Materialist and Camel
The camel sucks its own blood while chewing thorny twigs. The thorns the camel eats cut the tongue of the camel, and so blood begins to flow within the camel's mouth. The thorns, mixed with fresh blood, create a taste for the foolish camel, and so he enjoys the thorn‑eating business with false pleasure. Similarly, the great business magnates, industrialists who work very hard to earn money by different ways and questionable means, eat the thorny results of their actions mixed with their own blood, therefore the Bhagavatam has situated these diseased fellows along with the camels.
The camel sucks its own blood while chewing thorny twigs. The thorns the camel eats cut the tongue of the camel, and so blood begins to flow within the camel's mouth. The thorns, mixed with fresh blood, create a taste for the foolish camel, and so he enjoys the thorn‑eating business with false pleasure. Similarly, the great business magnates, industrialists who work very hard to earn money by different ways and questionable means, eat the thorny results of their actions mixed with their own blood, therefore the Bhagavatam has situated these diseased fellows along with the camels.
Srimad Bhagavatam 1:2:3
When one can learn to have higher principles in life, then the same daily activities can be opportunities for freedom and growth, whatever the path one may follow.
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