The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because of how they think and act. The mindset of the rich is different from that of the average person. The rich person has learned the truth of life. The wealthy individual knows that “life is not for self but for others”, in other words serving other people in the community and creating value in the ecosystem of life, creates wealth and riches. On the other hand, poor people always think that the rich are lucky and blessed. But the truth is that we are all blessed according to our ability. It is what we do with our ability that determines what good comes to us. The mindset of self-preservation and personal happiness is the key drawback for the poor person. They want to meet their immediate needs and wants without thinking about others.

The willingness of rich people to be selflessly confident and determined is the source of their courage in resource acquisition and management. They manage resources with courage, mindlessly seeking to add value to their society rather than their self. This is because they understand that in serving others they meet their own needs and wants. It is in the returns on investment that they find value in luxury.

The rich people have learned to harness the natural and environmental resources that are available to all on earth to create values that benefit everyone in their community and return, the community repays them with cash to continue to add value. This process is called investment, trade and commerce. Therefore, the rich have mastered the management of earth resources, for the good of others and the happiness of the world.

When we know ourselves through meditation on the truth and love for knowledge, with understanding and wisdom, our potential, gifts and talents fit into our world. In this mindset, the rich do not make choices based on the influence of society or their immediate environment. Rather they conjure the image of their world in their mind to bring their wishes to the point of belief and from belief to reality. This positive energy and mindset created by self-knowledge enable the rich to use for free the natural endowments of the earth to build riches either through production or service industry.

Rich people have learned to see opportunities in every need and every crisis. They panic in adversity like everyone, but it does not last. They cry, clean their tears, and open their eyes to see opportunities to make a better world. This is a habit of the rich. Necessity is the mother of invention. Crisis is always present on earth to offer opportunities to those who have developed their mindset to know the truth of life. Crisis is the tool used by the earth and the universe to provide opportunities for change and the creation of wealth.

Change is welcomed and used by the rich to create more wealth. This is why the rich are restless with the acquisition of knowledge and are always seeking to understand what opportunities the new knowledge will offer for them, to create a change and to generate commerce and business growth. Growth is change and progress. The rich have the confidence, determination and courage to seize opportunities and create value for society. The poor are always looking for the reasons for the change that occurred and who to blame. This mindset of looking for excuses for every change that occurs occupies the minds of the poor and stunts growth in positive thinking and making wealth. The poor always play the blame game because they do not understand that the engine of growth is crisis and change. When they obey the principle of multiplication of resources they create new values that change the environment and create opportunities for growth and wealth. This is a clear ignorance of the truth of life.

These qualities of the rich are learned from birth. It begins with the knowledge of core values in life, love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, diligence, perseverance, gentleness and self-control. It is our choice to learn these core values or to remain ignorant. Unfortunately, they are not taught in the classroom of any institution. They are learned at home and the teachers are the environment, parents, community, social ecosystem, culture and peers. It is within this choice process that all humans are equal. So we have to choose whether we want to be rich or poor by the type of habits we form and embrace. The basis of these two categories of life called rich and poor is a choice of mindset and values. The rich will always choose to invest resources and focus on earning rather than saving while the poor meet their wants with existing resources.

Consequently the rich get richer and the poor get poorer because the poor is always digging a hole that consumes resources while the rich creates more resources to enrich the earth and make it a better place. It is mindsets and understanding of the truth of life. When people steal money and resources they are not rich, because they have not created value. Wealth is the creation of value and the management of earthly resources to bring peace of mind, joy and goodwill to the world. Consequently, the poor will always be with us as long as there are good and bad choices.