GREED
Greed is defined in the dictionary as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.
Greed is the excessive or rapacious desire and persuit of money, wealth, power. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism.
Buddhist believe greed is based on incorrectly- connecting material wealth with happiness. This is caused by a view that exaggerates the positive aspects of an object; that is, acquiring material objects has less impact than we imagine on our feelings of happiness. This view has been corroborated by studies in the field of happiness. This view has been corroborated by studies in the field of happiness economics, which confirm that beyond the provision of a basic level of material comfort, more wealth does not increase happiness.
Greed is a form of idolatry, according to the Bible (Colossians 3:5). The most common explanation is that the greedy person values money or possessions more than God. This may also be connected with worship of the golden calf.
WHAT MAKES A PERSON GREEDY?
In my point of view people the reason why people become greedy could be associated with a lot of things.
Envy, a person's envious nature could make one greedy, no matter how a person is brought up by his parents, he still find things that he envy with other people. The urge to acquire the things we envy about other people and the desire to make others envy us of what we have could make us greedy.
Power, in a world where money makes it round, wealth is seen as equivalent to power. People striving for more power would strive more wealth and thus become more and more greedy.
Sadness, as defined above greed can be considered as the incorrect-connecting of material things to happiness. A lonely person desperately seeking happiness may get the idea that acquiring material thing could make him happy. A person would try to acquire more and more material things for he thinks it make him feel happy, not realizing that these things doesn't really makes him happy.
GREED IS IT GOOD?
The answer to this question is a big "No", greed would never be good for a person and for everybody around him. A person who is greedy would only listen to his greed, he would never be satisfied no matter how much he acquire in life.
A greedy politician would never think of helping his constituents for he is more focused increasing his wealth more than the problem of his homeland. Just like here in the Philippines, even if people are dying of hunger and the country is filled with problems, some if not all government officials keep stealing from the public funds and putting it into their own pockets.
I mean how much do these pigs need to get by their daily lives? Isn't it enough that they have several mansions when their constituents live on the streets? Isn't it enough that they have billions in their bank accounts, when the less fortunate doesn't even have a peso in their pocket? Isn't it enough that they eat more than five times daily and could afford a million peso dinner, when their fellowmen can't even afford to eat two decent meals in a day? I can't understand how their conscience, if they still have one, could take all of these things and still tell everybody that they are good politicians.
Yes, they may die a wealthy person but could they take their wealth to the afterlife? Yes, they may be entombed in a golden casket when they die, but would the gates of heaven open for their soul? Or would their greediness pull them down to hell?
Greed is defined in the dictionary as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.
Greed is the excessive or rapacious desire and persuit of money, wealth, power. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism.
Buddhist believe greed is based on incorrectly- connecting material wealth with happiness. This is caused by a view that exaggerates the positive aspects of an object; that is, acquiring material objects has less impact than we imagine on our feelings of happiness. This view has been corroborated by studies in the field of happiness. This view has been corroborated by studies in the field of happiness economics, which confirm that beyond the provision of a basic level of material comfort, more wealth does not increase happiness.
Greed is a form of idolatry, according to the Bible (Colossians 3:5). The most common explanation is that the greedy person values money or possessions more than God. This may also be connected with worship of the golden calf.
WHAT MAKES A PERSON GREEDY?
In my point of view people the reason why people become greedy could be associated with a lot of things.
Envy, a person's envious nature could make one greedy, no matter how a person is brought up by his parents, he still find things that he envy with other people. The urge to acquire the things we envy about other people and the desire to make others envy us of what we have could make us greedy.
Power, in a world where money makes it round, wealth is seen as equivalent to power. People striving for more power would strive more wealth and thus become more and more greedy.
Sadness, as defined above greed can be considered as the incorrect-connecting of material things to happiness. A lonely person desperately seeking happiness may get the idea that acquiring material thing could make him happy. A person would try to acquire more and more material things for he thinks it make him feel happy, not realizing that these things doesn't really makes him happy.
GREED IS IT GOOD?
The answer to this question is a big "No", greed would never be good for a person and for everybody around him. A person who is greedy would only listen to his greed, he would never be satisfied no matter how much he acquire in life.
A greedy politician would never think of helping his constituents for he is more focused increasing his wealth more than the problem of his homeland. Just like here in the Philippines, even if people are dying of hunger and the country is filled with problems, some if not all government officials keep stealing from the public funds and putting it into their own pockets.
I mean how much do these pigs need to get by their daily lives? Isn't it enough that they have several mansions when their constituents live on the streets? Isn't it enough that they have billions in their bank accounts, when the less fortunate doesn't even have a peso in their pocket? Isn't it enough that they eat more than five times daily and could afford a million peso dinner, when their fellowmen can't even afford to eat two decent meals in a day? I can't understand how their conscience, if they still have one, could take all of these things and still tell everybody that they are good politicians.
Yes, they may die a wealthy person but could they take their wealth to the afterlife? Yes, they may be entombed in a golden casket when they die, but would the gates of heaven open for their soul? Or would their greediness pull them down to hell?
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