Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev - Greed Is God

Greed Is God

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Published by Sadhguru, 2019.

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

GREED IS GOD

First edition. May 26, 2019.

Copyright 2019 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

ISBN: 978-1099126420

Written by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Contents

It may seem like a bold statement, but gone are the days of political and religious ideology. This is the era of market economy, where success in the world is determined predominantly by the size of ones pocket. In so many ways, greed rules and shapes human societies. We are greedy for money, power, recognition

you name it. But there is one problem. Though we seek to gain control and influence in the name of ambition, it also gains control of us in many ways. Greed is essentially looking to gain more and more for our wellbeing, but in its pursuit we can end up in frustration and ill-health. Many times we try to free ourselves from greed, but we cant help it!

Sadhguru sheds some light on this human dilemma. The root of greed and desire lies in a fundamental longing which exists in every human being. Each individual longs to be something more than what they are right now. There is a longing to expand which finds expression in different ways. In other words, we are innately greedy and there is nothing we can do about it. Desire is life.

Then what to do with our greed?

To understand this, one must first understand how desire is playing out in our lives. In this book, Sadhguru takes us step-by- step as he delves into the nature of desire, and by association, life as we know it. Desire can be both a joyful process, as well as a painful one. As long as our desires are being fulfilled, desire is a wonderful experience. However, if desires go unfulfilled they can lead to much pain and misery.

Sadhguru relates a story of a man who was worth around 500 million dollars. After a mishap in his ventures with the stock market, he lost much of his wealth and was worth only 50 million dollars. Then his friends brought him to see Sadhguru because he had become depressed and wanted to kill himself all because he had only 50 million dollars! So despite everything that is going well in your life, even if one desire goes unfulfilled, you can become miserable.

It looks like we are doomed to misery. The only way to alleviate our suffering seems to be by curtailing greed and desire. But Sadhguru declares, The problem in this world is not of greed; the problem is that people are stingy! Instead of suffocating ourselves, if we allow our greed to find ultimate expression, it becomes all-inclusive and not a process of manufacturing misery.

What does greed have to do with God? Shunned by spiritualists and religious leaders alike, greed has always been seen as part of the temporal world, not something that mingles with spiritual life. Yet, Sadhguru shirks off this commonly held belief, saying that meditation or spirituality is an all-encompassing, limitless desire. Divorcing from greed is divorcing from life itself.

A daring assertion like Greed is God is characteristic of Sadhguru, who is not known to mince words. He covers a range of questions on the topic in depth from the economic situation of India and greed in the corporate sector, to the guilt associated with desire and the bliss of unbridled greed. In the following pages, his refreshingly direct, honest and insightful discourses peel off layers of misconception and deliver one to a realm of clarity.