221. Ends Shouldn't Justify Means
K rishna continues about the demonic natured and says, “Believing that all this world is about fulfillment of bodily desires, such persons are engrossed till the moment of death in earthly anxieties (16.11). Held in bondage by hundreds of desires, lust and anger, they strive to accumulate wealth by unjust means, all for the gratification of their senses” (16.12). Anger is natural when desires are not fulfilled, thus they go hand in hand. That is why reigning in senses is one of the central preachings of the Bhagavad Gita. When one sets accumulation as the goal, there is a tendency to direct all their energy toward achieving it. On this path, one tends to justify all the means to achieve the said target irrespective of the justness of the means. This process entails grabbing from someone else - it could be a property or credit for good work; it could be grabbing market share or grabbing the space in mind which is called ‘influencing others’ for selfish motives as is done on social m...