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Greed

Greed
Greed, greed, always greed... is the response of material
nature.
In whatever way the Divine manifests there, it becomes at
once an object of covetousness. A rush to appropriate, an en-
deavour to rob, exploit, squeeze, swallow and in the end crush
down the Divine, this is the receptivity of matter to the divine
touch.
O my Lord, Thou comest as the redeemer and these would
make of Thee a dupe! Thou comest for union, for transforma-
tion, for realisation, and they think only of absorption and self-
ish increase.
CWM 14: 128-29

Do not be greedy — be satisfied with what is given to you
and grateful also for what is given, without grumbling because
you are not given still more.
Some people are truly greedy — they are never satisfied.
The more you give them, the more they ask. And they would
find it quite natural if the Divine were exclusively busy with
them and nothing else.
Each one is given what he truly needs, in fact what he is
capable of receiving and utilising.
If he asks for more I rarely refuse to give but often it is more
than he can receive and then it creates a disorder and some-
times even a catastrophe.
A thief is someone who wants to take from others what the
Divine has given.
CWM 20 (New): 320

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