Contentment and Progress

CONTENTMENT AND PROGRESS One should willingly accept the limited in this world and desire the unlimited in the Hereafter. O ften, one hears that a certain company has gone bankrupt. Often, the reason for this is what can be called ‘seeking to leap beyond one’s reach’. Generally, it happens that a company’s assets are only a few million dollars, but it makes a plan for a project for which several billion dollars are needed. For this purpose, it takes credit based on interest from a bank. The loan needs to be returned in installments with interest. Now, if the company’s earnings continue as estimated, it will be able to pay the installments. But if for any reason, the company’s income declines considerably, it 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 materialistically-minded 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