There are two types of misconception.
The first and most obvious, is where we mistake one thing for something else. For example, we mistake the coiled rope in the corner of the garden shed for a snake, and we run out of the shed in a panic, fearing for our life. When we return and see that the "snake" is in fact a rope, we realise our mistake.
The second misconception, is where we mistakenly believe that we own things. This is more tricky to see, because we are brought up in society where everyone is using to money to buy "stuff", which we then think belongs to us.
The truth is that we own nothing.
We came into the world with nothing, and we leave the world with nothing. No matter how much money we have, and how much "stuff" we buy, nothing at all belongs to us. Even our body is on loan. We cannot take it with us when we die. The misconception that we can "own" things, causes humanity huge pain every day.
Imagine how liberating it would be to not feel the burden of "ownership". To not feel resentment if someone takes something of yours, to give freely, to feel no jealousy for someones else's success.
It is our duty to the world, to humanity, to our loved ones and to ourselves, to work hard, earn money to live, but to not be attached to the money, or the stuff we buy with the money. It is the attachment to it all that causes us problems.
Earn with a hundred hands, and give with a thousand. Take a little, give more. This is an essential part of being happy because without helping others, we feel empty and unfulfilled.
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