When what you want is much more than what your drive or talent can provide, then:
- You turn to God, Vaastu etc. This is usually packaged as a quest towards spirituality, inner peace, helping the needy etc. One needs to recognize it for what it is. Look towards the person's generosity. Such people are often not generous. They may occasionally pay Paul. But they are likely to have robbed many Peter's en route.
- You become feminine (give what you can and ask for what you need). Incidentally this belief is also shared by communism. The insidious nature of this can be observed when someone does a lot to address your needs and all they get is a thanks (eg., recall the Thank You note written by Helen Hunt to Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets). Then you realize that you were primarily looking at getting your needs met and what you could do in return was (SASC and) say Thanks. They have been paid in full for services rendered. Is this such a bad thing? You gave them back what you could, which happened to be a heartfelt thanks. Imagine driving to a Volvo dealership and asking them to give you a car because you need one and all you have to pay for it is your good heart which can say an earnest Thanks. When all (that's a hyperbole) your payments are in intangible things and all (hyperbole once again) your receipts are tangible things, ain't that nice. This idea has been explained more eloquently in Atlas Shrugged.
- Steal, murder and do other immoral / illegal things.
The above points are a continuous spectrum. A person having one of the above characteristics may or may not have the rest of the characteristics.
Only the 3rd point is illegal. The 1st and 2nd points aren't.
The 1st point gives an indication of your nature, that of your unmet needs, couched in socially correct language.
The 2nd is very subtle and uses social interaction for one's benefit at the cost of another's. The 3rd of course takes what belongs to someone else by force and is immediately recognized as unlawful. The 2nd is never seen as unlawful.
Only the 3rd point is illegal. The 1st and 2nd points aren't.
The 1st point gives an indication of your nature, that of your unmet needs, couched in socially correct language.
The 2nd is very subtle and uses social interaction for one's benefit at the cost of another's. The 3rd of course takes what belongs to someone else by force and is immediately recognized as unlawful. The 2nd is never seen as unlawful.
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