Tricycle Daily Dharma May 12, 2013
The Compulsion to Consume
Like
a fire, greed is more a process than a thing. It is the state of
combustion, the activity of consumption, the procedure by means of which
organic resources are quickly reduced to a heap of ash. It is
insatiable by nature, since the moment one desire is gratified another
flares up, demanding also to be sated. Greed drives an unquenchable
compulsion to consume, and as the guiding hand of our economic system,
its reach is rapidly becoming global. As it burns it throws off a
compelling light, dazzling us with the pleasure of its shapes and
colors. We delight in playing with this fire.
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- Andrew Olendzki, "Burning Alive"
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