Wants and Needs

While driving to work, i was listening to a song, and suddenly the lyrics caught my attention. This is what the lines said,
"Bathing in Ganges can cleanse your sins, but can it cleanse your desires??'. And then i started to wonder the philosophy of wants and needs.

Your needs - food, shelter, and clothing.
Your wants - a posh house with a swimming pool, cool cars, trip around the world, expensive outfits etc etc.

The theory of necessities says that high level needs get promoted as soon as a low level needs are satisfied. For instance, you are starving - you have food, and hunger is satisfied. Now you need a nice place to stay - you have that and you start to expand your needs: a car for commuting, maids to do your daily chores etc. When does it stop? never. Lets say a flood washes your entire house off, and you are left with nothing. You are left to starve for a couple of days - in no time you are back to your low level needs. You dont care that you have a maid bring in your food in a silver plate. Three days of hunger and you are ready to fight with a dog for a piece of bread.

The more your mind gets attached to material things, the more you are fooled. Its like kids fighting for a seat in the bus, saying 'this is my seat' without realizing the truth. Start to focus on things that move with you when all your material wealth is stripped off - that is where you find your true self.

Too much thinking, huh??