Living in the human man-made world that we do, one is constantly striving, struggling, searching, acquiring, spending, saving - all with the hopes that it will bring him satisfaction and/or pleasure, only to find he has to continue doing the same thing because the satisfaction eludes him after a brief temporary state. Tomorrow one may find himself without his stored up treasures of belongings due to any number of circumstances.

For the entrepenuer, once he has acquired success, even after losing all, can take the education and experience he has gained, reapply it, and build all over again. People seeking education to qualify for better jobs may be a practical way of life while we're living here on earth, but what about after? What good is a university degree except to those who place value on it here?

"With all thy getting, get understanding..." Are we missing the boat? Are we so wrapped up in acquiring things of this earth that we can't see we can only take one thing with us when we leave this earth? Why aren't more people interested in acquiring an understanding of the nature of God instead of seeking the things of this world?

If one travels, he takes nothing lasting with him except his consciousness. When one moves, he takes nothing lasting except his consciousness. Everything physical can be destroyed and removed. As we mature, we carry with us our consciousness. If we start all over again, we have our consciousness - it never leaves us. But it is up to us to develop it higher and higher so we can take our wealth of understanding into the next realm of life. If one does not develop his consciousness to a spiritual level, what does one have to take with him? The same highly developed state of consciousness will benefit one wherever he goes -here on earth or hereafter.

It should be the responsibility of every parent to instill in his or her child that they are first a child of God and the rest of our lives here as a mortal would be to get to know Him aright - get to know our Father better. Everything that God is, we have inherited. Why can't people realize this? Why do we have to believe we are separated from God and flounder on our own? What in the world is so valuable here on earth that we have to sacrifice our true riches for it? What in the world is so important here on earth that we have to sacrifice our time in developing our spiritual nature for it? What are we taking into the spiritual realm of life but life itself! That life is a spiritual consciousness. We ought to be developing it, developing it, developing it. Only by doing so can we take our riches with us - riches, not made by hands, but eternal in the heavens.