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THE GREED - Is an essence of Evolutionary Spirit

THE GREED
Is an essence of Evolutionary Spirit

Greed or avarice, is an inordinate or insatiable longing for material gains, be it money, status, power or other non-material things such as love, happiness, peace, knowedge, self actualisation and salvation.
Greed has been considered as the root of all the evils and has been strongly condemned by most of the religions. However, when it comes to love for money making and wealth creation, it is nothing less than the second religion for many. It won’t be preposterous in saying that the greed is in the genesis of evolution from the caveman to modern man.
'Renouncement of greed is your path to salvation', is the biggest pretence of modern day saints and preachers, who continue to live out of world class facilities and call it Kutiya (hermitage), take luxurious modes of travel and reward themselves with rich food!
How greed of rich & famous to acquire more power, wealth and position, is different from that of those souls who are always in quest to seek more knowledge to become authority on the subject or people with strong religious beliefs doing more penance to attain enlightenment, and the donors donating more to secure place in the heaven after life? Also, can these pious souls explain who would do the charities for their noble causes, if there were no creation of wealth happening by the wealthy- so called greedy and money hoarders?
Driving force behind any big achievement in the field of business, education, science & technology, art, music, and exploration of universe is nothing else but, ‘greed’ of human beings to know more, be more and grow more. Greed is the only consistent human motivation, which produces preferable economic and social outcomes most of the time and under most conditions.
Altruism may attract our admiration, but it is greed that our society encourages and rewards, and it delivers the goods and riches on which we depend. Poor may dislike rich, but at the same time dream to become rich; and it’s this greed that paves the way in turning their wheels of fortune.
So embrace avarice without feeling embarrassed. Let’s not be ashamed of being greedy as that is an essence of evolutionary spirit. It determines how competitive we are over others and that we deserve better respect over others by virtue of our distinctive achievements.
Powerful individuals, institutions, vast business empires, stock markets churning trillians and capitalism powered progress would not function without the ever growing greed for profits.
However, let the greed be not like a misguided missile, as that may cause irrational exuberance and create those asset bubbles, which when burst would lead to great depression kind of financial crisis in the world and in the lives of individuals.

AJIT SINGH


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  1. VandanaJune 23, 2019 at 11:33 AM

    Such a unique topic "Greed an essence of Evolutionary Spirit. You have beautifully touched on a very important perspective of our life "The Greed" and have highlighted a very fascinating side of Greed. Awesome read. All the Best.

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  2. UnknownJune 25, 2019 at 3:27 AM

    One of the best reads I had,Superb.

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