About the causes of greed

Published on 08/16/2021 by Dr. med. Christian Gersch
Dr. Gersch is a Kaiserslautern based concierge physican

Greed is - rightly so - one of the seven deadly sins. Much bad behavior stems from it. Anthoney de Mello writes: "The people kill for the desire of money or power". The characteristic of greed is, that one knows no measure. Regardless of whether it is about income, gambling, luxury goods, or emotions of any kind. All of them may be acceptable targets on their own, but if they are pursued out of greed, then they do not feel good. Greed actually pushes away another problem. The objects of greed are diverse, but generally, the fastest possible wish fulfillment for the ego is in the foreground, on which the desire is completely fixated. With all its might, greed tries to reach a state of satiation. Which rarely succeeds.

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