I have asked the following questions to myself and continue to do so. If you think that they are worth asking one-self then please do so.
1.Do I need more than 5 pairs of formal clothes and 3 pairs each of home-dress and innerwear?
2.Do I need more than 1 pull-over, 1 shawl and 1 jacket/wind-sheeter?
3.Do I need more than one pair each of walking shoes, formal shoes and chappals/floaters/sleepers?
4.Do I need more than 2 tumblers each of water for brushing my teeth and shaving? Do I need shaving foam/cream/gel and after shave lotion?
5.Do I need deodorants/perfumes/face-cream/hair oil or gel or cream/talcum powder etc?
6.Do I need A/c in my bedroom ON at every night?
7.Do I need to consume more than 1800 calories per day?
8.Do I need to watch TV for 3-4 hours a day?
9.Do I need to ring-up 4-5 persons for chatting and gossip everyday?
10.Do I need a car and a driver every time?
11.Does my work compel me to have a cell-phone? Does this phone have to be 3G and 4G with unnecessary and unused features?
12.Do I need to go by car for the morning walk or I can do without? Do I need a big expensive car only?
13.Do I need to go to Gym or I can do simple exercises at home to keep myself fit and healthy?
14.Do I need to have bath for more than 5 minutes everyday? Do I need expensive bath-soap/shampoo etc?
15.Do I always switch off lights, fans, A/c when I am not in the room?
16.Do I need to drink only mineral water while travelling or in a good restaurant?
17.Do I need to buy only branded things?
If I need any of the above for my sensuous pleasures, social status, ego, prestige, then do I need to have things for such objectives and purpose? Should I not be rational as much as possible? Every reduction in wants will make us more civilised, according to Mahatma Gandhi, and eco-friendly. Let us not break partitions between needs, wants, desires and greed, certainly not the last one.
We need happy, healthy and contented living. ‘Contended person, ever happy’ because contentment, in all aspects of living, is the highest virtue.
On Sep 10, 2016 bhupendra madhiwalla wrote:
DO I NEED THESE?
I have asked the following questions to myself and continue to do so. If you think that they are worth asking one-self then please do so.
1.Do I need more than 5 pairs of formal clothes and 3 pairs each of home-dress and innerwear?
2.Do I need more than 1 pull-over, 1 shawl and 1 jacket/wind-sheeter?
3.Do I need more than one pair each of walking shoes, formal shoes and chappals/floaters/sleepers?
4.Do I need more than 2 tumblers each of water for brushing my teeth and shaving? Do I need shaving foam/cream/gel and after shave lotion?
5.Do I need deodorants/perfumes/face-cream/hair oil or gel or cream/talcum powder etc?
6.Do I need A/c in my bedroom ON at every night?
7.Do I need to consume more than 1800 calories per day?
8.Do I need to watch TV for 3-4 hours a day?
9.Do I need to ring-up 4-5 persons for chatting and gossip everyday?
10.Do I need a car and a driver every time?
11.Does my work compel me to have a cell-phone? Does this phone have to be 3G and 4G with unnecessary and unused features?
12.Do I need to go by car for the morning walk or I can do without? Do I need a big expensive car only?
13.Do I need to go to Gym or I can do simple exercises at home to keep myself fit and healthy?
14.Do I need to have bath for more than 5 minutes everyday? Do I need expensive bath-soap/shampoo etc?
15.Do I always switch off lights, fans, A/c when I am not in the room?
16.Do I need to drink only mineral water while travelling or in a good restaurant?
17.Do I need to buy only branded things?
If I need any of the above for my sensuous pleasures, social status, ego, prestige, then do I need to have things for such objectives and purpose? Should I not be rational as much as possible? Every reduction in wants will make us more civilised, according to Mahatma Gandhi, and eco-friendly. Let us not break partitions between needs, wants, desires and greed, certainly not the last one.
We need happy, healthy and contented living. ‘Contended person, ever happy’ because contentment, in all aspects of living, is the highest virtue.
Bhupendra Madhiwalla