They scratch their way to the top. They do not care about the other. When we labor for that meat which perishes, then we think that the only reason to know something is that it will advance me in terms of this life. And when something which requires the mind, something which is not tangible, a concept, comes to me from God's Word, I find that my mind is very dull. I lose discernment.
Covetousness takes away discernment from the soul.
It makes the mind that of a cow. Labor not for the meat that perishes. That will bring you into bondage. That will get its grip upon your feelings, upon your affections, upon your sensibilities. So powerful are the treasures of the earth that they will claim mastery over the whole person.