The Economy of Permanence: A Quest for a Social Order Based on Non-violence (स्थायी अर्थतन्त्र)

Economy of Permanence
we enjoy a life that is transient. It is contrary to the enternal purposes of
nature and ultimately brings violence to the permanent order of things.
The noblest faculty man possesses in excelsus is his capacity for love and to
express it in the form of selfless service to his fellows. We see just a glimpse of
it in the mother love of nature. In thus serving his fellow beings, he functions in
the highest aspect of his life and brings the divine spark to earth. He dedicates
his surplus energy and transforms it into the well-being and happiness of those
in need of such help and services.
By the misuse of will even this faculty is diverted from the permanent blessed
way of love into one of selfishness and greed, being transformed into love of
material possessions. His surplus energy is stored up for selfish considerations
as accumulated wealth, This will be destrimental to the owner when he gives
himself IV to enjoyment and luxurious living; and such riches, when be-
queathed, often are the causes of conflict between brothers and not
infrequently are the instruments of sending his descendents to ruin.
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