Need or Greed?

Take a look around your space right now. How much of what you have and own is really what you need, or is it just a collection of stuff you have amassed over time as testimony to your buying power?

If after your assessment you realise that half or more of what you have is not really necessary then congratulations for discovering this fact before your home turns into a storage depot! Others, I can see are still rationalizing the importance of their attachments in their quiet minds. It's OK, take your time.

Unfortunately we live in a world where greed overpowers need. Where we are measured not by our values but by the quantity and quality of our possessions. Collecting items for the sake of propping up our ego or declaring our status in the world will still leave us with a feeling of insecurity and that we are never good enough. It's good to take a reality check from time to time and to declutter our minds as well as our homes.

Our craving for physical objects is a sign of discontent within the soul. If we are hungry for physical pleasures and pursuits, it's because we are empty from the inside. We try to fill the void by accumulating ever more. And even after getting it, there is still the desire for more and more, which implies,it was never enough and never will be! In fact greed is a bottomless pit that never ever gets filled.

Only you can define what is need vs greed. A need is something that is necessary for our livelihood and well-being, whereas a want simply aggrandizes our ego. You get people's approval when you state it as a need but disapproval when you say you want something.

Imagine a world without greed. Its Time to recognize what will really fill the need of the soul and to stop chasing after the illusion that more of the material possessions are going to make us feel better. Declutter your life. Live simply and authentically.


Win the game of sustaining your inner peace and power :)