Contentment and Progress

will no longer be able to pay the installments. The breaking of this balance is what is called ‘bankruptcy.’ This is such a problem that, actually speaking, every materialisticallyminded person is afflicted by it, in some form or the other. Now, why does this problem arise? There is a very deep cause for this. Most human beings seek more and more. To stop at a certain point with regard to something that they desire is against their thinking. It is this that creates the above problem. In a materialistic way of thinking, there is really no solution for this malady. A person who habitually thinks in terms of material ‘success’ can never save himself from it. For him, to stop at a certain limit as far as material acquisition is concerned is against his thinking, and that is why, in his case, recommending this solution will not work. In this matter, the practicable or workable solution is just one—and that is Hereafter-oriented thinking. In line with Hereafter-oriented thinking, the solution to the above problem is that a person should be content with obtaining that quantum of things that are sufficient to satisfy his needs in this world, and for the Hereafter, he can desire according to his wishes. That is to say, he should be content in getting according to his needs in this world and should turn the direction of his desire for more towards the Hereafter. In brief, the formula for this is to willingly accept the limited in this world and to desire the unlimited in the Hereafter.