One of the greatest rich man in the world was Andrew Carnegie. His biographer asked him "Are you dying contented?". He said, "No, I am a very discontented man. My whole life has been a failure. I am dying unfulfilled." The biographer said, "But you have so much money!". He said, "Yes, the same logic destroyed my whole life. I was also thinking that if I can have that much money then all will be well. Money is there, and I have lost my life in accumulating all this junk, but inside I am as empty as ever."
What you really need is a qualitative transformation of your being. You need your life become full of light. You need some inner richness; outer richness is not going to help.
-From he book "Zen: The Special Transmission"
