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joining the system leaving behind the conventional methods 2.feeling remorse and 3. feeling bad due to ridicule by others. When we pass through these tests we become respected and perhaps even revered. Precious achievements require great sacrifices and in spirituality it is the Self that needs to be pruned.
Freedom from want is what Political and economic scientists have been promising and to give the devil its due we must accept that in our country we have come a long way since we have been left naked by the plunderers who came to us few centuries back as traders from the West and left us in the middle of last Century. "Steal not" is a value that has been advocated by all religions. Surely no one will if he has enough - so say the economists. Social reforms are taking care of this to some extent. But we steal to hoard - this aspect the social reform cannot attend to and the ethics of economics cannot answer. Non stealing is a spiritual value that has to be inculcated from the beginning of childhood. There is another name for hoarding - savings? The idea of savings arises out of fear - fear of the unknown future. So long as it is savings to share it is
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