Topic: Why Do People Desire What's Not Theirs - page 2. (Read 2876 times)
This is a feature of human nature: when a person loses the limits of what is permissible, he begins to feel that the whole world is he, and therefore everything that belongs to others rightfully belongs to him. And in fact, he can justify in this way any of his actions - they say, it seems to you that impudence, but in fact a necessity.
I don't mean just seeing something nice and wanting to have something like that. Some people would not mind doing anything to take what belongs to another. Why do we have people like that?
It is an animal feature, which is present in animals. It is also present in little children, who are not intellectually so much higher than animals. This feature is persisting also in many adults, who actually for this reason never really stop resempbling animals, after all.
We want the people we can’t have because no matter how incredible someone is in reality, they’re never as incredible as we can imagine them to be. We don’t imagine someone’s flaws. We don’t imagine their shortcomings. We don’t imagine the ways in which we just don’t jive with them – even when we want to so badly. And when we don’t get to be with the people we want, we end up living with an idealized version of them – one we enjoy fantasizing about more than we may actually enjoy being with them if we were given the actual chance.
The human needs is insatiable iv seen wealthy men crave to have what a poor man has.Man by nature don't appreciate and value what they have,the comparison is always there, they always want to have what others own,simply because they never allowed the contentment side of them to develop into maturity,so covetousness sets in and pushes them to wanting all and everything. The habit of craving what is not yours starts from childhood, when you study children you can easily identify the ones with covetoeus tendencies when a child whines with an intense desire and a strong urge to own the toys that belongs to other children despite having more than enough,that is where the root begins to form.
I don't mean just seeing something nice and wanting to have something like that. Some people would not mind doing anything to take what belongs to another. Why do we have people like that?
I think that human nature is something like that,His nature is always greedy, want something that does not belong to him, sometimes also appear jealous, drngki, against the advantages of others, even some have the heart to damage the goods / others in other people, because they feel unrivaled.
the nature of desire with what others have is an unworthy trait we apply and have to ourselves but in reality this human nature is a normal trait because of jealousy and is never satisfied with what we have. and this trait can be inhibited by the nature of receiving and being proud of what we have by seeing those who do not have what we have
if we can not stem then we will definitely do things that are not good like stealing and scam
if we can not stem then we will definitely do things that are not good like stealing and scam
Human needs are insatiable, as they move from one level to a better level, their taste changes. They yearn for things above them, this will make them to strive more, this coupled with ever changing technologies.
What do you mean? There are many kinds of people who takes something not belonging to them. People who takes something not theirs out of jealousy; People who takes something not theirs because of poverty; People who takes something not theirs because of obsession, etc. Every person taking something not theirs depends on what circumstances they're having.
Why do we want what we don't have? There are many different answers stemming from diverse theoretical approaches. I will list a couple, drawing heavily on a older review by Lynn (1992) who has collected different ideas about why desirability can sometimes be increased when something is unavailable to us.
Such a human being is the kind of person who shirk will make other people's possessions his own and justifies any means to get what others have.
Emphasize yourself to learn to get something according to your own ability.
Emphasize yourself to learn to get something according to your own ability.
All healthy individuals desire to love and be loved, and to feel that they have a purpose in life, that they contribute to society in some real way. This contribution can lead to a strong sense of self-worth and is reinforced when recognized and acknowledged by others.
But once it turns inward and looks at itself, it understands its nature. This comes out of intelligence. Then it gradually seeks inner calmness rather external cravings. Resting in inner peace and calm is more happier and blissful to Mind. But it is under illusion that it finds pleasure in things in the external world. The reason being mind, as put by Hindu/Buddhist philosophers, identifies itself with the body and it thinks it has a separate individuality - "I", "ME","MINE". When there is a separation like this, automatically there is a comparison. When comparison exists, desire sprouts. You better read about mind in Google. Lot of notes and articles are there.
I don't mean just seeing something nice and wanting to have something like that. Some people would not mind doing anything to take what belongs to another. Why do we have people like that?
We do have not only a people like that but a humanity like that. Although I don't want to think of it, we cannot avoid but accept that humans are greedy. The worse thing here is that we are not only greedy on a neutral note, meaning we do not only desire what is there to be achieved for our fulfillment. Our greediness goes as far as desiring that which is already owned by someone else. This is already second nature to us and we need to break away from it.
All people has that characteristic inside their heart, we all tend to covet things not our own, it's from our heart that's the root of all covetousness, envy, jealousy, discontent, clamor, etc. However everybody vary significantly in terms of self control or maturity, some has greater strength at controlling their passions to look outwardly good while others less to no control at all. Even then, controlled or not sin is in the very core of man, and that separates him from his God. Nothing within himself can cure it, it must come from without himself, from some One else (Jesus Christ).
People are naturally looking for more. People are not contented and will never be contented onto what they have. They are constantly aiming for the better and they keep on wanting and desiring for more, including those of the possession of others. And I think that's the reason why people desire what's not theirs. Moreover, people desire those things that of others because of their insecurity and envy. I think that people desire things what's not theirs not because they want it but because they want to have that thing. They do not want that 'thing' because what yhey love is the idea of having that thing. The satisfaction it gives knowing that they have it and others don't.
I don't mean just seeing something nice and wanting to have something like that. Some people would not mind doing anything to take what belongs to another. Why do we have people like that?
they only have desires but lack the ability.usually this kind of thing will show up for lazy people.
We live in a world where greed has become the order of the day, certain group of people think that every good and perfect gift should be theirs. They don't see why God should bless others better than them and for that matter they will go extra mile to covet what is not theirs. 1 Kings 21:1 to 20 gave an account of how King Ahab wanted the vineyard of a man called Naboth for herbs garden despite all the lands he had as the custodian of the land of Isreal.
I don't mean just seeing something nice and wanting to have something like that. Some people would not mind doing anything to take what belongs to another. Why do we have people like that?
I think this will only happen if someone has something that is impossible for others to achieve. Envy can have many forms and its natural for humans to want something but not in a way that we will take something from others. Only God can explain why we still have those type of people. Maybe they create balance to our world. Evil people will always exist. We should try our best not to be one of them.
The reason for desire or want or liking is Pleasure. Various people have various things to get pleasure: from Money, from Power, from Love etc. etc. But this pleasure is always based on comparison. For ex: I may have money, power, wealth and love. I am satisfied with all these. When I encounter another person who has all these things but with another proportion, then I tend to "HAVE/POSSESS" that. The reason could be, "THAT" appears more pleasurable to me than what I have.
Your examples are all about choices between alternatives that have different advantages and disadvantages. If you live in the city, there are a lot of things to do, better infrastructure, but no quiet and clean air. In the village, things are reversed. Obviously people want both: quiet, when they feel like quiet, action, when they want action, clean air all the time, and good infrastructure. The underlying cause is that people want both alternatives at the same time. Your question needs examples where alternatives are not the reverse of each other and not balanced regarding (dis)advantages.
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