Jesus spoke, "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and wealth."

- Luke 16:13

The Buddha said, "One is the way to gain, the other is the way to nirvana; knowing this fact, students of Buddha should not take pleasure in being honored, but should practice detachment."

- Dhammapada 5:16

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The constant flood of desire that many people call life is but a hollow dream. When one desire is filled, another one rises up to takes its place. How much money will it take for you to be content?

Why are there so many unhappy people in this world? It seems that we, as a culture, have forgotten that we already have everything we need. Salvation only lies in the here and now. The second coming is already within you waiting to be reborn.

Meditation offers a way to reconnect with this wisdom. Meditation is simply a process of observing ones thoughts from a detached perspective. To practice, sit comfortably on a chair or a cushion, relax your body and straighten your spine and then focus on your breathing. You will notice that your mind wanders almost immediately. All sorts of thoughts will come up about yesterday, your girlfriend, your future. As soon as you realize this is happening, do not be disturbed, just refocus your attention on the breath, the inflow, the outflow, the imperceptible space between the two. You are training your mind gently, as you would a child, to be in the here and now. This is where God lives.

You are not your desires. You are not the pain you experience. You are eternal consciousness. Find it within yourself and you shall be set free.