FEED OUR LACK
How does one define gluttony? Greed? For what? Possessions, money, praise, power or food? At times people travel long roads without sustenance, so when they receive a meal, they have quite a bit of catching up to do, which is genuine hunger and not gluttony. Where does gluttony derive from.......is it a REACTION towards a previous lack that we experienced leaving us traumatised? A child raised in financial poverty can never get enough money, it is like an obsession to never suffer poverty again . Once again gluttony is a fruit off the tree of insecurity. It is the fear of being without that causes the gluttony. This is a result of an unbalanced life....where we haven't found an equilibrium between physical and spiritual, sometimes the emotional side is so damaged, we don't want to go back in there to sort it out, we rather ignore it and pretend it is not there. A spiritually empty person leans on material possessions to fill that gap. Instead of punishing them for their lack, why not show them how to balance life with spiritual values bringing emotional stability which allows for contentment in all circumstances and there will be no more need for greed and gluttony because they will realize life is not about what we possess, but about filling ourselves, developing and completing our journey with our virtues and values in tact.....the rest is only for temporary convince....
Monica Maartens ©Copyright
31 March 2018
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