tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post8717460068800245125..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Gimme That...Big Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-17820718805325098232009-06-03T13:49:26.088-05:002009-06-03T13:49:26.088-05:00I often wonder about the hold materialism has on p...I often wonder about the hold materialism has on people and I came to the personal realization that since we were so indoctrinated to the concept of things=happiness from a very young age, that we have to make a conscious effort at every opportunity to remind ourselves that "I am are not my iPod!"<br /><br />The crack analogy is apt because just like former addicts we have to take rising above materialism stuff, one day at a time!Mr. Nofacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164229381294354588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-4322116564661525742009-06-03T12:12:27.851-05:002009-06-03T12:12:27.851-05:00Don't know, don't watch Oprah. I came acr...Don't know, don't watch Oprah. I came across him on PBS. It is possible. He doesn't strike me as a user though. Pretty unassuming.Lisa Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-68009533736562994552009-06-03T10:40:13.944-05:002009-06-03T10:40:13.944-05:00Isn't Eckhart Tolle the New Ager who Oprah was...Isn't Eckhart Tolle the New Ager who Oprah was gushing over last year when she started a weekly webinar at her site to tout his book? She said his book changed her life! Well...that was in 2008....in 2009, she admitted that she needed to address somethings internally due to the public betrayals she has faced with people on her show who used her to increase their book sales ...LISA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583559303233985031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-74130213011151465732009-06-02T13:50:47.085-05:002009-06-02T13:50:47.085-05:00Materialism, adultery, drug addiction and many oth...Materialism, adultery, drug addiction and many other corrupting and self-destructive behaviors have one thing in common: They represent the path of least resistance, the yielding to impulse. It is a fundamental paradox of the human condition that to live the most successful and ultimately satisfying lives we must learn to resist our urges toward things that are immediately gratifying.<br /><br /><I>things that sap your will and desire</I>This calls to mind the phrase "rags to riches to rags in three generations." We humans are a lot better at achieving prosperity than we are living with it.older_not_wisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-71720558981905781702009-06-02T11:58:55.206-05:002009-06-02T11:58:55.206-05:00I misspelled his first name it is Eckhart, this is...I misspelled his first name it is Eckhart, this is his website ,<br />http://www.eckharttolle.com/eckharttolle<br /> He has written a few books too. Interesting guy.Lisa Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-11844633694868757932009-06-02T10:56:26.971-05:002009-06-02T10:56:26.971-05:00Lisa
I'll have to check him out because that soun...Lisa<br /><br />I'll have to check him out because that sounds like great advice. I thank my parents for instilling some of that in me, but I still have problems with materialism.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-76926133335848436012009-06-02T10:45:57.846-05:002009-06-02T10:45:57.846-05:00On point again. This makes me think about one of ...On point again. This makes me think about one of my new gurus of sorts, Eckhard Tolle, he is sort of a philospher/spiritual teacher I guess. I was introduced to him via a PBS special, and he talked about how people will buy things to make themselves feel more satisfied and to "know who they are" and it works maybe for an hour or two or maybe a day or so, but then it goes and they start searching all over again for the next thing to buy or to do etc. He is big on focusing on the literal now and finding fulfillment there rather than by anxiously awaiting the future, brooding or mooning on the past or on things we buy. Interesting. I'm working on getting there myself but it is not easy and it is so easy to get caught up in the daily minuatae and the ten million thoughts, and memories and anticipations in our mind.Lisa Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-49073025897452846612009-06-02T09:49:41.690-05:002009-06-02T09:49:41.690-05:00Thanks for pointing that out.
It's amazing to me ...Thanks for pointing that out.<br /><br />It's amazing to me how the stuff we can obviously see is the most dangerous, is often still the most tempting.<br /><br />Like, people understand what infidelity does to marriage, yet so many people still commit adultery every day. In some ways it boggles the mind.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-70261925863098259462009-06-02T09:41:16.958-05:002009-06-02T09:41:16.958-05:00You've hit upon an interesting duality (at least t...You've hit upon an interesting duality (at least to my mind)...it's the easiest corrupting influences to talk about, yet also the most difficult one to free ourselves from.Deacon Bluehttp://holyhell.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com