
The avarice of the flesh has a strong pull, for it leads a person’s heart to dark places within its tow, as those who succumb to its voice are driven to accumulate more and more. Because this internal need is never satisfied (as “not enough” pushes a person to obtain a fortune of substantial size), “excess” then becomes the goal so that the individual who has partnered with this greedy voice builds his life on a structure of affluence and riches.