life. | | | | with positive energy. You could view meditation and |
| Prosperity has many definitions, and the most | | | | Yoga as time spent "charging your batteries." The |
| important qualities of a prosperous life are not | | | | ancient Yogis realized that the cultivation of energy, |
| tangible. Prosperity can be defined as any of the | | | | which we know as Prana, was time well spent. |
| following: Comfort, joy, inner peace, love, an easy | | | | Complete presence in the moment, during meditation |
| life, or fortunate financial circumstances. The opposite | | | | or Yoga practice, allows you to draw positive energy |
| of prosperity is misery, inner turmoil, sadness, rage, | | | | from your surroundings. |
| or poverty. | | | | |