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  • This video series explores the Seven Deadly Sins as a Christian concept and beyond. What’s so bad about these sins? How do they apply to present-day life and society, and how can they influence our well-being and the well-being of those around us? And can non-Christians benefit from this concept? This essay delves into the mother of all sin: greed.
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    00:00 - Intro
    03:16 - Greed as a sin
    07:13 - I want more
    10:52 - The divisiveness of greed
    14:09 - The vanity of greed
    17:20 - Verdict

КОМЕНТАРІ • 568

  • @amulyamalhi
    @amulyamalhi Рік тому +375

    From what I have witnessed, I can mention that 'The World has Enough for every man's Need but not Enough for every man's Greed.'

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh Рік тому +384

    “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” Erich Fromm

    • @WinchurchGuitar
      @WinchurchGuitar Рік тому +4

      Good quote

    • @pazuzuxx
      @pazuzuxx Рік тому +5

      Very well said. I've accomplished so many goals and made millions 💵 yet I'm still very unhappy 😭 and strive for much more. Why???

    • @L.K.48
      @L.K.48 Рік тому +2

      "Satisfaction." Benny Benassi

    • @escher5083
      @escher5083 Рік тому +2

      @@pazuzuxxbecause your capping

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +1

      Thanks for sharing, good quote indeed

  • @ambervanderhooft
    @ambervanderhooft Рік тому +87

    “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for.” - Epicurus
    It's so easy, yet so life changing. Multiple aspects of my life right now are far from ideal, but if I focus on what I actually do have, mostly non-materialistic, I consider myself to be very lucky and happy🥰. There is absolutely no need for always wanting more. Focus on what we do have instead of the things we don't have.

  • @CatastrophicDisease
    @CatastrophicDisease Рік тому +693

    The farmer from courage the cowardly dog!

  • @masoluboxD
    @masoluboxD Рік тому +219

    applies to relationship too, the more you want a partner the worse the loneliness gets

    • @michelleburkholder2547
      @michelleburkholder2547 Рік тому +51

      The ability to be alone is a super power.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Рік тому +23

      I've always maintained my own identity, objectives, and self-image even despite being with different partners over the decades. However, EVERY single instance when I ended these relationships, it was almost always because those people began to expect me to serve their needs over anything and anyone else. Most wanted my skills, resources, popularity, influence, intelligence, money, or efforts and nothing else. The more I told them "no", I was quickly loathed and despised. This was consistent over the decades.
      But... strange as it may sound... I've always enjoyed this situation. It constantly reminds me that 99% of humanity is *NOT* about self-enlightenment. Nope. It's about their vain, narrow-minded narcissism. Very sad, yes, but it has always reminded me what *I* am all about. Which is the complete opposite.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +4

      Yes applies to anything that we desire from the external world

    • @willywonka4340
      @willywonka4340 Рік тому

      @@Novastar.SaberCombat you sound like a cat 🐈 , personified 😹 I don't blame you for leaving your human masters who'd rather have ass-kissing dogs as pets😸

    • @mintonmiller
      @mintonmiller Рік тому +3

      and then there are those who desire more than one partner. But do not confuse the desire for a special person to share life, with the greed of wanting to possess a person or many persons. There is a difference between desire to be a help mate to another and have that other be a help mate to you, and the desire to simply aquire someone like a possession. The first is a desire to share, contribute, and give basck as well as receive. The second is about status and conquest. It is not greedy to desire true unselfish love. It only becomes greed if your focus is on what another can do for you.

  • @Daniel-ef7nk
    @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +29

    I once heard this quote "If you are not happy with what you have, you will not be happy with what you don't have", it is the truth indeed, contentment is a daily effort to shift perspectives.

  • @FlavioMOliveira35
    @FlavioMOliveira35 Рік тому +96

    Always will be a better car, a bigger house, better clothes, expensive trips .. it never ends, such trip never ends.

    • @user-gz4ve8mw9l
      @user-gz4ve8mw9l Рік тому +1

      Only rich people can afford any of that anyhow increasingly more so these days.

    • @daryldraws8083
      @daryldraws8083 Рік тому +2

      Satisfaction is a moving target.

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +2

      Yes and that is because the brain is programmed to take things for granted, once you get more money that wealth becomes your new baseline whether you want it to be or not

    • @True38
      @True38 Рік тому +1

      True but then again it's always better to be rich than poor. You never hear rich people complain about money but you'll always hear people complain about it, while simontanously claiming they don't want it...
      No, I can promise you 100% that you would much rather be rich than poor, and I can also promies you it would make you a lot happier, as having a lot of money provides security and freedom.
      There's absolutely nothing better in the world than to wake up completely stressfree, having no worries, and not having to do anything that you don't want to do. It's the best feeling in the world, and only if you're financially free, can you have that luxury.
      So when people tell you "it's not all about money", they are both correct and wrong because at the end of the day, that is always what it comes down to. So yeah, get rich or die trying because it's absolutely worth it.
      Or you can just die poor and miserable, whatever floats your boat (:

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +1

      @@True38 A better alternative is to be middle class with the basic needs met, than dying trying and working hard to be rich, superfluous things are a trap that not only add nothing to happiness but lead you into a path that will exhaust you.

  • @Booz23
    @Booz23 Рік тому +50

    Your videos truly changed my life. I began watching them during the pandemic. I would drive around and listen to them when everything was locked down, and I was feeling down.
    I always come back when I need to be grounded again.
    Thank you.

  • @MellowMutts270
    @MellowMutts270 Рік тому +26

    Of all the things humans are prone to greed is the most disgusting to me. It permeates every aspect of a personality and slowly taints all the good things about it.

  • @redstarling5171
    @redstarling5171 Рік тому +41

    Lust is the hardest one to overcome personally.

    • @alykatttt
      @alykatttt Рік тому +7

      it was for me as well, then I got closer to Jesus, and i kid you not, the lustful spirit went away. God is good 🙏🏾

    • @FRElHEIT
      @FRElHEIT Рік тому +3

      My problem is that I feel no lust but I would like to feel it

    • @ananya.a04
      @ananya.a04 Рік тому +12

      If we are talking about it in a sexual context, then yes. I agree that lust is much harder to overcome than greed. I think it is that way because people forcibly try to curb it within themselves, and when they fail, they say it is 'human nature' and 'natural' and whatnot. And eventually, their entire lives begin revolving around their sexual and material desires, which fuels such sins even more. It's like a feedback loop. Yes, these feelings are natural because you and a million other people are experiencing them. But it is not normal because when left unchecked, they consume you completely as a person and lead you down dark and immoral paths, and even they fail to provide any permanent satisfaction.
      On that note, I also believe that the line that separates greed and lust becomes blurred the more a person indulges in these two sins, and often they are very hard to tell apart unless taken into a sexual context. I think it's this way; lust is wanting something, and greed is living under the delusion that you need something to be 'happier'. Lust is mostly about getting a physical release, and greed has more of a psychological complex that must be dismantled. In both cases, there is an intense desire for the object of fixation to the point of ruination if left unchecked.

    • @marvinlang3777
      @marvinlang3777 Рік тому

      Yes cuz u cant only abstain nofap is stupid if you accumulate energy but dont learn to transmute it

    • @Fawn-mn3zv
      @Fawn-mn3zv Рік тому +4

      Lust, in my opinion, is a form of greed. And vice versa.

  • @paul8731
    @paul8731 Рік тому +150

    We're all greedy, but some of us see through the illusion. Videos like this help wake up from greed. ❤️

    • @rawbhonn7715
      @rawbhonn7715 Рік тому +3

      I don’t care for blanket statements but I can say that you are wrong. I have no use for wealth or a christian god.

    • @poetrytherapyinc
      @poetrytherapyinc Рік тому +1

      @@rawbhonn7715 so what’s your master? What are your desires?

    • @rawbhonn7715
      @rawbhonn7715 Рік тому +4

      @@poetrytherapyinc my desires are to live in this life with the least amount of wants, needs or goods…
      if this is one more thing… to dispose of it…. There are so many “so many” “things” that are not needs. So many are wants, unnecessary shiny things

    • @SnowSNS11
      @SnowSNS11 Рік тому +4

      Greed and selfishness can simply be the pursuit of happiness. However, some people got actually blinded and then lose sight of what they actually desire. Instead of being happy, they became trapped. It's important to always know the core of your desires. What do you really want? What you treasure the most? your reason and purpose that you have named. Why you believe you want to fight to live? What makes something worth it to you?
      I think the negative side of greed, is being overwhelmed. Too focused on one thing that you become unstable. Everything should be balanced, because anything unstable lead to disharmony and self implosion.
      I think we need desire to live well. We need a little bit of greed and selfishness. But it's possible to be influenced by another's desire that you lose sight of what you actually want. And then, lose sight through being overwhelmed, information overload tend to addle the mind in my opinion till you close your eyes and reject and eject but the most important...

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +1

      Very true, it is impossible to eliminate greed while alive because it is an emotional program built in the brain but we can see it for what it is and be far less influenced by it

  • @frankchinguwo4807
    @frankchinguwo4807 Рік тому +25

    I love how your content accommodates everyone whether they are Christian, Buddhist, Tao etc

    • @Einzelgänger
      @Einzelgänger  Рік тому +18

      Thank you for you compliment. This is what I'm trying to do with the channel.

    • @lobiaking8318
      @lobiaking8318 Рік тому

      @@Einzelgänger pls also some Islamic input you have no idea how much in debt knowledge your missing out

    • @abelovedflame
      @abelovedflame Рік тому

      @@Einzelgänger Thank You

    • @SlickNick98
      @SlickNick98 9 місяців тому

      ​@@Einzelgängerwhats up bro

    • @rosemarietolentino3218
      @rosemarietolentino3218 7 місяців тому +1

      In all but Christianity you try to control your own emotions. Christianity Jesus does it for you.

  • @karlm7592
    @karlm7592 Рік тому +26

    The feeling of fighting greed is what keeps me in loop of depression. It's insane how much of a fight it puts. Thank you for the video, once again :)

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +2

      Don't fight it, accept it and see it for what it is and what it does to your life then you may come to terms with it

  • @davidharvey6971
    @davidharvey6971 Рік тому +14

    A wise person once defined greed as more than enough. If we are truly grateful for the enough we have in our lives there is no desire for more.

    • @Daniel-ef7nk
      @Daniel-ef7nk Рік тому +7

      Yes, it is just an uphill battle to be grateful for what is enough though, it does not come without proactive daily effort

  • @Mike-rw2nh
    @Mike-rw2nh Рік тому +17

    There is no misery where there is no desire.

    • @kaelon9170
      @kaelon9170 Рік тому +2

      The core of the teachings of Buddhism :)

  • @tanvirahmed3089
    @tanvirahmed3089 Рік тому +10

    I hope all the people who wants to be free from greed finds the tools necessary for getting out of greed cycle.

    • @honghong3153
      @honghong3153 Рік тому +2

      Allah help set us free from all sins.

  • @SearchOfSelf
    @SearchOfSelf Рік тому +36

    Greed can make a real mess, no matter how small it may appear. It's really shocking to witness the effects that it can have. It's really something to think about, highlighting the strength of greediness.

  • @tinkeringinthailand8147
    @tinkeringinthailand8147 Рік тому +5

    OH MY ! You have summed up my (daily) thoughts when I live and look around......And man, it kills me to see.

  • @GraceCanadaful
    @GraceCanadaful Рік тому +25

    Thank you so much for your essays. They are a wonderful way to stop, and think. They often help to relax and view our daily life from a different perspective. I usually get your new videos in the moorning - words of wisdom and a cup of coffee are the best way to start a day. ❤🇨🇦

  • @stephaniestevenson6335
    @stephaniestevenson6335 Рік тому

    I have just started watching (binge watching) your channel. I am more stoic than I ever imagined. Thank you for providing all of the info and looking forward to more.

  • @motivationsamuraiofficial
    @motivationsamuraiofficial Рік тому

    I never thought I could learn so much about this topic in just a few minutes. You did an excellent job of explaining everything!

  • @becomingdauntless8821
    @becomingdauntless8821 Рік тому +33

    Please could you bring out a video about the dangers of comparing oneself to others and feeling behind in life? I feel like this is an issue many struggle with throughout their lives so would be helpful to understand any philosophical ideas surrounding this.

    • @SuperMarion61
      @SuperMarion61 Рік тому +1

      Yes, plus you can never live up to it😢

    • @tannerschmidt7211
      @tannerschmidt7211 Рік тому

      You can instead be happy for the person, you could use that energy really dissect what it is that they have that you want and why you want it to begin with.

    • @iiCounted-op5jx
      @iiCounted-op5jx Рік тому

      @@tannerschmidt7211 cope

    • @lauraheflin968
      @lauraheflin968 Рік тому

      Comparing for me makes me feel bad about myself which I don't know how to think differently

  • @marka2188
    @marka2188 Рік тому +3

    A wonderful exploration of greed. Looking forward to the next in the series🙏🙏

  • @One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All
    @One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All Рік тому +3

    I have a feeling that todays society with its social media focused all about image, being cool, looking beautiful and having money is just a breeding ground for greed. We have to shift our focus to praise other values in people like being a good friend/partner/parent, kindness, discipline, honesty and compassion...

  • @intrlud3
    @intrlud3 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for that! Words that are very needed in these days.

  • @Eysc
    @Eysc Рік тому +9

    amazing content, always so relaxing and very valid points
    I always like before watching.

  • @sergest-amand1164
    @sergest-amand1164 Рік тому +12

    Interesting. I suggest this subject may deserve a part two based on the recent findings of neuroscience about dopamine and what these findings could bring to the discussion (Dopamine nation, The molecule of more and Huberman Lab).

  • @nycgweed
    @nycgweed Рік тому +1

    I cannot tell you how this hits the nail on the head thank you

  • @user-vq7nm9hr5o
    @user-vq7nm9hr5o Рік тому +5

    Amazing topic, content and pictures !!! Very relevant in today's time when people and countries are going mad for it !!! Would like to add that Hindu's text Rig Veda , also highlight that "Greed and fear" are root for all problems or Main Sin in your terms !!!
    Simplicity and compassion is way of life. As earth have limited resources and greedy can never be satisfied !!!
    In conclusion: they all said same things in different words !!! And it is TRUE , saints and life stories we read for years have value in those teachings !!! May more understand it and follow it !!!

  • @korban007
    @korban007 Рік тому +3

    It’s the journey not the destination, similar to not the happiness but the pre suit. Don’t chase money, be in service of others, money will be the by product.
    Greed goes with scarcity, never be in lack. As Mother Nature itself is very abundant. Be abundant with thinking, to sharing your time with others, to how your money grows itself.

  • @MofongoMondongo
    @MofongoMondongo Рік тому +4

    As a minimalist, I've learned that having less stuff is what makes me happier and more fulfilled.

    • @timothyswauger3984
      @timothyswauger3984 Рік тому +2

      But does becoming a minimalist mean you don’t want stuff because you would rather have the money it takes to get the stuff?

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 10 місяців тому

      I’d like to have lots of nice things, but I’m too lazy ( slothful) to work for them.

  • @Psyche_Sapiens
    @Psyche_Sapiens Рік тому +7

    I love your videos. You are right about greed. It is one of the deadliest sins.

  • @kanghadi397
    @kanghadi397 Рік тому

    Thank for continuing this series! Bunch of love for you 0:)

  • @vladislavkaras491
    @vladislavkaras491 4 місяці тому

    Great thoughts!
    Thanks for the video!

  • @yanz8355
    @yanz8355 Рік тому +9

    the poor eat to end their hunger. but when you have more than enough to eat, your hunger doesn't end

  • @amprabhleenkaur
    @amprabhleenkaur Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing. I have a greed of acquiring materialistic things. Will work toward it to improve myself 😊

  • @Steve197201
    @Steve197201 Рік тому +4

    I think of people as conduits for money. Money should not be hoarded, but rather moved along from person to person. If you think of yourself as a conduit for money, you will attract much of it and pass it along to other people in the form of gifts, charity, and buying nice things for yourself last. The more money that flows through you, the wealthier you become, and you in turn pass that onto others. It's the economic version of the circle of life.

  • @littlemissfreedom
    @littlemissfreedom Рік тому +1

    I really enjoy this series. Thank you!

  • @jer103
    @jer103 Рік тому +10

    Greed is tied to wants of the ego.

  • @405OKCShiningOn
    @405OKCShiningOn Рік тому

    i love this story needed to hear this!! thank you!!

  • @MewtRandell-
    @MewtRandell- Рік тому +8

    you are absolutely right
    i deeply appreciate this video
    thank you
    i have a lot of struggle with pride and greed 😔 i want to break free completely from all these sins
    it is affecting me negatively in life

  • @jaamall
    @jaamall Рік тому

    I love this video and i have definitely started looking at all of the ways that i am greedy or have shown greedy tendencies. Because you can't change the world unless you change yourself.

  • @MmntechCa
    @MmntechCa Рік тому +4

    "Homer, are you just holding on to the can?"
    "Your point being?"

  • @CenteredCircles
    @CenteredCircles Рік тому

    I really like your videos, it helps me alot. Thank You.🙏🏻

  • @Rayco0402
    @Rayco0402 Рік тому +1

    This is your best video do date! If you dived more into the religious aspects of life your channel would broaden into a whole new dimension.

  • @restisresistance
    @restisresistance Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the reminder.

  • @MrCassett
    @MrCassett Рік тому +7

    I think I didn't understand the concept of greed until now. You can basically be greedy about anything, even for a person.
    I think that what separates greed from ambition of success is that greed involves desire in a malicious way.

  • @timcolaba
    @timcolaba Рік тому +7

    My bosses (husband and wife) were greedy. They bribed officials to get contracts and overcharged the clients. They treated their employees badly by not paying the employee's travel expenses and then billing the clients for unreimbursed travel expenses. One employee complained to the authorities who investigated them for fraud. They were found guilty and sent to prison. While they were in prison, one of their kids crashed the car into a tree and was killed. So sad.

  • @adnan84839
    @adnan84839 Рік тому

    Thank you. I benefit a lot from ur content.

  • @ashishbadoni2862
    @ashishbadoni2862 Рік тому +2

    It was heartening to see Eustace from that courage cartoon being used for example :)

  • @Munkaa
    @Munkaa Рік тому

    I got ads on this video. Yay! Loved the sound design, well done!

  • @claudiascott6654
    @claudiascott6654 5 місяців тому

    Thank you, Einzelganger for sharing your wisdom.. we are seeing such greed here in the US with politicians who will destroy our democracy if they succeed. They of course, would never listen to this.

  • @Bodyknowledge77
    @Bodyknowledge77 Рік тому +5

    Greed, greed how much does one need? Perhaps more between the ears and less in the bank account and possessions etc..

  • @diegolikescode
    @diegolikescode Рік тому

    Loving this series my dear

  • @seddik6522
    @seddik6522 Рік тому +2

    Amazing video !! quality information always! I have a question, could you make a video about comparing oneself to others , what exactly should be done to stop it? Thank you 🙏🙏

    • @donyahya
      @donyahya Рік тому

      Good question. Focus our lives on God and serving others, and we will have less mental space for thinking about ourselves and playing the comparison game

  • @SuperMarion61
    @SuperMarion61 Рік тому +10

    I think if you’ve lived through an early time of not having enough money for the basics in life, it can lead to some greed. I find this happens to me, as I’m terrified of not having enough in the future. Where my £ comes from is precarious, difficult not to obsess about it😰🤔

    • @intercakefederation
      @intercakefederation Рік тому +5

      I kind of object, people who were born with wealth are just as terrified if not more of the idea of being poor. They’re just in denial of it. An example of this id the disgust shown towards the homeless. People don’t hate them, they just feel like that could be them if they take one wrong step

    • @lobiaking8318
      @lobiaking8318 Рік тому

      @@intercakefederation everybody wants to hold their standards at least and even that can be difficult if you don’t put in effort in your career .. so anxiety is always there

  • @skemsen
    @skemsen Рік тому +8

    I feel like the famous Gordon Gekko quote would fit nicely in the last Verdict section 🙂 "Greed - for a lack of a better word - is good"

  • @letsgrabcoffee
    @letsgrabcoffee Рік тому

    It took the pandemic and 10 months of a sabbatical to reach the understanding of less is more in life. And acquisitions of stuff does not make one happy or content. I have finally that point of contentment and my happiest tiime in life

  • @Comeonemane1
    @Comeonemane1 Рік тому

    excellent brother

  • @premchawariya6464
    @premchawariya6464 Рік тому

    Thank u for making this video

  • @OldSchoolBaller
    @OldSchoolBaller Рік тому +3

    I love money, money is my friend. It's all relative. Being broke is worse than being wealthy. But yeah, greed is bad. You have to have the right perspective...

  • @chadkline4268
    @chadkline4268 Рік тому

    Most important topic for humanity and the world. Better to give than to receive 😊

  • @zanzerox7193
    @zanzerox7193 Рік тому +2

    Very good vidio, keep spirit and healthy

  • @timothyzendelamines1740
    @timothyzendelamines1740 7 місяців тому

    Hi! This is a very insightful question I used to deepen my knowledge about greed. I would love to react to some of your points in the video.
    From your statements, you said that when people or groups follow their own interests without considering the welfare of others, greed may cause rifts and conflicts throughout society. This is referred to as the divisiveness of greed. I concur with this statement since unbridled greed may result in societal turmoil, inequality, and a lack of collaboration. The shallow and self-centered aspect of greed is highlighted by its vanity, as people choose to put their personal wants and money before deep ties or contributions to society. Since it highlights the detrimental effects of greed on moral principles and social cohesiveness, I support this viewpoint. The shallow and self-centered aspect of greed is highlighted by its vanity, as people choose to put their personal wants and money before deep ties or contributions to society. Since it highlights the detrimental effects of greed on moral principles and social cohesiveness, I support this viewpoint.
    Epicurus’ quote “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for” connects with the important concept of thankfulness. I agree with the concept since it promotes satisfaction and a positive view of life by encouraging people to recognize and appreciate their existing benefits. Practicing gratitude might help us live a more contented and meaningful life by serving as a reminder of the path from lofty goals to actualized achievements.
    It's crucial to remember that the remark could oversimplify the nuanced nature of growth and personal objectives. Although it encourages contentment, it may be seen as inhibiting the pursuit of novel objectives. Maintaining equilibrium is essential, as is realizing that the drive for self-actualization and the establishment of new goals may serve as constructive catalysts for personal growth.
    Situations where desire and ambition result in favorable consequences, such as individual accomplishments, social breakthroughs, or contributions to the greater good, serve as counterexamples. The phrase may be made stronger by mentioning situations in which desire has resulted in significant and constructive change. From a moral and ethical reasoning perspective, the quote is consistent with the virtue of thankfulness. It emphasizes the value of having a responsible and compassionate desire, highlighting the fact that people may pursue achievement and personal development without sacrificing empathy or moral principles. By doing this, they enhance everyone's well-being, individually and as a group.
    Lastly, I would like to commend this video as it is very helpful material when talking about the social implications of greed and is helpful for students like me.

  • @mainaccount3278
    @mainaccount3278 Рік тому +2

    I hope you do a video in Lust, i think it would be really helpful.

  • @darleneatkinson3906
    @darleneatkinson3906 Рік тому

    Einzelganger, I grew up going to church all of my first 50 years of life then I just slack off going to church over and over, I am listening to the correct messages? or is there hidden enemy causing me to believe incorrectly?
    So after 65 earth years on this earth, It just about respect toward others love in correct way and love who God created me to be which really help me there was way too many different messages going to church. So, I am sure I have greed it might never leave people while on earth however being thankful serving and being as helpful as one can, I think helps I love this wording (Let go and Let God) it was the best message and gave me the most freedom I even encountered in my 65 years. I have notice the older I become the less I want stuff. Thanks for the video.

  • @solosamurai3365
    @solosamurai3365 Рік тому +2

    "Return the slab or you will suffer my curse" ...the most traumatizing episode ever.

  • @rmn8818
    @rmn8818 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much❤❤❤

  • @MaryC-co8fm
    @MaryC-co8fm Рік тому +3

    Your videos are great! I have a request. Can you do one on dealing with noise? I live in a very noisy place, and I work in a noisy environment. The noise really gets to me. Can you offer us help regarding external noise through the Stoics and others? Thank you.

  • @alexxx4434
    @alexxx4434 Рік тому +1

    I think to solve the issue of greed we should not try treating it as a thing in of itself. Because greed is mostly a symptom, a coping mechanism for underlying negative feelings, emotions and expectations, in general: anxiety. This outlook is supported by the fact that greed is of compulsuve-obsessive nature, it cannot just go away, there is never "enough", otherwise the suppressed anxiety will surface right up.
    To fix abundant greed I'm afraid the society will have to change. It needs to be where each memeber does not fear for its future wellbeing, where there are firm social guarantees provided for everyone. Unfortunately, it looks like we are moving in a completely opposite direction, under the pressure of the greed-afflicted ruiling elite.

  • @vinny-is-here
    @vinny-is-here Рік тому +5

    0:08 Isn't that Eustace Bagge from _Courage the Cowardly Dog_ (1999-2002)?

  • @KootFloris
    @KootFloris Рік тому +1

    There are two more crucial sins for these modern times which Greed invokes: 1. Employeeship, or obedience read blindly following orders. Think about German soldiers during WWII but also modern day employees looking the other way, while they poison the planet, screw their clients on companies' orders., lobby for oil and arms, etc. 2. Strategy. It's the cold disconnection to achieve goals. This is those who order the obedient people and consider how to increase outcomes in the interests of a 'happy' few (read the Greedy). These are the obedient ones who even seek to consciously invest all their intelligence and cunning to scheme for often nefarious objectives.

  • @user-ix3gg4er6u
    @user-ix3gg4er6u Рік тому

    thank you it help me very much

  • @andrijapetardomljan8527
    @andrijapetardomljan8527 Рік тому

    yoooo i love your videos

  • @maryanngarcia3080
    @maryanngarcia3080 7 місяців тому +2

    Greed is insane. A greedy person will not be happy until they possess everything. They’re never satisfied, and they never will be. Life is so much easier if you’re a minimalist.

    • @flovv4580
      @flovv4580 5 місяців тому +1

      Well said. Now imagine if a greedy person or persons have great power and influence over others. Their blind, insatiable greed can cause a lot of pain and suffering.

  • @naomidoesstuff6893
    @naomidoesstuff6893 Рік тому

    This came to me at the perfect time.

  • @ywoulduchoosetousethis
    @ywoulduchoosetousethis Рік тому

    Want nothing. Read about consciousness when I was 9 and understood, "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff". Understanding the commercialization of Christmas I asked my parents to stop giving no toys. So I grew with minimal ego development. I am grateful for the lessons that led me here

  • @annstubbs2256
    @annstubbs2256 11 місяців тому

    Fabulous ❤

  • @irvanray1898
    @irvanray1898 Рік тому +1

    It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile - like chasing the wind.
    Ecclesiastes 6:9

  • @meaningful-sayings
    @meaningful-sayings Рік тому +3

    Are you going to make a video on all the sins?

  • @DavidDavisDH
    @DavidDavisDH Рік тому +5

    This is why I don't want to be rich, it will be never enough. That's why I'm a minimalist, I have money left over at the end of the month that's enough for me to be happy.

    • @Jhawk_2k
      @Jhawk_2k Рік тому +3

      I believe my parents want me to be rich. I'm not sure what they're going to think when I tell them I'm starting a new career and taking a few months off of work. I felt bad seeing my bank account grow for no apparent reason while my happiness was fading

    • @daryldraws8083
      @daryldraws8083 Рік тому +4

      Health is the only wealth I'd purse. Both sound mind and body. A sick mind will always lead to sick ways and a sick life. Rich in possessions but poor/corrupted in personal character will not give one a peaceful life.

    • @peaceduke1
      @peaceduke1 Рік тому

      I think the answer is easy, you can't be rich that's why you made up an excuse for yourself. Be rich, don't spend money on yourself, spend money for animals in need. They want to eat and medicine, but you don't care about them, right?

    • @DavidDavisDH
      @DavidDavisDH Рік тому

      @@peaceduke1 I feel like I have enough money to be happy. I am investing in the stock market, only a few bills, and I'm smart with money. No excuses here, just a different mindset, not everyone gets it.

    • @True38
      @True38 Рік тому

      @@daryldraws8083 I agree with the your first comment but you need to let go of this stereotypical notion that rich people are somehow "evil". I'm sure some are but who the hell comitts more crimes exactly, rich people or POOR people?
      It's just utter nonsense, the wealthiest people pay more taxes than anyone and create more value than anyone. You wouldn't even have a normal job it if weren't for them but that's pretty easy and convienient to forget now isn't? People just think these companies and great opportunities just magically appear and they disregard it as something "evil".
      Just stop it because it's simply not True. Plenty of rich people have given billions of dollars to charity something a "good" poor person could never do. I'm sick of these poor excuses from people who secretly want what the rich have but simply do not have what it takes to get it.
      There's a word for that, and that word is coward.

  • @Jay_Hendrix
    @Jay_Hendrix Рік тому +2

    One has to stop and ask, are their habits serving them? Or are they serving their habits? How much autonomy do you sacrifice to your vices?

  • @visionari31
    @visionari31 Рік тому

    Good movie. Poetic that the example used to argue the advantage of greed was a clip of the fake moon landing. Overall very good.

  • @jameswhite937
    @jameswhite937 Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @tatoweb
    @tatoweb Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @michaelahthomas3273
    @michaelahthomas3273 7 місяців тому +1

    You can't have everything, because you are everything

  • @liafuentes326
    @liafuentes326 Рік тому +5

    People want the pain to end. Greed is not the answer.

    • @True38
      @True38 Рік тому

      No but financial freedom is if you want to use a better word.

  • @martinarreguy2984
    @martinarreguy2984 Рік тому +5

    If you base your life upon man's opinion, you will never be rich.
    If you base your life upon nature's needs, you will never be poor.
    Nature's needs are few, whilst those of opinions are limitless!
    Seneca, of Rome

  • @MsDamosmum
    @MsDamosmum Рік тому

    I don’t need 2 houses and a boat but a holiday would be nice!! My last full week off was in Fowey 2016 😢

  • @Mr.Honest247
    @Mr.Honest247 Рік тому +2

    But to be perfectly good seems like a bad in and of itself. Life is never so simple… and yet it is. The fact that it’s both makes it more complicated! There’s a reason why toxic positivity is a thing and incorporating the “shadow” is a beneficial thing to include in your life because the world isn’t a nice place. If you’re TOO positive and without dark sides, then the world will take advantage of you! We live in a world of polarity and you cannot have the good without the bad. To be all one and none of the other is an imbalance of character and from my experience life punishes such an imbalance.

    • @Solarexistence
      @Solarexistence Рік тому

      You need to transcend that thinking. Imagine you had billions of dollars and everything you ever wanted, would you even care if someone took advantage? No, it would not even bother you as you have soo much already, Be like the sun

  • @wolfeprocter
    @wolfeprocter 4 місяці тому

    There's the concept of the hedonistic treadmill. Every time you buy or otherwise obtain something you want, it feels good in the moment. But, once the dopamine wears off, you're emotionally back where you started with soome useless junk you don't know what to do with. I suppose that's why conscientious gratitude matters.

  • @diomidpalitu5321
    @diomidpalitu5321 Рік тому

    Best Chanel ever

  • @bernsvlogs9462
    @bernsvlogs9462 Рік тому

    Waiting for your version of gluttony. More Power!

  • @donyahya
    @donyahya Рік тому

    excellent video. and i appreciate the fact that you make many references to the Bible. Whether or not your viewers are believers, the Bible is undeniably the primary source of ethics in Western civilization. So it is appropriate to make references to it when discussing about morality.

  • @polynonymous92
    @polynonymous92 Рік тому

    Desires are the beacons of light in our life when they inspire us to understand ourselves so that we find purpose in earthly life, but it immediately turns into a dark abyss when you start chasing those desires!!!

  • @Hedgehog3342
    @Hedgehog3342 Рік тому +1

    I remember a russian story about greed, a queen asked her king to get things. He kept getting things for her but she was never satisfied. in the end her greed render her with nothing. Characters in stories that tend to be greed never have a happy ending, either they get killed or get imprisoned. Greed renders all things naught, for nothing can satisfy their endless desires.

  • @FlawedbyDesign777
    @FlawedbyDesign777 Рік тому

    Feels so good when you get the thing that you desire though, it's got to do with delayed reward response and is an interplay between dopamine and serotonine (the look-forward hormone and feel satisfied-hormone), where their levels behave anti-proportionqlly to each other, if we only have high serotonine we would be frugal, but our serotonine levels would eventually be exhausted without a balanced lifestyle and interplay between neurotransmitters.

  • @glow15
    @glow15 Рік тому

    As a Malaysian, just wanted to say it made me happy to see our malls featured in this video xD

  • @lamar1409
    @lamar1409 Рік тому +2

    What’s the line between greed and ambition?

  • @mathisjander310
    @mathisjander310 Рік тому +17

    Keep up the great work!