The more I think of it, the more I am convinced that the objective of life is not money; it is to help people - spiritually, mentally and physically. Well, it is a lofty motive, and one that has been conveniently misused by many to hide their profit-taking activities. Look at the world's richest men. All of them are falling over each other to finance charities. Of course, they are doing service to humanity and the planet. But look at it this way: they have ravaged the environment and the lives of many poor people in trying to amass those fortunes that they now propose to spend on the well being of those very people and environment.
The ravaries we are inflicting on this planet in our quest to amass those riches, simply put, cannot be healed by ploughing back a part of that money into welfare schemes. The motives may be good but they effort being put in won't save this planet. Unless we decide to take a look at this whole question of conspicuous consumption and material satisfaction.
I know it all sounds too abstract. But this is something we need to look at very carefully, and soon.
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