We would always come across the idea that greed and discontent on the way things are is evil. It has always been that their stereotypical image leads to crime and unhappiness. But if we look at the human being, greed and contentment is necessary for progress and further evolution.

Human beings, like all mobile and thinking species, are programmed to perpetuate. Animals have their mating season, they have their defensive mechanisms, they also have their offensive mechanisms; all necessary to keep their species alive.

The human being is no different from this. But aside from the natural evolution, man is gifted to evolve using outside resources. Man has used his environment to make himself better. Through this, man can survive all the different weather, go faster, and communicate better. Man is assisted with memory and processing, but most importantly, through evolution, man can discover God better.

It is natural for us to want to become god, after all, we all are gods, we have a soul, and Soul is God. We want to become immortals, and immortality is also in conjunction to perpetuity. We have taken great strides in medicine to help us live longer and better lives. Technology has made it more conducive for us to do more with less. We have become much more efficient now than what we were even 50 years ago.

Through communication, man has been able to transmit and receive different ideas which he can add upon. From the Hindus and Greek’s foundation philosophy we have evolved and added more and more observations to it, helping us get closer to the truth each time.

Due to man wanting to become God, and God being perfect, man has to evolve. Man has to understand each and everything he can know, he has to discover and become better each day. Greed is natural for us because we want to become perfect, we want to become God because we are God, we are trying to be our natural selves, and this would go on whatever interests we would have. Some of these interests would be in the field of speed, and people want to go faster. Some of these vents would be in science, and other such fields. If we remain content, we would not get anywhere. Man can only appreciate God better if he knows that the world is too organized to be a coincidence. This is how we have gotten to where we are now. We asked and we pushed ourselves, and we go somewhere. Religion should embrace technology, the Hindus did, for the authors of some of the religious teachings were scientists themselves. It is natural for us to evolve the world towards one goal. While everyone seems to be working on one field, while the others are working on another, the bigger picture shows one giant organism maturing and developing, just as a child becomes an adult.

It would then be considered that it is contentment that is evil. Contentment means the person is happy with whatever there is, that the top of the hill is enough. Always climb the higher peak, and keep getting higher. After all, our greed will drive humanity to a new level, and the closer we get to the truth, the more we need to be prepared for it.

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Contentment in the aspect of meaning happiness with whatever, never to go any further, I agree with. However; I must say that I disagree on contentment as evil. In my oppinion, Society needs to be more contented.

For, If the human species were more contented, there be no need for greed and maybe there would be less crime.

Greed merely serves the purpose of feeding the ego. Contentment however; soothes the soul and hence, needs nothing more. For in hunger, rather for truth or status, the human appetite is insatiable. Correct me if I am wrong, yet I can’t think of any animal that is greedy. When animals get enough food, they are contented. They do not strive to out eat the other. When an animal finds a warm place to lay, like the fly snuggling in manure; the animal does not tread through the crap or ice cold snows to find a better home than his neighbors.

Yes, humans strive to know the truth, rather that is to die and learn there is a hell and a Devil. Or for humans to live like there is a heaven and God. But should we as a human species achieve this knowledge via the ego, the spirit, or the soul?

» JMC on 2006-10-10 11:28:22

you are so right :) This was a very enjoyable read
» lazypuppy on 2006-10-11 12:41:30

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