When money is less, only for a normal survival, people seem to be more caring, more sensitive, more considerate about the things and people around them, but when they have too much money, they tend to presume, rather false notion in my opinion, that the money can buy anything on this Earth, and they CAN HAVE everyhting. And as a result, they stop being same sensitive, caring, and considerate about the same subjects, and objects which they had when they did not have too much money. In given cases, it is found that Money does corrupt the minds, and their sensibilities, objectively as well as subjectively. Money does help but can not buy or give everything on Earth !
Money cannot always corrupt the mind.Money earned with inappropriate ways may corrupt the mind. But money earned through hard work will never corrupt the mind. A person who has put in his or her all hard work and gets rewarded always values money and so he or she will most likely not let the money prevail on the mind. Money is the driving force in the market oriented socio-economical environment today. It has a larger dimension than it used to have a couple of decades ago. It is no longer a luxury of a handful of big people but is a comfort of a larger mass base. Our upper middle class is a class example. They are enjoying the life with their hard earned money without corrupting their mnd.
Yes, money corrupts one's mind.Greed and money go together. Money power is ruled by greed. you need money.. too much of anything is always dangerous and calls for unwarranted problems. the more rich we are, we may go the wrong way. By
Apeksha , IT/Technical Editor,
| 03 30 2011 08:00:24 +0000
What happens if one overeats? Anything in excess is bad.
In case of money it is severally more dangerous as it creates excess in several other aspects as well including inflating false ego and a platoon of sycophants who keep massaging this false ego while the "egoist lives the life in coma or on a ventilator'. ...........Never noticing the deprived all around.
I agree with Suryanarayanan sir, Anything in excess surely corrupt our mind. Todays youngsters were more money minded they want to lead a luxury life without much hardwork in a short span of time. Am not telling all youth were like this about 60% of them comes under this category. By
Sridevi Ranganaathan, Assistant Professor at Madras University
| 03 30 2011 03:29:22 +0000
Yes money corrupts the mind. Human wants are unlimited and hence they are on the look out for money by any means. Example, please take a govt. employee, besides his salary, he is also earning something through unfair method. The definition for money is: Money what it does. Naturally it will corrupt everybody who are having needs more than required. It is a very known fact that how many people from India are keeping the bank account in Swiss Bank. All are unaccounted money that are accrued through corruption or black money. The politician thro corruption and the business people thro generation of black money/unaccounted.
I had read a quote which said, 'You are honest until you have an opportunity to be corrupt'
Money makes the world go round! There is no second thought on that. When we are comfortably sitting in a protected environment, we may preach about honesty, spirituality etc. but when we undergo sufferance that is the real test of our integrity!
Yes. To some extend true. The ego rises beyond control if one earns money unexpectedly. This kind of problem occurs when money converts a poor to rich. Interestingly, in our country people respect the rich with out looking the background and culture of the person. This makes him greedy and a wrong impression goes to the society. Money is the fastest moving element in this world. It is the instrument that makes thousands rich to poor and vice versa. The hidden theory of moneymaking is earning it with prestige and spending in a sacrificing manner. The money will not leave you years after year and births after birth.
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." this is how our governments function if there were no people or profit involved but sadly we the people ourselves cant wait to get our personal jobs done so first we are responsible then the money comes and finally the grey matter speaks to us to control the corrupt the money of its green By
prateek choudhary, PG Diploma student, maya academy of advanced cinematics
| 04 24 2010 20:57:49 +0000
1800 - 1500 ... If people think, they are toll free numbers ... they would be sadly mistaken.
It may be just the tip of the ice berg ... corruption figures just unearthed from a single individual ...
Rs. 1,800 crores of hard cash and 1,500 kilograms of gold said to have been ceased from the offices / residences of Ketan Desai, President, Medical Council of India.
Obviously many under-hand dealings must have been going on for quiet some time; he must be well connected with the powers that be, having got re-elected and to daringly indulge in such large scale corruption. If a public enquiry is conducted, many heads may roll.
There may be many more such corrupt officials in India. If all of them are caught, the Government may get a few lakhs crores of rupees which can be used for genuine poverty alleviation schemes.
Telgi, Raju, Koda, Ketan, and many more ... Is this not enough reason for the Government to demonetize currency in steps (immediately rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 currency notes and the rest in due course of time) and introduce Biometric Smart Card based transactions for eliminating corruption.
Please circulate to all well meaning citizens for a public debate on "The need to kill the cancer of corruption before it kills us".
Yes money does corrupt the mind, corruption of mind means fullfillment of vices
Once you haev money you can fullfill all your desires, and desires are vices.
So we rund after our vices, but that is where education, bring up and the family culture play a very important role
example- when money comes in one may develop habit of drinking, but then family values, education will always soudn the person to refrain from drinking if the person does not heed then eh has corrupted his mind
Irfan, well said we should not run behind money, money should run behind us. Yes thats true money changes everyone but only a few are changed by mind. Onces people see more money their expectations and wants increases and that leads to the corruption of mind. So be happy with what you have, don't waste your life for money.
Excessive and rapid accumulation is mainly possible through unfair means, it could be as simple as over exploitation of someones demand. Yet if you look at the percent of people who have earned fairly and are, as well not inclined to share with society the cause and effect becomes evident. How many business owners sincerely pass the due share to their workers or are ready to reinvest a major share in progression and R & D keeping requisite check on self consumption.
i do feel money in life can change us in few points
when you have money you dont care ne 1,we intend to feel that we can buy everything but sorry to tel u that money is not everything in life. so dont run behind money let money run behind u.
If we are obsessed with MONEY (only) , our lives / family / society might be destroyed. It does not mean : there may not be requirement of money in our lives. Sorry 2say, in recent times, a section of members of Middle Class, is thinking otherwise.
In a situation where money ONLY is counted :-
--- We may like to join Terrorist groups who pay hefty amount for their activities ( we say crimes )
--- We may become "supari-kellers" who are paid handsome amounts ( again for crimes)
--- We may join them who resorts to "abductions" - easy money may be available
--- We may join Spy / Espionage groups to endenger our own country - handsome amt is paid
--- We may become "Adultrators" who earn huge money by mixing bad items in foods even medicine
Yes, Money can corrupt the mind if in excess. Money is a material or tool that is essential once in a while and not the reason or goal of life. Thus akin to overeating causing stomach ailments, excess of money can cause unnecessary ideas and thoughts or making schemes to over accumulate. As it is necessary to eat one bite less for a good body health it is better to have space for some material.
According to me, money corrupts mind i some cases..nwadays money is nt only essential for fulfilling our daily needs bt is also used for getting luxury...If money is hard earned then he/she will value money bt one who gets money from wrong means or gets easily money whenever they require without any work they will nvr hv value for money..So learn to use money in a proper way as money is sumthing that is today bt nt tomorrow...
What about The fine line between a gift and a bribe…. or entertaining guests and bribery ? Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices. But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it
Nagpal as you mentioned in you view that lot of Industrialist have made money without being corrupt. If this is true then I just want to know what do you mean by corruction?
Yes few industrialist have made money without being corrupt to some extent TATA but you mentioned Ambanis. I think in my view Ambanis are the one who introduced the concept of bribery in Indian political system. Yes they have done some very good work but simultaneously they have made our political system corrupt.
I don't think money will corrupt your mind unless and until you earn it through illegal sources. Money always provide sense of growth.
Take the example of a person working in a organization. How does the person feel that he is growing in his life. I think promotion and promotion brings some additional money in his life which create sense of growth in his mind.
So, money doesn't corrupt a person unless it earns through illegal sources.
Once a person starts earning money through illegal sources his mind become dampen and takes the person's mind in several illegal direction.
This happens because earning money through illegal sources is 50 or 100 times mulitiple of his acutal capacity to earn. This dampens his mind and makes him corrupt.
Yes. Money is a manifestation of energy. It is a physical form of power. There are several forms of power; some of them physical and some of them metaphysical. Power is a two-edged knife. It can generate and also degenerate, depending on how one uses it.
Money, being a form of power, has to potentials to nourish or spoil, i.e. corrupt.
When we prepare food items or medicine for long term use, we add preservatives, like honey. It preserves the medicine without becoming decomposed. Like that the power should be preserved by good value system.
Our elders subordinated wealth (artha) to dharma. Artha earned in accordance with dharma will not corrupt. Artha earned by violating dharma will corrupt.
As we know Human wants are unlimited and we human being struggle through out over life to gather as much as we can, a person not having any thing will be struggling for bread and butter, person who is capable to earn his/her livelihood will be struggling for betterment in his/her life so person may go greedy. Somewhere in between it catches and corrupts our mind...
I think you are right, money does corrupt the minds of many people . Money can disbalance many minds who never knew the power of money in their lives.
How can an already corrupt mind can be corrupt !?
makarand, are you sure what you want to say ! ?. Are you writing here only for the sake of writing or you really want to say something meaningful what you could not express !
Yes, money corrupts the mind of those who give more importance to it, than it deserves. Similarly position, love, power etc. also corrupt the mind of those who give more importance to those, than they deserve.
Money is the root of all evil for those who take advantage of people who are good.Money will not buy intelligence for the fool, or admiration ,or respect for the incompetent. Wealth and the desire the accumalate it is at the expense of others. One does not profit in the stock market without someone else conversely loosing money. Big companies drive small companies out of business not because they were smarter or better thinking people. Big corporation drive small companies out of business by side deals with politicians that take cash for less taxes or breaks in zoning that smaller business do not get.
Of course it does. When too much money comes into hands, a man starts spending in unnecessary. Majority of the wars and battles till date were faught mainly for Money. Not only that, the corruption in a country also happens when a man sees money more than required, he forgets his moral duties and responsibilities. So, we should possess money whatever is required not excess or there is a danger of our minds also getting corrupted.
I don't think that it is the money which corrupts the mind it is mind which is already corrupted and tends to earn money from illegal and immoral ways. The peoples on the opposite side seems to see rich people as always corrupted. If money corrupts the mind that means all rich people are corrupted, but that's not true.Sometimes money becomes the motive for dishonesty but still it's not the money which is making anyone dishonest it's the dishonest mind which wants to make money this way. By
shailesh , B.B.A student, kumaun university, ssj campus almora
| 03 30 2011 15:11:57 +0000
its depends on you, if you do not have enough money then may be you choose a wrong path .......money just makes ur life easy ,comfetable ,and less n more is nothing if a policeman caught you without helmet he leaves u when you give him some amount less like 100 /- , in case of bmw amount is big ...... so this is depends on you By
pushpendra singh, Freelancer, IT Services
| 03 20 2011 20:30:14 +0000
money does not corrupt the mind but it brings facialities and means for your mind . if your mind is corrupt then the money will fetch you the luxury and if ur mind id interested in social works then the money will fetch the similar means which are necessary for public works. so money never corrupts the mind but it provides the means only. birander singh
I wish I could say yes, but I agree little with this aspect that corruption starts with money. In past no doubt there were a lot of compassionate feelings for human kind and people cared for one another. But what happened is that people have less time for each other and people are putting all their time and energy just to fulfill their basic necessities. People unfortunately have such a hectic lifestyle that they are unable to spend time on other interests or at least act of compassionate feelings. This has made humans more practical and hard. With very less time at their disposal they are content to live in solidarity.
It is the necessity to survive makes them harsh. Life is not that easy these days. It is difficult to maintain everything and satisfy each and every wants of our life. So, I believe that corruption starts with necessity and then ends with greed for everything right fro m money to happiness. But truth is that a corrupt man can never be happy, he is destined to be unhappy in one way or other.
Dear reader, shall I ask you to just do an experiment?please intentionally collect a bribe of say Rs. 50.00 not more, and go home and surely your conscious will hammer you before you go to bed, you feel a sort of mental uneasiness, mental stress and pain without any reason, the corruption and the bribe will always kills one's potential and wellness? you will become sick, i do not know how people collects bribe and are becoming more corrupted day by day especially from Government sector and PSUs and The Politicians, being honest and clean one is surely mightier than all these above!! undoubtedly for willfully stronger man, the bribe and corruption would not be a concern at all?
I strongly feel, money is not at all motivator of corruption.
Rather, money (or lust for it) is used as an excuse by people, who tend to indulge into corruption at the slightest chance.
For the people, with strong character and whose mindset is built on strong prnciples, money is no reason for drifting away from principles. They concentrate on their mission, dedicate their efforts for it, and money is just a bye-product of the process.
Money that is VITAMIN 'M'. Money makes man but sometimes it also mad man. Money is only can make or spoil one's mind. But it vary person to person that how one's perceptions towards money. If we talk about Corporates then Money is only mean which lead their employees to work positively.
Money always doesnt work negative or corrupt one's mind. There are people who works for their own prestige, their loyalty. It is difficult for money to corrupt all these people who are loyal.
Money makes a man or mad a man it depends on one's perceptions, thinking, attitudes towards money.
i do agree that money corrupts mind but it is not always true... if you are not satisfied with what you have got then your mind will take you to wrong way then you mind will get corrupted..so satisfaction is more important than money...
I feel that the LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL(I quote from the Bible)
If a person understands what his basic needs are ,then the money becomes a necessity for Living.
The moment person Looks at life from a different angle like comfort,luxury,status symbols,fame,etc and focuses on it ,its then the infinite accumulation of money starts and then it just becomes ahabit
In some cases the circle of society in which the person mingles gives tendency for the mind to go corrupt.
So actually it the other way round It is the mind which is corrupt or rather gets corrupt.
if the money is earned in wrong way corrupts the human mind...money is very essential thing in everyones life and if it earned in a proper way the person will have the value for that..
What is it that you havent understood in my comment?? The concept of being corrupt OR Is the mind already corrupt??
I can explain it to you. An already corrupt mind means that the person has to realise he is in a position to think that he can make money inappropriately. To think and realise that, you must know thw HOW? and What? For that your mind has to already think of ways to make money inappropriately. The person cannot manufacture a situation, he has to understand that he is in the situation to make money the wrong way. The mind is already corrupt!!
Its not money which makes people corrupt...... the greed of money making by illicit means makes a person corrupt... you may take examples of several industrailists they make money but they are not corrupt... Ambanies, TATAs, BIRLA's, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet etc several others....
It is the moral hygiene of a person, i mean irrespective of abilities if people want to make money... and desire of making money without an adopted ethical process will always lead to corruptin... Money itself is not a factor to make a man corrupt......
no,its not money... its the way you desire and way you take to pursue it.It all depends on Prakriti that tends you to do right and wrong if we keep aside the"conditions".If you are honest to yourself... you will never do anything that makes you feel guilty of [again keeping aside the extreme conditions]. you will be ready to pay for honesty rather than to have luxurious life after all you need a peacefull sleep at the end of the day. so,my friend... "corrupt mind will entertain curruption in any form" and money is one its form Easy and Valueble too at the same time. Money cannot corrupt any Mind.
MONEY is the vehicle that corrupts an already corrupt mind!! I believe that every person has some ambition, some desires that need fulfilment and he is always looking out for ways and means to achieve that one goal. It could be financial stability, it could be a dream house or even a Mercedes Benz... Now all of this requires a reason to be physically true. The mind of such a person is always scouting for "opportunities" that would take him a step closer all the time!! If such an opportunity does present itself to one such person, then there are two ways to go about it... "Cash or Kind"!!
SO you see according to me MONEY will always remain a vehicle for achieving a goal through a mind that is already CORRUPT! You need to be a little devious in your mind to understand such an opportunity, realise a need in the person opposite and seek his helplessness to go ahead and get what you need out of him!! Also, to note is that BOTH parties need to have the same passion to GET WHAT THEY WANT!! Its not a single mans game..
All you have written may or may not be right, for the only and one reason being & that is morality. Whether it is the bride or the groom, it all depends on the morality. Does 1 want House or ar a Home more? Does 1 want Bravery or Courage more? Does one want a family or togetherness more? Does one want Pride or Power more? Does 1 want to a partner or a spouse more? Love as people may say is: Understanding, confidement, trust, faith, etc. But basically, it means,"TO WANT & TO BE WANTED". You have to decide what you want. After that, all is fair in love and war. Understand what makes you happy, is it the extra money your spouse gets from you or is it the extra(risk, corruption, tantrums you bear,etc) you bear for your spouse.
These are my thoughts and no one has provoked me for the same. But yes, I'd like to say, "Where are we in the growing & the progressing world. I think NOWHERE! We are 2 small for thesse a kin'a discussions. Are we liberal? Someone make me believe it"!
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