Every living being looks at the world around. But each one looks uniquely in one's own special way. The same object is looked at by ten persons with ten different feelings. One individual is looked at by the son with the feeling that he is the father, the wife looks on him as the husband, his father looks upon him as a son, his companion has the feeling that he is a dear friend. Being the same individual, why does he not evoke the same reaction in all? Those who visualise him differently are affected differently. That is the truth.

Once, a Guru, residing in Brahmam Mutt, while in a happy mood, chewing betel with great relish, asked his disciple "Dear fellow! How is the world?" The disciple answered, "Guruji! For each one, his own world." Though all are in one world, each one lives in his own world, shaped by his own actions and reactions. This is the reason why Sankaracharya declared, "Fill your vision with Wisdom; all that you see will then be God." When Drshti is filled with Jnana, Srshti is filled with Brahman.

In the vocabulary of education today, Dhanam (riches) is Dharma. The pursuit of riches is the 'right' path. Dhanam is the Karma. Every activity has the acquisition of riches as the goal. Dhanam is the most sublime Padam. There is no ideal more desirable than getting rich. Here is a short story as an illustration: Naryana (God) has sixteen manifest aspects and yet he is the latent immanent Reality. So too, the material Narayana, the Rupee, has also sixteen annas as parts. When men worship the Rupee as the Visible God, Narayana becomes unreachable for them. Few try to estimate the vastness of the loss they sustain therefrom.

One day, in the midst of conversation, Lakshmi, the Divine Consort and the Goddess of Wealth, addressed Naryana, "Lord! The entire world is adoring Me; not even one in a hundred, why, not even one in a million, is worshipping you." She teased the Lord by this statement. She put forward a plan to test the sincerity of man. She said, "Lord! It is best to discover for ourselves how true the facts are. Come, we shall both go forth into the world and find out."