Rubber seeds.
They were hard to come by, rubber seeds. When I was a small child, I really wanted to find one. They were hard to come by, as I have rarely seen a rubber tree. I knew they existed, as some of my friends in the school used to bring them. I craved for a rubber seed, and I saw them as an asset. If you do not know, rubber seeds have a very tough outer shell and it has perfect smooth surface. And this rubber seed could be used to make a DIY fan. So, for a little child for my age it was an asset to have one. Someone told me that there are rubber trees in the nearby plantation next to the school, and sometimes I wondered of sneaking up through the fence to find one. I never did, I was afraid of breaking the rules although I fantasized it, as there were dogs hungry dogs belonged to the owners. I remember when I was little older, I would walk home in a different road than the usual, hoping to find some rubber seeds.
How I made DIY fan with a rubber seed.
For a little child it was a big project. Not everyone could do it. It took time and patience. I needed to make three holes in the shell of the rubber seed. One was naturally there. Making a hole directly opposite to this and on the side of the seed was hardest. Often a sharp kife is used do carve a small puncture and with twisting motion to make it a few millimeter small hole. I had to be very careful not to make it shatter, by putting too much pressure. And the holes should be perfectly circular as ragged ages does make it hard for the fan to spin, will break the thread which made it spin. So, it took a good hour of work.
Once holes were made next challange was to remove all the material inside. The seed inside was tough and oily. Some say that ants love to eat this and we kept them in front of ant holes hoping they would eat the core and leave the shell. However, I was inpatient most of the time to wait a day or two until to check the ant theory. So, I used a pin to break the seed through the holes and take piece by pieace out. Just like in a "Keyhole" surgery. And it took another hour, and honest work, until little hands start to hurt. But once it was done the hard work was over and rest was easy.
I would use a wodden popsicle handle as a roter blade and a thin stick as a mast. A thread tied to the mast is taken out through the third hole and I could use it to make the Blades spin. Just like a Yo-Yo. That was a nice experience, a little show off. It took care of happiness for a few days atleast. So, the bottom line is, even a small rubber seed is an asset to a little mind.
Value of Assets
As the mind became bigger and bigger, the values of the rubber seeds came down. They were seen as unused, unnecessary things of the wild. I haven't seen a rubber seed for ages, and they do not create a value in the mind now. The assests in the new mind are bigger. They are related to an imaginary number in the mind, associated with imaginary bank. Assets are shown on the TV and newspapers became more valuable. However the concept remained the same, although I frogot to recognise this until I started to watch in mindfulness on what happens up their behind the eyes.
The concept of assets is simple. Assets are mental objects, with a little price tag on it, which has the ability to create some happiness, in the mind, which by the way is another mental object. And I know exactly, you would not agree, because that is only partly true. As we all agree assets are real. A bank would not give you a loan, looking at the mental objects that you have. Or do they? Is it possible to get a loan for your mental Assets?
Getting a loan for your mental assets.
Let's imagine you own an apartment, inherited or bought. And Obviously the reflection of this apartment is now in your mind as an mental object with a sense of ownership. And you apply for a loan. You walk to a bank and discuss with the bank manger. He looks at your papers and create a mental object in his mind about your property and your association with this. He send some evaluators to price your property, and they create their own mental image of your property and make a price tag associated with this and write down their observations in a paper. The manager and you agree on the amount of the loan, and you hand over the documents to the bank with the agreement. Now the bank manager creates a complex mental image of the assest. He creates a mental image of your property, with the price tag of the evaluator in it, still associated with your image in ownership, bounded by the agreement, and the amount loaned to you. I know it is very complex image now, hence it is written in words in the document, so anyone can understand and create a similar mental image, if they read the agreement. And if there is descrepencey in the mental images, between the bank manager and you in the future, all can go to a court and ask the judge to interpret, who will do, after creating a mental image of your property and the agreement in his own conciousness.
It is complex, and it is lengthy. However, it is essential to understand, that there is very significant role played by the consciousness and mental objects of each and everyone involved, than we appriciated earlier. All my life I was used to understand the phisical nature of things. However, mindfulness would let us understand the mental affair of it. And it makes more sense now. You can even answer why there is an agreement. The main reason Assests are writen in documents is, that we cannot show our mental object to others, unless it is expressed. And when we die, all our assets will be lost, just like other mental objects.
At this point, I am not sure how these facts are going to help you. If you ask a financial advicer they would tell you how important these mental pictures of things are when you start investing (Behavioural finance). Some people would lose money in the game when their mental picture of an assest is bigger than others, and some will gain money in the same way. But the bottom line is, Even a small rubber seed can be more valuable to a mind than a diamond, as assets is a game of mind.
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