What is evil? Money or Man?

Many of us have experienced or believed, may be for a moment that money is the root of all evil. But this too-obvious-to-accept statement made me ponder over what it is about money that makes it evil? Or rather what it is about humans that make money seem evil? Is it love of money or lack of it?

Like Adam & Eve, we are all driven by our desires. Desires of easy money, to live as luxurious a life as one can. And while achieving this, we evolved more materialistically and less naturally! We reckoned that money can buy anything & everything. We believed the more money we have, the merrier the life will be and then began the love for more money.

Slowly, money replaced the very facts of our survival. From food, clothing & shelter, our needs transformed into technology, automobiles & property. We cognized that to lack money is to lack survival. We overvalued the power of money and compromised our health, values, relations and much more to win in this game of survival.

However, whatever may be the cause of this evilness, we should not forget that the real measure of a man’s wealth is how much he would be worth if he loses all his money. Although we need money to survive but to live a happy and contented life, we need someone to earn money for and to spend this money on. Though today to lend your money is to lose your friend, we should also remember that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

Having said this, I believe the bottom line is, today we need something that the money cannot buy!

santwani.roma

16 thoughts on “What is evil? Money or Man?

  1. Rightly said,money is evil if it leads us to live more materialistic than naturalistic
    -Value humanity
    -I believe money should be used for someones work or help,basic needs,little desires i.e i mean we shouldn’t make it power,possessions

  2. Good one, but u can do better. I want more substance & something that doesn’t leave me wanting for more

  3. i firmly believe that money is just a piece of paper but its v.imp for survival in this immature world.
    u reminded me of 3 idiots movie….kabil bano; kamyabi aur money khud tumhare pass ayegi

    1. just a piece of paper and yet there isn’t any dustbin to dump it. And this immature world is created by sane individuals like u and me. What an irony!

  4. Man has reached d level where money has eaten him and himself become evil. Evil who is running behind money to multiply it and dreaming that soon he will have relaxing life!

    1. Agreed. its good to save some. But there’s no limit button to this “some”. the more u have it, the more u want it. And isn’t this one of the prime factor for chaos of humanity?

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