How does Money and wealth bring Enlightenment?

Money and wealth are the first steps to enlightenment. It looks strange to hear that but it is a truth. It is because till you do not have enough money, you are not going to realize that money cannot make you happy. It is very less likely that people who are struggling for money and power would have attraction towards spirituality and enlightenment. Most of the people currently think that when they will be rich, they would be happy. So, they struggle for money and power in search for happiness. When people become rich, they realize the misconception they had in their minds. Money proves to be useless in bringing happiness in life. Then, big questions pop out in their minds. It is the point when they start thinking about other dimensions of life.

You may not have noticed that lots of great spiritual leaders were sons of kings. We can take example of Mahatma Buddha. He was born in Lumbini in the family of a king. He enjoyed all the luxuries of life before moving to the other dimension. Rama who is considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism was a son of king Dashratha. Mahavira was born in a royal family of king Siddhartha. Not only Mahavira but all the other 23 Tirthankars of Jainism were born in the royal families.

I am not saying that we have to be rich first to be enlightened but I am saying, it is less likely that we will go for other dimensions of life before realizing that money cannot make us happy. Money and power are going to be our main priorities till we do not taste it. Also, There have been people in the world who were born in the ordinary families but still they were great spiritual leaders. I am just talking here in the terms of probability.