A central theme of greed is taking all for me and leaving none or little for you.
A sense of unity, a perception that we are all the same and giving to you is the same as giving to me, helps a lot to diminish the feelings of greed.
The perception that we are all connected and that "no man is an island" helps to remedy greed.
Your joy of having received my gift is also my joy.
Greed is a lot about pleasure - the pleasure of having. Whether that pleasure be physical objects or semi-physical objects or sensations.
That pleasure mentioned directly above which is an inferior scale, can be transmuted to a superior kind of pleasure that becomes joy.
End (5684).
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