Can't say about infants, but the time since a human being become aware of his surrounding, he consciously or unconsciously feels like acquiring every possible things of his need. Now, what is basic need? i.e. food, shelter and clothes. Looks like very simple? But let me remind you that even some of them were also not the primary need of homo sapience. He use to wander naked here and there in search of food and any suitable, temporary shelter was good enough for him to spend his night. But then he start thinking of stability and after that the luxury. So he increases his needs to a permanent shelter, agricultural lands and clothes which was made up of tree leaves or dead animal's skin. Life was still simple and linear for him but a bit more comfortable now. attainment of relatively more luxury goods, encourages him to think further and further so now even sky is the limit for him! But in this very process, he didn't realise when the hell, a kind of unending greed enters into his life and in case of unfulfillment of the desire, a kind of restlessness was there inside him. & that was his newly discovered jealousy. Jealousy from others who is able to attain his desirable materials. It could have been earlier also in him but it couldn't find the significant reason to come out because there were no significant hierarchy in ancient time and almost everyone has food, shelter and clothes of almost equal level.
Where my mind is wandering right now is none of the above. That was mere an introduction with the past. But now what I am thinking is, 'What should be the appropriate limit where we should stop ourselves bothering much about the materialistic gain?' Because greed is an endless processes and hence jealousy! Both of them are consequence of each others and increase in cascading rates when set free. Result is, 'The personality of that person is pitiable'. See the amount of restlessness in him. He forget the difference of right and wrong, crosses the boundaries of morality and humanity innumerable times and lastly he stop thinking himself as a true human being. He is a machine now with enhanced quality of greed and jealousy. The distorted presence of him is pleasant for none which causes further restlessness because unlike machines, human being wants his respect in the eyes of others regardless of his acts.
Analyse his condition now. who is better? The primitive less privileged , satisfied man or advanced, materialistic, unsatisfied man? Decision is yours.
Here I am not trying to turn the modern man back into savagery and barbarism but trying to convey the essence that stretch yourself within your limit, Do what satisfy you, Try to quench your thirst at appropriate limit and save your personality from getting distorted. Getting distorted from greed and jealousy. Tame your instinct. Behave like a HUMAN!
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