Happiness and wealth

Q) -- Are rich people or people who have access to comfort and care happier and better off than those who do not? Are there spiritual advantages or disadvantages to this topic?

A) -- Absolutely not to both questions. The only advantages or disadvantages surround one's perception of personal state of being within any given life experience and how one applies that not only to the experience, but the perception of the soul. Within each incarnation there exists experiences of dualities. Created by the self and others in various combinations, these dualities manifest in various degrees to all the exploration of consciousness and the self, to such a focused degree that one can work towards balancing ones emotional state of being. This work creates expansion, awareness and a working knowledge of the self. It allows the should to work out karma and free its self from the current cycle of incarnation. Their is no better or worse as each experience holds valuable sources of opportunities for soul development. Many opportunities are very specific to certain types of experiences and no value judgement should be placed. To what degree you see these as advantages or disadvantages will depend on how tightly you hold focus in your incarnation. This is not a tell of circumstance or evolvement, but one of awareness through experience.