The thing that makes greed troublesome to deal with is that it can be difficult to determine when someone is being greedy or just trying to meet their needs.
Some can argue that a per on can survive on very little, so trying to attain anything beyond this is acting out of greed. However, this is not an end all argument for defining greed, things exist in the world to be enjoyed and used, and a life of meeting the bare minimum to sustain yourself can leave you in suffering emotionally because there is nothing you would then have to help enjoy the walk through the world, when there are things put here for your enjoyment and a reason for them.
Greed is when you take acquiring things too far, it is when you have what you need to sustain yourself, what you need to sustain your happiness, and still are trying to get more, for the sake of having instead of to fulfill a required need, whether that need be physical, emotional or spiritual. The way to combat it is to get the person in question to recognize the difference of when their needs are met, and when their needs are not met, and encouraging the person being tempted with greed to stop trying to hoard resources beyond what they need to meet their needs, any type it is.
Trying to raise half a million dollars for a shelter is not an act of greed even though it is seeking abundant money, because shelter is a need and that is how much it is cost in some cases, however, trying to raise just twenty hundred dollar bills for food for a month, would be greed because there is no reason a person would need that much food.
Finding and using an opportunity to earn a lot of resources is not an act of greed because over time, you could need a lot of resources, and if you can get them in one opportunity, you are providing for yourself efficiently, but using opportunities to gain a lot of resources again and again becomes greed because you you are seeking more than what you could use.
So, when trying to navigate the world and acquire what you need, and trying to stay away from greed, the question to ask yourself is, are you gonna need what you are considering looking for, or do you already have a means of fulfilling the need it would satisfy?
If the answer is you require it for a spiritual, emotional or physical need, it is not and has nothing to do with greed, but if you are wanting it just to have it, and you do not need it, acquiring it is a temptation of greed.
Some can argue that a per on can survive on very little, so trying to attain anything beyond this is acting out of greed. However, this is not an end all argument for defining greed, things exist in the world to be enjoyed and used, and a life of meeting the bare minimum to sustain yourself can leave you in suffering emotionally because there is nothing you would then have to help enjoy the walk through the world, when there are things put here for your enjoyment and a reason for them.
Greed is when you take acquiring things too far, it is when you have what you need to sustain yourself, what you need to sustain your happiness, and still are trying to get more, for the sake of having instead of to fulfill a required need, whether that need be physical, emotional or spiritual. The way to combat it is to get the person in question to recognize the difference of when their needs are met, and when their needs are not met, and encouraging the person being tempted with greed to stop trying to hoard resources beyond what they need to meet their needs, any type it is.
Trying to raise half a million dollars for a shelter is not an act of greed even though it is seeking abundant money, because shelter is a need and that is how much it is cost in some cases, however, trying to raise just twenty hundred dollar bills for food for a month, would be greed because there is no reason a person would need that much food.
Finding and using an opportunity to earn a lot of resources is not an act of greed because over time, you could need a lot of resources, and if you can get them in one opportunity, you are providing for yourself efficiently, but using opportunities to gain a lot of resources again and again becomes greed because you you are seeking more than what you could use.
So, when trying to navigate the world and acquire what you need, and trying to stay away from greed, the question to ask yourself is, are you gonna need what you are considering looking for, or do you already have a means of fulfilling the need it would satisfy?
If the answer is you require it for a spiritual, emotional or physical need, it is not and has nothing to do with greed, but if you are wanting it just to have it, and you do not need it, acquiring it is a temptation of greed.
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