Page 23 - Ecstasy and Agony in the Journey to Infinity

2. 􏰀మ (Cheema)
The ant is a stage of collection and storing. The human being as he is today has not only the trait of collecting and storing but also promoted it in the name of savings for the rainy day. The person who has faith in God and confidence in himself will never hoard. Saints in all religions did not promote savings.
Suppose it is saving for the rainy day, there is nothing wrong. The misfortune of it is, the associated concept with it is greed. Instead of saving for the rainy day, you tend to hoard and this is the lapse. Ants hoard. I am not questioning the saving aspect of it. This savings aspect has got a tendency to get into mode of hoarding, which is detrimental for society and to spiritual development.
How to come out of habit of hoarding? You can come out of every problem with determination, which is the only way. You recognize the problem and make a determination to come out of the problem. These two things, if it is not there, you will never come out of the problem, any problem for that matter.
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