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cannot continue a wasteful life style spending 85% of the global income. Rich persons and families, wherever they may be, must begin to curtail consumption that is wasteful, unproductive and indeed unhealthy to them. A new ethics of consumption inspired by the principle of 'Simple Living and High Thinking' is required. It is this Ethics, which is enshrined in our Declaration and makes it significant. It is not a slogan for preaching but practicing before beginning to preach. Let the charity begin at home, first with ourselves each one of us reordering our lives increasingly in harmony with nature, in reverence for every single grain that we consume.
“Ego lives by getting and forgetting. Love lives by giving and forgetting”.
- Sri Satya Sai Baba
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner
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